June in Burgundy is a time for outdoor living. No surprises really as France has been incredibly hot these past few weeks with temperatures approaching 40° Celsius (that’s the equivalent...

Now follow carefully because something amazing is happening in Burgundy on April 1st, a date which most of us think of as April Fool’s day but which the French know...

It doesn’t seem many weeks ago we were writing about hail, frost and being beset by sundry pestilence. Part of the awesomeness of Burgundy is her capacity to surprise. We...

Here’s a conundrum. September (septus) should really be the seventh month, October (octo) the eighth, etcetera, etcetera. On that basis, I hear you ask, why is the eighth month called ‘August’?...

We’ve been talking about stormy weather here in Burgundy but, this week, we celebrate the storming of the Bastille, an event of legendary proportions in the pantheon of French politics....

We’ve had a lot of weather recently in Burgundy. In particular we’ve had some rather unseasonal thunder storms. It’s all part of life’s rich pageant and a good storm to...

The nights have been short and the days have been long. But this week that’s all changed with the summer solstice. Most years it’s something of a tipping point in...

Soccer has arrived in France big-time. Happily the French national side kicked-off the European Championships with a win on Friday evening. Over the next 30 days there will be 51...