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
Expat Living and Real Estate · Keith Van Sickle · Living in Provence A French Doctor Visit “The Interrogation” Médical February 4, 2019The following is an excerpt from my second book Are We French Yet? Keith & Val’s Adventures in Provence. Bad Timing Three days before leaving on a long trip to France, I swerved to avoid a squirrel while riding my bike, which caused me to crash and break my wrist. Once my wife Val and …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
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