New to France, here we share our experiences with culture, language, food, business, local sites etc… For those of you who are thinking about travelling with children, we might have a few tips. For those wishing to move to southern France, we might have some advice.
Pursuit your happiness, reach for your dreams, and I promise life just keeps getting better.
Alfonz hurt his eye! After a day of digging in our Capestang garden with a pick-ax lifting up the garden ties, a chip of ceramic tile flew up and hit Alfonz’s eye with such force, it nearly knocked him out. He came inside to lie down on the couch, and fell asleep. This just goes…
How to you know it is time to pick your olives? If you like them green, pick them before they start to turn brown. That would be before the temperature at night drops, and the tree and fruit produce a defence against the weather, and start to ripen. The longer you wait the healthier…
My kids love Annie’s Shell Noodles, especially the White Cheddar variety! For those of you who don’t know what this is, it is a little cardboard box with a complete meal inside. A mom’s friend when in a pinch, it comes with enough pasta for one lunch for the kids and I. You just cook…
Is it custom to spay and neuter your pets in southern France? This is not a happy story, and not for the faint of heart. A horrible thing happened to my kids and I finally feel enough time has passed that I can share without becoming overly emotional. We have a beautiful new member of…
Moving to a new country comes with its’ worries. New language, new people, and new customs and that is aside from setting the children up with everything they need with school and so forth. Back when we meticulously completed our ‘TO DO List’ when moving to France, once here and settled into our new life,…
In the days when my friend Anne was a child living in Capestang, she would be playing in her grandmother’s garden near the canal when she would hear the long repeated horn of a canal barge. This signaled the locals to stop what they were doing and run to the stone bridge, where many neighbours who also heard the…
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. Mark Twain Our new life and start up took confidence and yes we were very ignorant and naive upon arrival. But there is always hope at a successful business, and even after a few setbacks we steadily make our way forward. Like my girlfriend…
The law of attraction simply states you draw into your life what you think about. Like attracts like and meeting up with fellow bloggers and Canadian expats Danna and Bob proved the theory true. Danna and Bob moved to Italy for one year to scout out possible retirement homes and live out their life’s dream…
“Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else” If you are lucky this happens. You are on vacation and all the stars line up for a serendipitous experience. Maybe you are at a resort and the maid brings you back to…