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Episode 7: Useful apps for home and work from Mumpreneur Antonia Beauvoisin-Brown

TITLE:  Riviera Firefly talks with Antonia from KidooLand and the Riviera Firefly. SERIES: Busy mums and small businesses get organised. EPISODE: Our sponsor KidooLand celebrates their 10th anniversary this month!   Riviera Firefly podcast is your online show where we chat about  living on and visiting the French Riviera and the Côte d'Azur.    We cover topics such as Education for children and adults, Places to visit, Health and lifestyle, hobbies and leisure and have lots of fun here in the Alpes Maritimes. We also talk to inspiring local entrepreneurs and small businesses about how they started their careers in France, dealing with administration and what brought them here in the first place. Topical issues such as Brexit and what this means to expats will also be covered in 2017. Our online directory and magazine can be found on rivierafirefly.com   This episode has been sponsored by KidooLand so that you can listen to it for free. KidooLand is the Little English school here on the French Riviera offering activities for babies, toddlers and big kids all year around. Most of their activities are in English including holiday camps in Vallauris and from April back in the The BeachComber Riviera a 4star hotel in the heart of Sophia Antipolis.     THIS EPISODE In this Riviera Firefly Episode 7 Antonia talks about KidooLand and the changes that have happened. What's new for 2017. She shares her favourite technical tools for making home and work life easier.

 

KEY POINTS

 

[01:30] Setting up a business quick tips [2:00] How has KidooLand changed in 10 years, what's changed. New activities for adults (French class, painting class) the Tea Room, AirCon, the Sophia Country Club holiday camps now in the Beachcomber Riviera. [03:50 ] Top apps and software you use to make life as a busy mum, mumpreneur and entrepreneur easier.   Evernote -> LinkedIn TextExpander a fast and easy way to autofill documents, emails etc. Wordswag (app) Cozi (app) Dropbox OurPact recommended by Jamie Oliver Audible 'I am a badass' Jen Sincero '12 week year' Brian P Moran [12:00] What is coming up for Antonia  KidooLand & Riviera Firefly [12:30] Who’s coming up in future Riviera Firefly podcasts?

Rachael Dickens the English Osteopath, Tracy Leonetti to talk about getting your French ready for the citizenship test, Tina Silver Le Mas Candille, Faye Villalba and more!!.

[13:20] Can you share a useful facebook groups?

 Cote d’azur living group - 5,500 members now and is a dynamic place  .. ask and reply to the member questions on top restaurant when granny visits, where to go mountain biking a change in the law a problem with a landlord 

Nancy’s Carboot Valbonne 

Antibes Buy it Sell It rent it

Debbie’s Riviera Mums for all questions kid. 

For entrepreneurs you have Riviera Entrepreneurs . 

French Riviera Animals for the furry 4 legged friends.

Social media  for charities 

Refugee Aid Cote d’Azur

Kenyan Kids set up by Julie Hellon a local lady 

Mimosa Matters by a wonderful group of ladies raising money and awareness for local cancer charities.

What book have you just read? 

Jodi Picault’s 'Small big things' I’d highly recommend both! 

A plug for Louis your trainee host for the day Film Crisis Studios ...   IMPORTANT RIVIERA FIREFLY LINKS This episode was sponsored by kidooland.com The little English School in Sophia Antipolis on the French Riviera .. weekly activities for 0-12 year olds holidays camps for 4-16 year olds and workshops for grown ups too - it’s all going on in KidooLand.   rivierafirefly.com Copyright 2017.

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Episode 8 'Atelier Autentic' Hein and Wietzie Chalk painting on wooden furniture

TITLE: Atelier Autentic duo Hein and Wietzie talk Furniture painting, chalk paints SERIES: Lifestyle and health EPISODE: 8   Riviera Firefly is your online guide to living on and visiting the French Riviera and the Côte d'Azur. We cover topics such as Education for children and adults, Places to visit, Health and lifestyle, hobbies and leisure and have lots of fun here in the Alpes Maritimes. We also talk to inspiring local entrepreneurs and small businesses about how they started their careers in France, dealing with administration and what brought them here in the first place. Topical issues such as Brexit and what this means to expats will also be covered in 2017. Our online directory and magazine can be found on rivierafirefly.com  

THIS EPISODE

In this Riviera Firefly Episode 8 Antonia talks with Hein and Wietzie from Atelier Autentic. We cover their background and what they did before coming to live the cream in the sunny South of France. They are living proof that you can feel the fear and do it anyway changing career directions and relocating.

 

KEY POINTS

[03:00] The early memories..

[06:45] Flipping the lifestyle to live life and enjoy it.

[07:45] House building [09:15] The island! Upcycling and relooking furniture from le bon coin.

[12:30] Painting workshops with Autentico paints. Furniture and yes you can paint material and upholstery!

[14:30] Different painting techniques to get a shabby-chic look ..

[17:00] Painting metal, plastic!

[17:30] Prepping wood before adding the chalk paint.

[21:15] KidooLand workshops in the Alpes Maritimes, Advances courses in Lorgues in the Var.

[23:00] Place to visit on the Cote d'Azur .. top beach : Ramatuelle l'escalet

[24:00] Books to read : Robert Jordan fantasy series ..

[26:00] Living your life inspirational quotes: Fortune Favours the brave .. Luck is a skill...Get out of your comfort zone.   Thanks Hein and Wietzie Geber it was as always a pleasure ;-) ... IMPORTANT LINKS

     

The Beach:

The books:

 

OUR SPONSOR

This episode was sponsored by kidooland.com The little English School in Sophia Antipolis on the French Riviera

I want to thank KidooLand.com for sponsoring these podcasts .. basically each show takes a several  hours to record and edit and publishing has many associated costs so I can only do this with their backing . So a shout out to  KidooLand the little English school outside of Sophia Antipolis and back soon in the Beachcomber French Riviera 4* hotel .

We celebrate our 10 years in business in the South of France this year so keep an eye on as as we have some fun things coming up.. and I want to thank all of you who have supported us over the years .. you are literally in the thousands….thousands of families who have had confidence in my and my company and keep coming back and telling your friends about us.

It is no mean feat running a business / a venture however big or small in France especially as a foreigner and it is down to all of us to support and share the love.

Go back to previous episodes and hear how Julia Edgeley and Lizzy Parks have created their niche here .. subscribe and like so you can hear Phoebe Thomas Faye Villalbe Tina Silver and Tracy Leonetti talk about how they have set up business services, hotels and spas, yoga workshops .. I’d love to hear from you if you have moved to the south of France , started a venture ..its important we get your message out there.

It’s also important more now than ever that we put the South of France back on the map as a place to visit..last years atrocities are damaging our tourist industry and I don’t mean the big hotels I mean the little B&B, the gite owner who’s bookings for the summer are drastic..it will have a roll on effect on everyone .. no bookings for them mean no tourists in our shops , no one spending money ok I’m not going to go on a negative here so what’s the solution .. we need to take action .. use social media once per week to promote the cote d’azur a photo on a hike, a beautiful sunset, a facebook live video at a Provencal market . We are so privileged to be in this beautiful part of the world ..let’s get it back in the news for the right reasons #cotedazurliving.