http://jimandclaire.com This site was a wedding gift, a means for us to keep in touch with our loved ones in Australia while we are living in France. It's a way for us to recall all the details, no matter how small, that make living in a different country ultimately a fabulous experience. Dr Jim's research with CNRS has brought us to Lille in Northern France. Claire occupies herself with being a domestic goddess, part-time English teaching and struggling to learn French. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:10:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well we had a fantastic time on our roadtrip, too many highlights to mention, all good! I promise I will post the photos from all our holidays before we leave for home (famous last words!). Just had time to catch up on the washing and air the apartment and we are ... http://jimandclaire.com/?p=112 Ok the the World Cup is over and Zidane has spoken (unfortuantly so did his mother!), so it is time to move on. What next? Le Tour de France!! Jim and I head off tomorrow for a farewell lap of France and will partake of Le Tour at some of ... http://jimandclaire.com/?p=111 We are just back from Germany after having the most fabulous weekend. It was wonderful to be in Stuttgart where Germany were playing and where they won. It was also very emotional as our German friends told us it is the first time in their lives they have seen the ... http://jimandclaire.com/?p=110 So France are in the final, I am very pleased but will confess to a niggle in my pleasure. The thing is when the World Cup started the French had very little to say about their team, very little air time was given and when pressed they would respond very ... http://jimandclaire.com/?p=109 I've just been watching the Hewitt Baghdatis Wimbledon match, I couldnt believe it when I turned on the television to discover Hewitt down the first set to some bloke with man boobs! He doesnt just have man boobs, but tummy flab and muffin tops! This is not what we are ... http://jimandclaire.com/?p=108 What a way to go out, part of me says oh well that's the way it goes, but another part of me wants to SCREAM that that is not how it goes!!! It goes like that when you have actors on the field and refs in your back pocket. Bitter ... http://jimandclaire.com/?p=107 Off we went to The Australian Bar last night, nervously clutching our flag and with me saying every 5min We can do it I know we can, our boys are just fabulous. Do you KNOW we can do it? You have to KNOW we can! Jim would always reassure me ... http://jimandclaire.com/?p=106 Well we are back from Greece and San Francisco, we've been back a week but STILL getting over the jet lag, it seems it's always worse coming back, I slept to 11am today! Still I've stopped feeling like I have the worlds worse hangover so that's a relief. We had ... http://jimandclaire.com/?p=103 Ok so it doesn't look like Im going to get back into the swing of this thing and I suspect not many of you are dropping by any more due to our appalling neglect. So with the pressure off and no one watching I'll probably start up again!! Anyway I 've ... http://jimandclaire.com/?p=102 This photo of Harry & Grace(oh and the footy blokes) was on the cover of the HeraldSun for the Royal Women's Hospital Appeal......if that doesnt make you dig deep check for a pulse! http://jimandclaire.com/?p=100