Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Expat Living and Real Estate · Learning French Stay and Learn French Immersion in Provence May 18, 2022Virginie Van Der Wees lives with her young family in Rousset, a small Provencal village near Mont Sainte Victoire and a short 20-minute drive from Aix-en-Provence. She is a masseuse and a certified French teacher for non-French speakers. Beginning in 2018, Virginie organizes full immersion experiences that include hosting language learners in the studio apartment …Continue Reading
Expat Living and Real Estate · Living in Provence · Victoria Koning Working as a Caretaker in Provence Our Experiences October 28, 2020Finding work is one of the primary causes of concern for expats. What makes it even more challenging in this region, is that much of that work is given by word-of-mouth. Establishing a few contacts before the move helps enormously unless you have time (and savings) to build up some contacts while you’re here. Which …Continue Reading
Expat Living and Real Estate · Julie Whitmarsh · Living in Provence Living in Provence Let the Home Renovation Begin October 1, 2018Contributor blog post by Vaucluse Dreamer: It’s well over 2 years now since we finally picked up the keys and opened the door to our little house in Provence after so many years of dreaming about it. We couldn’t afford a perfect house with elegant gardens and a pretty pool and always knew that our little …Continue Reading
Expat Living and Real Estate · Living in Provence · Rebecca Ronane It Takes a Risk Taker to be an Expat in Provence April 30, 2019The Old School Expat The word expat has always made me feel uncomfortable. It conjures up in my mind an old-fashioned view of a person. Someone who takes tea with the best china in their adopted country and then proceeds to whine about their surroundings. I am no doubt generalising, but of course, there are …Continue Reading
