Hello judithf,
I think I've just asked you to join my friends list, but I can't see anything that confirms it.  Hope you get it!
I'm a Brit living in France and have recently qualified via an I-to-I course.  I'm interested to learn more about the teaching you are doing here in France.  Are they private classes, for a company, as part of the national education system etc?  How did you come to find the work and what was the recruitment process, if any, like?  Also, how good does your French need to be?  I'm told mine isn't bad, but I know that it's not great either.
As an aside, hope the frost hasn't harmed any of your lovely plants.  Ours are looking a little sad despite the acres of fleece I've put over the tender ones.  We've had temperatures down to -12 c here.  What are the winters like down on the Spanish border?  We were somewhere 'down south' in September 09 picking up a second-hand tandem.  Forgive me if I've got the name wrong, but it was near something like St Pied de Port, which is on the route of the pilgrim fathers, do you know it?  It was beautiful and I'd love to go back there for  longer one day.  We have focused more on fruit and veg production in recent years, but are trying to put together a bit more of a flower and shrub garden.  Do you grow fruit and veg as well as lovely flowers?
Regards, Yvette

And I didn't mean to upload the picture where I look like something the cat brought in - but can't work out how to remove it unfortunately!