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Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles

Louise Prichard

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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43:13

Reminiscing together, keeping our Frenchy vibes...

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2026/04/12

Katherine Burns loves Paris and shares her love of all things French through her Insta account @rue.dauphine.paris. She chatted for the second time on the Loulabelle's FrancoFiles in this episode, about how she keeps connected to France. Katherine first found that France was definitely the place for her when she discovered French food and cooking. We chatted about where she likes to visit when in Paris to get her foodie fix as well as some other iconic places from her last French trip w...

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54:16

Thinking of moving to France? Take a retreat in the...

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2026/03/23

Mandy Murphy has chatted with me on the Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles previously with her husband Willo Renehan to talk all about her gorgeous home La Maison Trumeau in Saumur in the Loire Valley. Mandy and Willo were inspired by Dick & Angel on Escape to the Château, and made the decision after Brexit to buy property in France, which they are making their permanent home. Mandy introduced me in this podcast episode to her colleague Camilla Degerth who has made 12 international relocations (so ...

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41:33

The Movie Lover's Guide to Paris

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2026/03/09

Paris is a city that lives in the hearts of people from around the world and has so many movies set there. I've also found loads of movies or shows that use Paris as a backdrop and I love searching as I watch for glimpses of places I've been in the French capital. If you love Paris and love films, Ruby Boukabou has a new book out The Movie Lover's Guide to Paris, which takes the reader on a journey through Paris, exploring the city through the lens of over 200 movies. Discovering Paris ...

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40:17

A local's glimpse of France in the lead up to Noël.

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2025/12/23

Elisabeth Perotin is French, having grown up in the Champagne region and still currently living in Reims. Elisabeth is a photographer specialising in travel and food photography, with only French themed pics on her Instagram @frenchglimpses. Tapping into Elisabeth's local knowledge during this chat uncovered a number of places in Paris and France that I'd not heard of, but I am now adding to my list! If you want to find quirky but yet authentic places to add to your itinerary when planning a ...

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50:35

The amazing life impact of a long term stay in France...

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2025/12/14

Catherine Berry is an author who has chatted on the Loulabelle's FrancoFiles podcast previously (eps 39 & 112) about the life changing decision to move her family to the French village of Annecy for a year when her children were young. We come back to chat again to Catherine to hear how that stay has made a positive impact of the lives of her whole family, but also about a new experience she had staying in the Italian village of Lucca for 3 months. Loulabelle and Catherine chat abou...

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40:58

Donna Guest - Sharing the "Illusion" of France!

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2025/11/23

. Donna Guest is the Co-Founder, CEO & Creative Director of fashion house Blue Illusion, which is a French inspired brand bringing fashion, homewares and all sorts of French connections to their customers everywhere. In this chat Loulabelle delves underneath the brand to find the woman and uncover what inspires her and keeps her connected to France. We find out about her fave experiences in France including a surprise stay in a medieval chateau, attending Le Diner en Blanc with 30,000 oth...

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52:54

The Louvre heist! Claudine Hemingway's expert...

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2025/11/04

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 regular Sunday morning. In this podcast chat, hear Loulabelle discuss the situation with historian and Paris resident Claudine Hemingway who knows the Louvre like the back...

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49:18

The French Effect

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2025/10/26

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 experiences in France. We chatted whilst she was in Antibes in the South of France, this time road-tripping with friends, but over the past few decades she and her husband have ...

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27:35

The Pastry World Cup is coming up! And we're chatting...

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2025/10/12

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 now being mentored by Pierrick to succeed as the inaugural Viennoiserie World Cup winner ad the first to represent Australia! . I was fascinated to hear their stories and to ch...

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39:05

Experiencing Life in Burgundy

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2025/09/28

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 during the Aussie lockdowns. Since that time I have stayed in the cottage they renovated originally which was a wonderful experience. Kate and Nathan exude a warmth that makes eve...

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48:44

Meandering along the roads & through the villages of...

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2025/09/11

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 friends after she was interviewed on the Loulabelle's podcast a number of years ago and I have spent much time with her on previous visits to France where she now lives in Sain...

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48:54

Bonjour Mate! (and win a trip to Paris!)

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2025/08/16

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 down under, Eva has found love, had a cancer diagnosis and beaten it, brought two bubbas into the world and most recently taken the socials by storm with now almost half a million...

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47:21

A Zig Zag wine making journey from the UK, to Aus, to...

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2025/07/29

Harriet Churchill and her husband Henry are originally from England, but spent many years living in Australia based in Melbourne originally, working in the area of sustainability, but eventually moved to regional Victoria right near me! I first heard of their story and their vineyard in the Macedon Ranges Zig Zag wines, when I was hanging out with other locals around the fire during happy hour at my local pub! I'm thrilled that I followed her up for a chat as I found our discussion abou...

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64:56

Inside Paris info from "The Parisian Mole" Vittoria...

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2025/07/13

Italian born Vittoria Busetti had a dream for many years of moving to Paris, so she worked a way around the obstacles in her path, packed up her Milan apartment a few years ago and took the leap to her new Parisian life! Moving all alone to a new city with a new job is not without its challenges, so after navigating through loads of situations where she struggled to find helpful info, Vittoria put together a guide for people moving to Paris as well as an Insta group which has become like a li...

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33:40

Getting a dose of France with a "Weekly French Bite"!

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2025/07/01

Alexandra Ganipeau runs the French Language school in Melbourne "The French Hack". She has connected people in Australia to France over many years, through organising cafe catch ups as well teaching French to people of all ages. Recently I chatted to her about how she is now connecting people to France with a weekly dose of Frenchy vibes via her Weekly French Bites. Over 52 weeks Francophiles can experience a "bite" of French culture, language and fabulousness with different themes such as Fr...

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53:16

Magical Menton on the Côte d'Azur!

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2025/06/18

Recently I travelled for a couple of months in France, road tripping from the top of the country in Normandy to the bottom at the Côte d'Azur and towards the end of my stay I enjoyed a most marvellous visit with Caroline Riddell-Clark at her Villa Florente in Menton on the Italian border. Caroline has stayed in France each year for many years, spending much of that time in Menton staying with friends who had moved there a long time ago. So during the Melbourne Covid lockdowns it was not a sur...

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29:46

Spring in Cannes!

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2025/05/16

I am currently in France and have been road-tripping all over the place, but more on that in upcoming episodes... . At the moment I have connected with friend to the Loulabelle's FrancoFiles podcast Ruby Boukabou and in this episode we discussed some observations from this particular Cannes Film Festival. We had tickets for the opening night red carpet event and we were in the room for the opening ceremony too, to see Robert De Niro receive his honorary Palme d'Or presented by Leonardo DiCapr...

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41:29

A French Mediterranean vacation with relaxation,...

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2025/04/28

Kent Tisher is a Palliative Care Doctor in Toronto Canada who loves to unwind and shed the stress of life by traveling in France. I first chatted to Kent back in April 2023 about his love of French vacations and it was fabulous to chat again as he arrived home in Canada on the same day that I arrived in Paris! . Kent came to France this time for only 10 days. He caught the TGV direct from CDG down to the Languedoc region to end up in Pezenas near Montpellier. This is a game changer for me as ...

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25:03

Back in France and the Cannes Film Festival!

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2025/04/16

This episode is coming to you from Paris! Ouuuuiiiii! I have escaped Melbourne and headed to my happy place, but before my departure last week I chatted to my dear friend, author, performer, tap dancer and long time Cannes Film Festival journalist Ruby Boukabou. 2025 is the 78th festival in Cannes where Ruby and I will meet up, but even though this is my second time attending the festival, I needed this chat with Ruby to explain many of the details of the festival including the types of award...

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33:00

Love Burgundy wine? You'll love Vino Dilectio!

Loulabelle’s FrancoFiles ·

2025/04/06

I am about to return to Burgundy for my third visit there and I can't wait! The region is wonderful to immerse in with wonderful food, scenery and amazing wines! On my last time in Dijon I met the wonderful Emeline Pin whose business Vino Dilectio runs tasting workshops showcasing the various wines of her region. I attended a cheese and wine pairing workshop and I loved every minute of it. Emeline and I chatted about the various things tourists could do in Dijon and Burgundy/Bourgogne, such a...

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