Life on a French PosteriUniverse, 25 mei 2005 - 108 pagina's Life on a French Poster is an evocative, informative read for anyone who can relate to escaping to a better life to find that even paradise has its pitfalls. It is about assimilating new cultures (Franglais-American in this case); Breathing new life into a 500-year old French priory (Does one save the torchis? or not?); Developing new skills (like buying property as a foreigner and ironing giant bedcovers); Having a laugh over dinner with visitors from around the world (that's table d'hotes); and Becoming a village sex symbol (by accident via the "love window.") Life on a French Poster details aspects of one significant year in the lives of author Patricia Pearson and her husband Dan. It is true account of their restoration of Le Prieure, a 16th century priory in the remote tourist village of Biron, Southwest France. Pearson's skillful description of the transformation of this rambling stone manoir into a luxury bed & breakfast is part adventure, part romance and part travelogue. The book title springs from a 1970s vintage tourist poster with Le Prieure (www.fancyfrance.net) prominently featured at the foot of Chateau Biron. Life on a French Poster. Is it possible for you? |
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Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 1 |
Time Passes Times Change | 3 |
Ready SetStopthen Go | 11 |
Every Village Should Have a Monsieur Citterio | 17 |
Our New Life Begins | 21 |
If Its Tuesday Its London then Biron then | 26 |
Discovering Treasures and Living History | 30 |
Reality CheckThe Bank Says No | 35 |
La Brocante Française | 50 |
Winters Gray Mask | 55 |
But Do the Ghosts Speak French? | 61 |
The AmericanFrench War | 66 |
The Dutch Ophelia | 71 |
Finding Lost Worlds | 76 |
The Heat Wave and Other Stories of Woe | 82 |
Epilogue | 91 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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