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Here’s a new blog post reflecting on my first year living in France. Check it out to hear about my personal experiences and what I’ve learned along the way!
Annecy. After years of seeing photos of this picturesque city, I wanted to see it in person. It was early spring, and trees everywhere were like fireworks of blossoms across the landscape. I always envisioned visiting on a warm, sunny…
Waking up between 5:30 and 6:00 before my family allows me to savor the tranquility of the early hours. Each morning is a solitary affair, embraced by the gentle glow of dim lights. With the onset of the Christmas holidays,…
Gamm Vert is a French chain of garden nurseries, but it’s much more than that. It’s a one-stop shop for French treats and gifts! The original reason for visiting Gamm Vert was that some friends had told us it might…
A New Chapter: Sacrifices RewardedWe arrived in France on 16 August. After being married to someone who was married to a restaurant, we both desperately longed for “quality of life”. No more setting my alarm late at night to be…
It was a warm Sunday and Olivier and I decided to spend the day in the charming towns of Tournon-sur-Rhône and Tain l’Hermitage. Just a short drive from our home, it was a pleasant change of pace. Tournon-sur-Rhône is a…
Closing a restaurant, selling our belongings, and giving them away; packing and cleaning up the house for renters was an exhausting experience. I worried for months about how the cats, Toby and Summer, would travel, hoping that they wouldn’t be relegated…
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse in Provence
Have you had confusing moments in a foreign language that still make you laugh years later? I can tell you about one of mine. It was my very first trip to France and the year was 1989. I had studied…
HAUTERIVES It was a hot day in the Drôme department, one hour south of Lyon, as we drove through a rural landscape, stone houses placed here and there along the road, getting closer to the day’s destination: Le palais idéal…
