by admin | Nov 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
Yesterday was all a bit overwhelming. It’s challenging enough dealing with a move and setting up utilities etc. but add the challenge of a foreign language and some days are a bit harder than others! That said we have electricity and water signed up so now it’s really...
by admin | Nov 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Well this is the first post from our “new” home, rushing it off today before our internet and phone get cut off on Monday! Trying to contact a telephone company in France is every bit as hard as in Oz. The trip up on Thursday was uneventful, not a sign of a roadblock...
by admin | Nov 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Well this time next week we should be in our new home (see August post titled Paper Trail) either that or in jail!!! France has returned to lockdown due to rising Covid numbers so every time we leave the property there is a form to fill in (be sure to tick the right...
by admin | Oct 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
As we head into the second week of October autumn is in the air. In our rural area harvesting is in full swing with grapes being picked, sunflower seeds gathered and our own bit of harvesting of walnuts from the garden. Autumn mist on our morning walk The now dead,...
by admin | Sep 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Well this week had a couple of “down days” when we literally fell down a ditch!! Autumn has arrived in Lot et Garonne as you can see from the sad (as in dead) sunflowers and the leaves on the trees, which now have a hint of orange if they haven’t already fallen. It’s...
by admin | Sep 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
So now we say goodbye to the Tour de France for this year, just returned from our trek across France to follow Stage 16 up through some magnificent alpine countryside. To those in Oz who’ve been sitting up each night to soak up the scenery on tv all I can say is it’s...
by admin | Sep 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Whilst we are able too i.e no travel restrictions and no house! We are criss crossing France seeing just as much as we can in our little home on wheels known as “Parsley”. So here are a few of pics of our current outing, en route to another 2 days of Le Tour! Local...
by admin | Sep 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Just back from a couple of great days following the TDF. That annual bike race that draws fans from all around the world ( in a normal year!) but even in this crazy Covid time the local fans lined the streets, masks in place, to watch their heroes flash by in a...
by admin | Aug 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
We decided this week to take a trip to Normandy, as you do! The “excuse” was a visit to see John and Steev, another pair of intrepid Aussie travellers who have also decided to make a new life in France 🇫🇷. It was sooooo good to catch up, hear about all their...
by admin | Aug 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Well step one of buying a house in France kicked off today with an electronic signature on the Compromis de Vente! This preliminary agreement begins the paper trail which is part and parcel of French administration. The final settlement should be around the second...
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