Barefoot Blogger · Expat Living and Real Estate Heros of the Week Expat Stories from the South of France September 19, 2014Update to yesterday’s blog, “One Step Forward, Two Back“. Lucy needed a new battery after all. Hoping to drive to Nimes to deal with my lost phone at SFR, I went to the parking garage to pick up Lucy. Soon I discovered the battery was dead … again. Explore this Post …Continue Reading
Expat Living and Real Estate · Julie Whitmarsh A Funny thing happened on the way to the Supermarket in Provence October 26, 2016Contributor blog post by Vaucluse Dreamer: So often we find ourselves chuckling about the odd things involving animals that we’ve seen over the years whilst in Provence including a horse in a flat cap. A piglet being walked on a lead in Lourmarin. Or the cat at Roussillon who delights in stretching out & rolling onto …Continue Reading
Barefoot Blogger · Learning French A Funny Thing Happened In French Today October 19, 2016I’ve been putting off picking up my free pass to Pont du Gard for years now. Anyone who can prove they live in the Gard can get one. My friend and neighbor, Rich, said I’d murmured about it long enough. He was going to accompany me to the Mairie and translate so I could get …Continue Reading
Ashley Tinker · Expat Living and Real Estate · Living in Provence Our Renovation in Provence: Chaux instead of Paint June 24, 2016We’ve recently painted our upstairs with chaux/lime wash. We wanted to apply a wall covering that respected the age of the building. It’s important that old walls breathe in order to reduce trapped moisture. We quite liked the texture of the traditional lime wash (peinture à la chaux). We knew the ingredients, but not the …Continue Reading
