Although our French neighbours are a short hop across the channel, it has often been difficult and quite expensive to buy good French things here – you know the sort of thing I mean, the things that we love when we are on holiday in France and miss so much when we get back.
However, there are now some excellent online shopping sites where you can buy French food and French decor to remind you of those balmy nights spent on the balcony, drinking French wine and eating delicious French food.
For the home, it is now simple to add a little of that French chic and flair, gorgeous trinkets and household items which would not look out of place in a home in Provence. However simple a decoration or gadget is, the French always seem to design it with a flair that makes it into a piece of art.
You can also buy French food and wine online now, so you do not have to miss your cassoulet or pate in between your holidays to France.
Of course, buying French things online is not the same as being able to go there yourself to choose them, but it is a pretty good second, and it fills those dark days before you have the chance to go again for real.