Expat Living and Real Estate · Jemma - French Lessons · Living in Provence Living on the French Riviera our Summertime Vignettes October 16, 2018Contributor blog post by Jemma: French Lessons has survived a summer that one local friend dubbed “un agenda de ministre.” Even for us non-government ministers, the French expression seemed an appropriate way to characterize our schedule in a country where public spending(as a % of GDP) continues, shall we say, to outperform. Our summer months were simply …Continue Reading
Expat Living and Real Estate · Living in Provence · Sophia van Woensel-Mose Slowing the Pace of Life in Aix-en-Provence February 2, 2017Most foreigners moving here love the fact that life in beautiful Aix-en-Provence is lived at a slower pace. However, the daily business of living doesn’t always go slowly here because of a conscious lifestyle choice. Instead, it often is a consequence of this medieval capital of Provence having expanded over time to respond to immediate …Continue Reading
Living in Provence Why an International Couple Chose Provence’s Lifestyle for Their New Home December 15, 2017When you can choose to live almost anywhere in the world why would you pick Provence as the place to settle and buy a home? Mimi and Michael Pillsbury selected Provence for its lifestyle, culture and more relaxed pace of life. The South of France would indeed seem bucolic for this couple whose careers focused …Continue Reading
Expat Living and Real Estate · Rebecca Ronane Self-Improvement in Retreats in Provence August 19, 2016My dream of taking an amazing program of 18 life topic modules designed for women who want to take some self-development action in their lives and sharing it with the world, has been at the top of my agenda, ever since being trained by Ruby Mcguire who developed the program. Ruby calls it Cappuccino coaching, …Continue Reading