I have visited France many times as a tourist over the last thirty+ years but this was the first time I came with a mission to learn the French language and way of life.<div class="blog-buttons"><a href="https://tripticks.org/discovering-the-quirks-charms-and-curiosities-of-french-country-life/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>
Seven weeks looking after two cats, one dog and two fish in a little French mediaeval town in the Pays de la Loire region? Why not, we thought when we applied for the ‘job’<div class="blog-buttons"><a href="https://tripticks.org/beautiful-villages-and-charming-chateaus-in-the-loire-valley/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>
After enjoying the wine routes and little villages of the Alsace region we decided to wind along another wine route a little further west and this time embarked on the Route des Grands Crus,<div class="blog-buttons"><a href="https://tripticks.org/routes-des-grands-crus-a-beautiful-burgundy-wine-route-from-dijon-to-beaune/" class="more-link">Read More</a></div>
