30 Years In The Making… GREAT NEWS! The end of summer flew by with French administrative tasks and the crud. Yes, Covid is alive and well. My case was so mild if Russ hadn’t insisted on my testing, I wouldn’t have realized that I had it until he came down with a monster version. But…
We live in an apartment. In the US, it would be called a condominium but regardless of ownership, in France they are called apartments. Would you like a tour? Lets go! ENTRANCE HALL SHOTGUN VIEW Apartment at a glance. Yep, you can see clear through to the end of the apartment! First on the right…
how not to get bored in retirement In my late teens, one of my favorite band’s anthems was “Fear is Never Boring.” But in Montpellier, no need for fright because there’s always something interesting to do. In the last week, Russ and I dipped our toes into several totally different milieus. This city always has…
🥖 Between the Baguettes 🥖 A small nibble from French expat life NEW FEATURE Introducing a new feature to the blog: Between the Baguettes, small nibbles of our French expat life in between larger blog posts. So, keep an eye on your email for the baguettes, and know that a brief update is headed your…
In UPDATE: MONTPELLIER, WE ARE HERE!, you saw our apartment fully furnished with the last owner’s stuff. Well, most of that didn’t come with the purchase price. Including the light fixtures, refrigerator and any furnishings. So, we had some work to do! And, apparently, plenty of rookie errors. And for any of you who know…
Well, it’s been a while. And we are officially French residents! And we didn’t get here exactly as predicted. So, a bit of history. After our last trip to France, see Map Dot Quest, we continued our discourse with Renestance on new construction properties and just didn’t seem to find the right thing. Then, last…
