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Bonne Fete Nationale!
To these of us celebrating exterior of France, we could also be celebrating France’s nationwide vacation with an exclamation of Completely satisfied Bastille Day, however inside the borders of France, as I’ve been reminded various instances, it’s Bonne Fete Nationale or Le Quatorze Juillet! No matter you like to utter, it’s a day of celebrations for Francophiles, and whereas TSLL total premise with regards to residing merely luxuriously attracts a lot inspiration from the French lifestyle, in the present day I’ve lined up 24 concepts so that you can rejoice July 14th in your personal manner.
The above vineyards in Provence take me again to my journey in 2018, and oh, how I lengthy to return. Quickly, I reassure myself, quickly. However whether or not now we have the chance to face on the terra firma of France in the meanwhile or pay homage from afar, we are able to completely partake within the annual celebration.
I’m trying ahead to much more deeply celebrating in the present day’s occasions within the easy actions that fill my day: a sipping of French thé within the morning, watching the seventeenth stage of Le Tour de France, making herbed gougeres for apéro time within the night and bringing them with me to assemble with a pricey buddy who grew up in Belgium at her residence right here in Bend to dine in celebration of in the present day being Le Quatorze Juillet. Parfait!
Now to the listing with many hyperlinks for additional exploration on most of the objects shared.
1.Watch Le Tour de France
Vicariously journey all through the countryside of France for 3 weeks because the annual biking occasion takes place. Watch on Peacock (ad-free, $9.99/mo or with adverts, $4.99/mo) when you reside within the states, and for all different worldwide viewers, read this detailed post on VeloNews for precisely the place to stream to your nation. Peacock additionally gives the choice to look at the worldwide broadcast fairly than NBC’s broadcast which I flip backwards and forwards from each different day occasionally.
2. Plan after which store for a favourite French meal (take a look at TSLL’s many French-inspired recipes right here)
3. Don’t neglect the cheese and salad course (earlier than dessert and after the primary entrée)
4. Play a sport (or two) of pétanque
(this sport was being performed in Paris simply exterior of the window of Hôtel Particulier Montmartre close to Sacre Couer)
5. Collect with fellow Francophiles for a French meal starting with apéro time
6. Pack a picnic and go someplace amongst Mom Nature (don’t neglect to pack the wine and bistro wine glasses – sturdy, however beautiful)
7. Go to an area farmers’ market, and make sure you convey your market tote
8. Start the day with a recent baguette picked up at your native bakery
9. Une croissant s’il vous plait!, pair with cafe au lait or sizzling cup of thé
~discover how you can make your personal croissants here in episode #6, Season 2 of The Merely Luxurious Kitchen cooking present.
10. Choose a bottle of wine out of your favourite French area or the subsequent area of France you hope to go to as inspiration to convey your subsequent journey to fruition
~discover Châteauneuf du Pape wines (I decide mine up at each Dealer Joes – they carry one varietal at a terrific worth for this winery, in addition to my native wine store for extra varietals and vintages)
11. Hunt down French thé and sip a sizzling cup within the morning to start the day – pair together with your croissant maybe? 🙂
12. Prepare dinner a traditional soufflé au fromage avec fresh herbs
13. Arrange a cheese and wine gathering
14. Watch a French cozy thriller collection
~discover the newest This & That weekly post which incorporates further Francophile Finds, together with extra French tv exhibits I like to recommend.
15. Go searching your house and uncover how one can add a contact of France to your sanctuary, or one more contact 🙂
16. Store and buy French lingerie to replace your lingerie capsule wardrobe
~Chantelle is without doubt one of the French manufacturers I extremely advocate for prime quality on a regular basis lingerie (and they’re at present in the course of their annual summer time sale). As shared on this podcast episode Aubade is a high quality French lingerie model I additionally store.
17. Make a Clafoutis Aux Cerises with the cherries simply now prepared to reap!
18. Conclude the night by watching a favourite French movie
19. Take heed to TSLL’s Escape to France playlist – over an hour of French music to get pleasure from
20. Choose lyric-free music? Take heed to TSLL’s French Jazz Cafe playlist
21. Make a easy French crêpe for dessert – Lemon and Brown Butter Sweet Crêpe
22. Talking of crêpes, make a Buckwheat crêpe (or galette) with prosciutto, gruyére and egg
23. Learn a French book to discover additional the French tradition
~Discover all of TSLL’s Francophile Finds for books here.
24. Add a French cookbook to your kitchen library – add one every year to additional encourage your culinary journey into French cooking
~Discover all of TSLL’s recommended cookbooks here.
25. Go to sleep enveloped in French linen sheets
***EXTRA**** Mark your calendars for the 2nd full week in August as every year TSLL celebrates all issues French throughout the Annual TSLL French Week right here on the weblog. (discover all posts and giveaways shared in earlier French Weeks here on the blog)
~Discover changing into a TOP Tier Member of TSLL Community to not solely get pleasure from ad-free studying blog-wide, but in addition be capable to enter all of the giveaways introduced throughout the Annual French Week (and entry to unique content material – excursions of TSLL’s residence), in addition to be capable to curate a library of your favourite weblog posts.
After all there may be a lot French-Impressed content material to peruse and discover on TSLL, so make sure you discover all the French-themed posts here, French-themed podcast episodes here, and TSLL’s Finest Promoting e-book within the class of France Journey The Road to Le Papillon: Daily Meditations on True Contentment, in addition to TSLL’s 1st book (with a whole chapter devoted to French-Impressed Dwelling and France Journey and 2nd book. Thanks for stopping by and santé!
Petit Plaisir
~Délicieux, the movie
~The Easy Sophisticate, episode #334
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