Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles
In Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles we chat about all things “français” to get your Frenchy vibes happening here at home in Australia or wherever you are around the world! We will hear tips and ideas that aren’t in the tourist brochures from various podcast guests living both in Aus and France. Join us on a journey to be immersed in a variety of French experiences to brighten and enrich the dullest of days and daydream of fun in France! À bientôt, loulabellesfrancofiles.com
Episodes
164 episodes since 2020
Uncovering joy in Europe during your French vacation!
Currently I am in France! I have escaped the Aussie winter and returned to my fave destination! This time however, my husband Paul and I decided to couple our visit to Paris and other regions of France, with a stay with some dear friends who li...
September 15, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 164
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33:54
Building a beautiful French life, from Paris to Provence.
Alex Lalak is an Aussie born and bred travel journalist who now calls France home. Growing up in Sydney, Alex was gifted many cook books, many of them French and also studied French at school. A part of her always thought she would...
August 28, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 163
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1:03:54
A single woman over 50 taking off to move to Paris? Bien sur!
Elaine Lewis was always interested in books. So when she made the decision to move from Australia to Paris to open a book store on the left bank of the Seine, her family gave full support. Other opinions were mixed, but regardless she moved to ...
August 17, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 162
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37:43
History, massive tides, pirates, stone cottages, fun & seafood galore! They have everything in Saint Malo!
Danielle Overton Chambers was born in London but moved to Saint Malo as a small child to live with her great-grandparents and after a life around the world she has returned to her favourite place.Saint Malo has fascinating history from ...
July 29, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 161
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49:22
In Paris during the Jeux Olympiques!
What Claudine Hemingway doesn't know about the history of Paris probably isn't worth knowing! But as I plan to take off to France for the European autumn, arriving somewhere amongst the shenanigans of the Olympics and the Paralympics, I am pick...
July 23, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 160
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38:51
Walking Le Puy Camino - a life changing experience!
In 2023 my dear uncle Carl Putt and his best mate Paul Steinfort embarked on a life changing experience walking Le Puy Camino, a huge pilgrimage trail through France.I have obviously known my Uncle Carl my whole life and with a shared l...
July 15, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 159
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46:02
Paris comes to Bendigo... again!
A short while ago I chatted at episode 152 with Clare Needham, Curator at the Bendigo Art Gallery all about their amazing current exhibition Paris: Impressions of Life 1880-1925. This exhibition finishes on Bastille Day next wee...
July 06, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 158
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18:02
Where to go in France? Hear a local's faves in Paris & Bordeaux
Alex Ganipeau is a native of Bordeaux who is now a skilled French teacher residing in Australia with her business The French Hack. I check in with Alex weekly to improve my French chatting skills and I also love her tips on lots of things to do...
June 26, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 157
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36:55
Meet Chef of the Year! Pierrick Boyer from Rêverie Café, creating amazing French dreams!
I got out from behind my desk in the Loulabelle's recording pod and met Pierrick Boyer in his Prahran Rêverie Café. For someone who has so many accolades and awards, who is always excelling and noted as being at the top of his craft, he is an ...
June 19, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 156
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52:40
Cannes Film Festival Flashback
Recently I followed with great interest all the excitement of the Cannes Film Festival, which got me reminiscing about when I was there for the 2023 Festival last May with friend to the Loulabelle's FrancoFiles podcast Ruby Boukabou. I al...
June 11, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 155
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29:12
Are you always "gunna" do something? Perhaps join the Gunnas International in France!
Melbourne local Catherine Deveny has a career I have followed for decades. She is a writer, a comedian, an inspiration to many and she has provided many a belly cackle for me over the years. She is irreverent, intelligent and loads of fun and I...
May 27, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 154
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53:12
Life in Rural France
English born Kylie Lang has lived all over the world, but it wasn’t until she gave her husband the next choice of where to live, that she even considered a move to France and now she is fully in loooooove with every thing about her new adopted ...
May 19, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 153
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36:37
Paris: Impressions of Life 1880-1925
Aujourd'hui I escaped into the real world to get my Frenchy vibes fluttering at the Bendigo Art Gallery, chatting to curator Clare Needham about the current Paris: Impressions of Life exhibition.This extraordinary exhibition was sourced...
May 12, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 152
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1:03:12
The story of classic French style with Jac Cadeaux founder Claudia Stahl
Claudia Stahl is the creator of French inspired fashion brand Jac Cadeaux. Claudia lived in Paris for a number of years after inheriting a love of all things French from her mother. She went for a year and stayed for five years!Claudia ...
May 05, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 151
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45:51
Returning to Paris and Cannes in 2024!
Ruby Boukabou is an author, performer, tap dancer and Paris resident with whom I have had numerous wonderful French experiences including attending the Cannes Film Festival last year. The films selected for 2024 have now been an...
April 21, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 150
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30:21
Every day is a beautiful day with April in Paris!
April Pett is a breath of fresh air keeping the Frenchy vibes fluttering for many tourists in Paris. She hosts custom tours in Paris, Versailles, Chablis and Champagne and does so with such a lovely vibrant positivity!Coming to live in ...
April 14, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 149
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35:37
Finding joy in the tiny details of Paris... all on a map!
Sonja Bajic is a map illustrator living in Paris, specialising in personalised maps. We use maps so often in our lives and Sonja connects with people to tell their story on a map of their own. Sometimes she will create a map with images or pict...
April 07, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 148
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40:59
Joyeuses Pâques à tous!
Easter for me has always been a time for gathering with family, for eating copious amounts of chocolate, for egg hunts and as a child for going to church with my grandmothers. This is the same in much of the English speaking world, but what goe...
March 31, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 147
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33:34
Champêtre - Kate Hill's creative and connected life in country France.
Kate Hill has lived an extraordinary life. As a young woman she loved to travel and cook and ended up buying a barge and travelling the regional canals of France until she found her little home which back then was a ruin on the bank of the cana...
March 24, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 146
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1:06:21
Paris in 20 Walks
Dianne McHugh loves walking through Paris. So much so that she has created 20 walks, one for each arrondissement of the French capital. Dianne has her faves, but one thing she often looks for when planning a walk, is a patch of green on the map...
March 17, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 145
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48:27
Escape to the Dordogne in an old French apartment ❤️
Bruce and Lisa live near Montreal in Canada and whilst Bruce's French father may have influenced his connection to France, it wasn't until a 20th wedding anniversary vacay that together they discovered their mutual love of France. When visiting...
March 10, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 144
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46:30
Finding the hidden gems in Paris with Claudine Hemingway
Claudine Hemingway is an American living in France. She has an amazing family history in Paris, with her grandparents and of course Ernest Hemingway having a significant impact on her perspective of the French capital. I have spoken with her a ...
March 03, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 143
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43:32
Loving La Maison Trumeau!
Mandy Murphy and Willo Renehan made a decision after Brexit to buy property in France. What eventuated though, was more than they imagined! After many years of renos, inspired by Dick & Angel on Escape to the Château, they now have a wonder...
February 25, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 142
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42:58
Valentine's Day en France!
Alex Ganipeau runs French language school "The French Hack" in Melbourne Australia and is our go to Frenchy to chat with about loads of things to help demystify French traditions, customs and culture!In today's chat we hear about the re...
February 16, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 141
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38:22
A bit of Vintage etc to keep our Frenchy vibes fluttering!
Do you love having French vintage bits and bobs all around to remind you of travels in France? Or do you just enjoy a gorgeous French rustic or provincial style to your home? Perhaps you have just a teeny addiction to brocante shopping... Oui? ...
February 11, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 140
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47:45