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Title: Hello from France ! Post by: aromaNature on February 06, 2012, 11:20:48 AM Hello all ! I'm a soapmaker in southwest France ..... Have been the owner (with DH) of www.aromaNature.com (http://www.aromaNature.com) for the past 11 yrs.
In addition to selling our handmade soaps locally we also offer courses here in the southwest and paris for French speakers. Looking foreward to sharing soapy things with you ;) Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: Eire on February 06, 2012, 11:26:01 AM Hi and welcome. :hi:
Eire Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: Scott on February 06, 2012, 11:27:40 AM Hello - and welcome. I'm also based in France - Dept 36, so quite a distance from you
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: retropants on February 06, 2012, 11:29:59 AM bonjour & bienvenue! :buttrf:
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: aromaNature on February 06, 2012, 11:37:09 AM EIRE is a basque name ! @Scott Oui you are bit far from us ;)
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: Mrs Green Hearts on February 06, 2012, 11:40:30 AM Hello and welcome (((waves)))
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: EJ on February 06, 2012, 11:44:58 AM Hello - welcome to the forum (lots of other stuff besides soap).
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: Alphya on February 06, 2012, 12:00:09 PM Hi and welcome :) :buttrf:
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: fiddletree on February 06, 2012, 01:52:50 PM Welcome! Your website and your soaps are beautiful.
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: Denice on February 06, 2012, 01:59:57 PM :hi:
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: bambi on February 06, 2012, 02:09:06 PM Coucou Aroma :)
Nice to meet you ! Cool une compatriote, meme si je suis outre-mer lolll. Welcome on board ! Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: alishelly on February 06, 2012, 02:13:22 PM Hiya :hi:
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: Bergamia on February 06, 2012, 02:21:21 PM :hi:
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: Helen on February 06, 2012, 02:53:01 PM A big warm welcome from me ;D
I hope you enjoy spending time here :buttrf: Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: deniseyf on February 06, 2012, 03:21:01 PM welcome :hi:
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: aromaNature on February 06, 2012, 03:22:03 PM Thank you all, nice to be here ;D
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: Rosh on February 06, 2012, 04:47:11 PM Hello! Your soaps look gorgeous!
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: TerrisGold on February 06, 2012, 05:03:43 PM Hello and a BIG welcome, this is a great forum and we love pics.................. :buttrf: .........heading off now to have a look at your web site............ Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: lyndsayfink on February 06, 2012, 06:18:45 PM Hello there! :buttrf:
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: Lindy on February 06, 2012, 09:43:48 PM Bonjour from western Canada! By the way that is just about the extent of my French.... :-\
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: aromaNature on February 07, 2012, 07:19:50 AM Bonjour from western Canada! By the way that is just about the extent of my French.... :-\ Bonjour to you too Lindy ! I am from western Canada too (vancouver) originally, and when I first arrived in France I wasn't much better !Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: Blossom on February 07, 2012, 09:47:38 AM :hi: from freeeeezing Essex
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: Lindy on February 07, 2012, 06:06:43 PM I'm just north of Vancouver in Powell River. As we like to say 90 miles, 2 ferries and 5 hours.... :mwaha: You do know we're going to want to learn your story. Canada to France.... fascinating...
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: aromaNature on February 11, 2012, 03:43:08 PM I'm just north of Vancouver in Powell River. As we like to say 90 miles, 2 ferries and 5 hours.... :mwaha: You do know we're going to want to learn your story. Canada to France.... fascinating... Well... Lets do this quickly ::) Met and married a frenchman (whilst living in the caribbean, ohhhhhh complicated already ???). Moved to southwest France 12 yrs ago... Unemployed and "clandestine" at first, not speaking the language well, I used all this free time to teach myself and take some classes on making soap and natural cosmetic products.... The rest is quite simple, hobby that spins out of control and here I am now living in a strawbale house on a hill and running (with DH) our little 'savonnerie' called aromaNature, selling our handmaded soaps and teaching soapmaking in french... earning just enough money to live a wonderfully simple life (by choice, we avoid wholesale ;) ! There it is in a nutshell.... Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: Suzanne on February 11, 2012, 05:06:42 PM Oops, missed this. Hello and welcome.
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: Scott on February 11, 2012, 08:31:08 PM I assume from your site etc. that you speak fluent French now though Leanne - do you manage to pick up 100% of what is said? I can now get about 60% of radio, and maybe a bit more than that for TV - I can converse semi-fluently with neighbours on most topics, but every now and again, I miss almost all of what is said, and I wonder if I actually know French at all :-\
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: abrit on February 11, 2012, 08:39:40 PM Hello and welcome! :buttrf:
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: madpiano on February 11, 2012, 08:54:51 PM but every now and again, I miss almost all of what is said, and I wonder if I actually know French at all :-\ is that before or after consuming large quantities of Wine? :mwaha: Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: Eire on February 11, 2012, 08:57:24 PM ...and gin, and home brew concoctions...
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: fiddletree on February 11, 2012, 11:37:46 PM I assume from your site etc. that you speak fluent French now though Leanne - do you manage to pick up 100% of what is said? I can now get about 60% of radio, and maybe a bit more than that for TV - I can converse semi-fluently with neighbours on most topics, but every now and again, I miss almost all of what is said, and I wonder if I actually know French at all :-\ I can sympathize, Scott! Well, but for Italian, because my French is still terrible. I usually understand about 80% of what's going on but sometimes I get seriously lost. Especially with weird backwoods accents. I find grappa helps! Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: abijay on February 12, 2012, 12:10:48 AM Welcome aboard.
Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: aromaNature on February 13, 2012, 06:07:33 PM I assume from your site etc. that you speak fluent French now though Leanne - do you manage to pick up 100% of what is said? I can now get about 60% of radio, and maybe a bit more than that for TV - I can converse semi-fluently with neighbours on most topics, but every now and again, I miss almost all of what is said, and I wonder if I actually know French at all :-\ Hi Scott, I'm fluent with a very strong accent and lots of grammatical errors (is that still considered fluent) ???. Wine does help ;DTitle: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: Lindy on February 14, 2012, 01:40:03 AM I'm just north of Vancouver in Powell River. As we like to say 90 miles, 2 ferries and 5 hours.... :mwaha: You do know we're going to want to learn your story. Canada to France.... fascinating... Well... Lets do this quickly ::) Met and married a frenchman (whilst living in the caribbean, ohhhhhh complicated already ???). Moved to southwest France 12 yrs ago... Unemployed and "clandestine" at first, not speaking the language well, I used all this free time to teach myself and take some classes on making soap and natural cosmetic products.... The rest is quite simple, hobby that spins out of control and here I am now living in a strawbale house on a hill and running (with DH) our little 'savonnerie' called aromaNature, selling our handmaded soaps and teaching soapmaking in french... earning just enough money to live a wonderfully simple life (by choice, we avoid wholesale ;) ! There it is in a nutshell.... Hmmmm - is there a book out yet? Sounds fascinating! Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: aromaNature on February 14, 2012, 07:27:43 AM [/quote] Hmmmm - is there a book out yet? Sounds fascinating! [/quote] :D LOL ! There is a book Lindy ! But its about soapmaking and not life in rural france ;) Title: Re: Hello from France ! Post by: Amanda82 on February 14, 2012, 01:07:57 PM Hello from France,
I am Amanda :) Welcome! x! :buttrf: |