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 · Jemma - French Lessons · Living in Provence The not so Glamorous Côte d’Azur Life of Home Upkeep October 19, 2018Contributor blog post by Jemma: I couldn’t write this post until things had been resolved – or mostly resolved, as the case would be. Even then, I didn’t know if I should bother. It’s France. Everyone expects home maintenance problems. And how can anything be a problem, really, if we’re talking about summer in the shimmering Côte …Continue Reading
Expat Living and Real Estate · Guest Post · Living in Provence Reflecting on Twenty Years Living in Aix-en-Provence October 11, 2018This article “Twenty Years Living in Aix-en-Provence” was originally published on author M. L. Longworth’s website. The post is her reflective view of how the city of Aix-en-Provence has changed in the last two decades, and of those staples that make the city unique. Our decision to move to France was fueled by wanting our …Continue Reading
Ashley Tinker · Expat Living and Real Estate · Living in Provence More Expat Silliness In Provence October 23, 2017Life in France as an Expat Part II Life as an immigrant in another country is never easy. A friend of mine recently managed to mix up the French work to cook “faire cuire” with to drive “conduire.” This resulted in her explaining to the butcher how she was going to drive the chicken with …Continue Reading
