It is not true that Valentine's day is a holiday invented by greedy greeting card companies eager to sell more stock or by candy companies to sell more chocolate, or general retailers to create more business once Christmas is over. It is easy to picture that Valentine's Day was created by them because as soon as the stores (more…)
Aging wine usually smooths out the overall flavour of the wine allowing it become more harmonious, balanced and mellow which is fine for reds. There is however the little known exception to the rule. (more…)
The best place to buy french cookware is in France. However, if you can not travel to Paris, do not fret, you can start your French cookware collection by surfing ebay for le-creuset pots new and old. Do not be put off by buying a second hand le creuset pot, because they last and last and last. (more…)
So you're travelling to France for your next vacation. You've have selected a location, booked your accommodation, organised your travel. That is the easy part of the "where" and the "how." The trickiest part of planning and enjoying your holiday comes next when you need to tackle the "what" issue. That is what are you (more…)
Never in the long history of the chandelier has there been such choice as there is today. You can buy over the internet or in person.
You can scour the brocante stalls in French markets or the junk shops in England or America. (more…)
One thing that every person should do whilst holidaying in the Loire Valley visiting the incredible historic castles is to take the time to go on a ride in a hot air balloon. Although most of us have been in a plane and glanced out the window at the world below, there is nothing quite like ballooning and enjoying the wind in your hair as (more…)
The Loire Valley is a spectacular destination for a family holiday. There are many historical castles to see, so many that it can be difficult to decide on which ones to see before it becomes too much for the children to bare. Each of the Loire Valley castles listed below have their own special attraction. (more…)
When you cook for Valentine's Day, love radiates from your heart, seeps into the food and gives it the magical quality that ignites the soul. When you serve your Valentine an elegant meal do it with some beautiful candles, good champagne or wine if you like, and a warm and loving smile. The real aphrodisiac is you! (more…)
As you relax in the gentle heat of an infra-red sauna, your body is hard at work, making sweat, burning calories and pumping blood. Conventional saunas need high air temperature to pull impurities from the body, but our infrared heated sauna can directly penetrate up to 45 millimetres inside the body for a great detox treatment. (more…)
The royalty of France, seduced by the temperate climate and the game-filled oak forests erected their sumptuous homes here in the Loire Valley. They surrounded themselves with the greatest architects and artiests of this era. This is the country of a thousand castles. The valley is full of not only royal castles and renaissance (more…)