Dinan Archives | The France House

Christmas in Dinan

On Winter Holidays in Brittany and the French idea of cozy.

On traveling door-to-door between homes in California and France.

On Brittany’s storied textile history—involving the Bayeux Tapestry, Shakespeare, and the “blue gold” rush.

On the history and delights of a second home in town.

On the spirals of Brittany, Celtic symbolism, and the natural world.

On touching down again in the France House: a love story.

On the joys of not renovating a house in France.

On naming and valuing a good quality of life.

On discovering Dinan and the pleasures of a walled medieval French city.

On finding a new part of the world to call home.