Tag: French life

A lover of the French way of life, France is my second home. For almost three decades, I have shared my life between Australia and France … partly by intention, partly by fate, with a good dose of serendipity thrown in. Over that time, France has been a home to me, both in my soul and my work. I find the country, the people, and French life endlessly fascinating, beautiful, and enthralling. But also, at times, exasperating. As a journalist, foreign correspondent, and travel writer, I have written extensively about France and life in France for newspapers and magazines worldwide. The lifestyle, breaking news, travel news, adventures, road trips, food, wine, and culture. There may be something uncanny about me ending up in France all those years ago on a journalism scholarship. It was not my first choice – Italy was. The Archers – my mother’s side of the family – come from England. The Archers descend very likely from the de Archers of Normandy. Just as they went on a conquest in England, I went on one to discover the world. And in doing so, have ended up “almost French”.