Jeff and Julie Move to France (during a global pandemic)

What a week in Southwest France. We’ll be talking about a 12th Century cloister in Cadouin. And Julie takes a deep, scientific dive into the differences between French and Quebecois swear words.

As Halloween draws near, we take a look at how the French regard black cats. We also share updates on the mailbox fiasco, Jeff's knee saga and some new landscaping on the property.

Wow!!! We just wrapped up the most fantastic trip to Canada one could hope for. An incredible time was had by all, and in this week's chapter we will highlight all of the amazing, and humourous moments. Enjoy!

We finally received a tour of the inner workings of the spectacular Chateau Noaillac. Also this week, we take a look at the differences in food regulations between Europe and North America.

This week, we travel to the amazing Arcachon basin to visit with friends. The weather co-operated so we enjoyed a number of activities including a trip to the Dune du Pilat.

We are thrilled to introduce Linda Festing-Smith to you. Linda and Bill are our guests this week, and they foster service dogs. Linda will talk about their fascinating life.

Friday the 13th! Looming pilots strike! Coincidence??? Not for us. Just par for the course.

We are back!! After a brief summer retreat, our podcast returns with another travel adventure. This week, we checked out the charming village of Albas.

The 33rd Olympiad is in the books, and we will have some of the good, bad and ugly from Paris. We also checked out the Tourtiére Festival in Tournon, and it wasn't what we expected.

As the Olympics draw to a close, we have a number of controversial updates for you this week. We also journeyed over to Bias to check out the Chateau of Plates.

There are so many Chateaus in France, you can actually drive by one for 4 years and not know it. Introducing Chateau de Rogé in Villeneuve Sur Lot. This week, we finally took a look.

Like it or not, the Olympics are here, and we have a bunch of updates to get to. We also took in some very cool sites in and around Nerac in SW France.

We are a week away from the opening ceremonies of the Paris games, so there are plenty of Olympic updates on this week's chapter. We also made it back out to Pujols to take in their Marché Gourmand, and it was a blast.

France is a busy place to be right now. EuroCup, Tour de France and the Olympics are all in the news. We will have updates on all three. We also, sort of, visited the Penne D'Agenais Festival of Light.

It's been a week of fails, including our attempted Adventure. There's more on that. And, we have a number of Olympic updates to tackle as the opening ceremonies near.

Our first true day of Summer got us out of the house and off to a local Lavender farm for this week's adventure. The summer sales are here. And the Paris Olympics are now less than a month away.

We put on a lot of miles this past week. From a couple of nights in beautiful Bordeaux and St. Emilion, to a quick trip to Toulouse. The French also have a mechanism which allows you to sell your house while continuing to live in it. And, there are a couple of Olympic updates to get to.

From the tip of the Archachon basin at Cap Ferret, to Les Arques and finally Domme. We've traveled around a lot this past week. We also touch on the Euro elections and Macron's reaction, and wrap it up with the most bizarre Olympic update of them all.

This week's intended destination of Toulouse was abruptly cancelled at the last minute, so we changed gears and headed down the road to beautiful Cahors, to see the spectacular St. Etienne Cathedral.

On today's adventure, we travel to the charming village of Eymet where "arcade" architure is alive and well. We celebrate Neightbor's Day in Europe and there's a new dog in town. Introducing Bark Air.

It's been a strange week. We got soaked watching the inaugural Penne D'Agenais Soapbox derby, then grabbed a few rays on our day-trip to the Chateau Monbazillac. The weather is all over the map. It's now starting to affect the Paris games. We'll have more on that.

The rotten weather is limiting our adventure opportunities. So again, we were forced back indoors. This week, we check out a wine co-operative, talk about the Eurovision results and promote women's driving in France. There's also more on the Paris '24 games.

We finally got rid of the rain. On this sunny episode, we drop in on the famous Water Lily farm in Temple Sur Lot named after its founder, Latour-Marliac. We have more on the location of the Olympic torch, and France has just baked up the longest Baguette in the history of the world. Impressive.

Is it rainy, windy and cold here in SW France? Yes it is. But do we still have a podcast for you? Yes we do! That's the length we will go to keep you happy. Today, it's supposed to be Spring, so we checked out the Foire aux Fleurs in Tournon. We also take a look at this year's May Day and the 2024 Olympics.

I suppose if there's a museum for foie gras here in France, it stands to reason that there'd be one for Hazelnuts. And there is. And we went there. Also on this week's show there's more on the 2024 Paris Olympics, and the European alcohol consumption report was issued from the WHO.