Life in France, as it really happens.
Stories, food, houses, places, French misunderstandings and the little things nobody tells you about living here.
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Life in FranceThe things nobody tells you.
Lost in TranslationFrench, faux pas & misunderstandings.
At the French TableFood, markets & recipes.
Out & AboutVillages, places & discoveries.
French Homes & FindsBrocantes, interiors & beautiful old things.
Through the French DoorProperty, house hunting & buying in France.
Bienvenue, I’m Nikki
I came to France expecting a different way of life. I just didn’t realise quite how different it would be.
I’m British, I live in the Dordogne with my French husband, our son and a gentle Boxer who is considerably less brave than she looks. By day, I help people buy and sell homes here in south-west France, which gives me a rather wonderful excuse to explore beautiful houses, hidden villages and corners of the countryside I might otherwise never discover.
Lost in the French Aisle is where I share the France we actually live in — the food, the houses, the villages, the language disasters, the bureaucracy, the beautiful everyday moments and all the things nobody thinks to tell you before you get here.
Some days France makes perfect sense. Other days, not so much.
Either way, there’s usually a story in it.
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Not perfect. Just real. And that’s the point. ♡