Expat Living and Real Estate · Keith Van Sickle · Living in Provence Living in Provence Getting Deep Into Local Culture October 10, 2019Living Part-time in Provence My wife and I live part of the year in St-Rémy and it’s been fun to get to know the place. One way we’ve done it is through local associations, which are groups organized around a common interest. Associations are popular in France and every town and village has at least …Continue Reading
Expat Living and Real Estate · Julie Whitmarsh · Living in Provence Expat Living: How Another Year in Provence Flies By June 4, 2018Contributor blog post by Vaucluse Dreamer: This time last year I was writing about our first year in Provence, borrowing the title from Peter Mayle, who so sadly died earlier this year, having fuelled the dreams of so many people over the years (ourselves included) with his wonderful stories of life in the Luberon. It’s hard …Continue Reading
Expat Living and Real Estate · Living in Provence · Maison Mirabeau Wines Finally in our own Maison en Provence February 17, 2016Contributor blog post by Jeany Cronk @MirabeauWine As we know well from having read Peter Mayle’s tale of life and construction in Provence, nothing (apart from buying baguettes and Rosé) is ever easy in this neck of the woods. We do forget that construction is mostly a nightmare, wherever you are in Europe, and is responsible …Continue Reading
Expat Living and Real Estate · Living in Provence · The Riviera Grapevine Welcoming Baby Grape October 22, 2015I’ve been a bit quiet recently, for good reason! One month ago today, we welcomed our baby girl Charlotte (aka Lottie) into the world. What a wonderful, scary, exciting, emotional four weeks it has been and this little princess already has her doting parents wrapped around her (teeny) fingers. We are completely besotted. …Continue Reading
