Expat Living and Real Estate Expat farewells August 10, 2015Contributor blog post by Phoebe Thomas It’s no secret, I love living where I live. I’ve lived a nomadic life moving country 9 times though sometimes all those other countries seem a very long time ago as I’ve now been in France for nearly 18 years. But even within France I’ve moved house 8 times, …Continue Reading
Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Expat Living and Real Estate · Living in Provence Genuine Provence Experiences Inspire Author Jane Dunning to Keep Writing March 22, 2018Jane Dunning is addicted to France. “I’m a real Francophile and have stayed in more than one hundred towns, cities, villages and hamlets in France. Twenty-two of these have been in Provence, the shortest for one night, the longest for four months.” The Dunnings’ four-month stay was as acting caretakers (gardiens) at a vineyard in …Continue Reading
Barefoot Blogger · Expat Living and Real Estate · Living in Provence Getting Your French Expat Visa With Some Help April 11, 2018When you have an appointment at the prefecture to renew your French expat visa, you’d better show up. Rain, shine … or flu! Today was the day to update my 12-month French expat visa — or carte de séjour. The event seems to come around much faster each year. I could swear I just picked …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
