Franciversary April 14, 2026 marked the first anniversary of our Montpellier adventure. The expression “time flies” applies; it hardly seems possible that Russ and I and, of course, Zoey and Coco have been here for a full year. The girls and Russ & Leslie too… TRAMS Upon reflection, one of the most interesting milestones is…
One of the benefits of living in Montpellier is that we are a mere 3 ½ hour train ride away from Paris. Our decision to live here was partially predicated on the fact that we could venture to Paris anytime we wanted, meet friends there, see special events or just enjoy the city. So, when…
GREEN SPACE Now that you’ve seen the inside of our apartment, it’s time for the terrace tour. In earlier blogs , I stated our requirements in detail. Green space and a terrace were both on the list, mainly for the dynamic duo of Zoey and Coco, but also for us humans. Little did I 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…
Spanish Adventure Russ and I were continuously in the process of researching what moving overseas meant to us and the next step seemed logical: visit. We set up a savings account aptly named Travel Fund and started planning our Spanish adventure. Our itinerary would start in Barcelona, then travel by high-speed train down the Mediterranean…
