At long last, Judgement Day is here! Our unarguable choice of the very best expat blogs in France where, (according to Tish, who reads them all) the majority seem simply the consequence of inserting an enema in the inappropriate orifice.
In third place, by a fair way, Helena Flip-Flop the seasoned pro who makes a fairly comfortable living, it appears, as a minor writer, domestic diarist/journalist and an " I'll help you to understand France teapot" reeling off endless mind candy for the brain weary. Occasionally, for instance, she abandons her children in foreign hotels, writes it up, preening herself on the consequences while disparaging critics, then goes into a positively huge, "Oh Lordy", guilt-trippy swoon when horrible events elsewhere reveal her fatuity. All her best friends are English or Irish! Very cosy if cosmo not ... and probably best to avoid her local Poste. She is - there is a God! - hitched up to an all-day-Sunday golfer ... Bonjour Tristesse!
The only good thing to report about this sorry blogger constantly puffing her other moolah-making products is that her rich Italian aunt is no longer speaking to her after being ripped up in her last workette. Niente! Capiche!
In second place, the amiable and industrious Colin From Sunderland who pursues news stories and even holds competitions on his site - a big hitter with 60,000+ visits to date - but the newshound faculty is a little distempered recently (Cafe 2 metres short of church fiasco! Move the chairs, move the door, Colin!). He managed to ignore scoopy doopy in the Pyrenees where priest's 22 year love tangle with Mothers' Union beauty brought out village congregation in support - they went on strike! Curia in Tizzy! was on the plate but instead he opened competition to win an unknown book (Hope it's not one of Flip-Flop's) if you ask inane question correctly of a certain papershop hussy somewhere in France.
Bingo next?
When asked why he did not live in Sunderland and support the south of France, Colin's courteous reply is currently being deconstructed by a team of the world's best.
But in premier spot, numero uno, by an old English mile, it has to be the Don himself - Alex-in-Languedoc, the ranter with the banter! Why? Because this blog is strictly amateur in the best sense, informative, varied, highly ideosyncratic and, above all, real. Where else could we find out Joe Cocker is coming to Carcassonne, what to expect in a Nimes' bureaucrat's office, what not to expect from French tradesmen, what are the best local wines, restaurants, et al ... Simply the best!
We are even placing an order for the butter humidifier on a recent post and sincerely hope this accolade is not the kiss of death.
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