Month: October 2025
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A Peek into Collégiale Notre-Dame-des-Anges
When you open the door and step inside the Collégiale Notre-Dame-des-Anges, be prepared for your jaw to drop. This 17th-century Baroque masterpiece, originally founded in the 13th century and later transformed, is a feast for the eyes. Richly decorated with gilded…
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Brocanteurs Be Like
Going to the Brocante – “It was like a time capsule, packed to the rafters with old furniture, books, photographs—layers upon layers of other people’s lives, all crammed into the same dusty space.”— Tracy Chevalier, The Last Runaway Brocanteurs are a special…
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French Autumn
French autumn breathes in gold— the harvest waves surrender,a slow unfolding of time’s intent. Mulberry leaves spin in soft descent.Sunflowers, once proud,bow their sun-dried heads. Chestnuts, in their prickly casing,and pumpkins dot the fields—each an autumn testament. Cèpes rise above…
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We Must-
There it is: the divide in the world, existing at once. One soaked in comfort, the other in suffering. A small world within a world, where privilege and pain brush shoulders.To bear witness (between the light and the dark, between…
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Because You Mentioned …
When you join us on the French la Vie, it might be just for the experience—the joy of wandering through brocantes, soaking up the atmosphere, and maybe picking up a few small treasures. Or you might find yourself buying so…