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
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On 19 October 2025, thieves wearing high-vis work wear, used a stolen furniture removals truck to get into a top floor of the Louvre in Paris, stealing pieces of the French Crown Jewels from the Galerie d"Apollon ("Apollo"s Gallery"). The amazingly swift robbery took place at around 9.30am on what seemed to be a regula
Canadian author Patricia Sands is so connected to France, through her novels which are most often set there in Provence. Coming out on 15 November, 2025 is her latest book The French Effect, set in Paris with the story heading down to Nice on the Cote d"Azur as well. I loved my "petit papotage" with Patricia about her
Pierrick Boyer is a celebrated French pastry chef who has earned the French highest honour of the Chevalier Merite Agricole for his services to France and French culture through his pastry work and he has called Melbourne home for over 20 years. . Paula Nikita has come to call Melbourne home for the last 5 years and is
Earlier this year I road tripped around France and spent a couple of weeks in Burgundy with friends of the Loulabelle"s FrancoFiles podcast, Kate and Nathan Veach. Kate and Nathan had a French restaurant in Melbourne prior to making the permanent move to France just after Covid after buying a place on the internet duri
I love road tripping in France and I aim to get there and meander the roads less travelled as often as I can! In the April/May of 2025 I took a "vacances" in France for a couple of months and embarked on 3 separate road trips with separate groups or individual friends. . Author Katherine Watt and I became great friend
Eva Bonnet knew from a very early age growing up in France, that Australia was going to be a very special place for her! Eva didn"t plan to come to Australia directly, but as she says, "life brought her here". Eva chatted to me about how she ended up living a French life in Melbourne. Since making the permanent move do