Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people’s criticisms; carry out your plan. – Paul J. Meyer The hardest part about moving to a new country, starting a new life and perhaps a new business is learning a…
Here are my kids homeschooling from books at our dining room table. Angelina is learning about habitats, and Daniel learns about adaptation. We are reading the paragraph and they copy the answer into the space. 5 minutes later I ask, what they learned. It just doesn’t stick. It is stressful for everyone, not much fun,…
BEING AN EXPAT MAD OR COURAGEOUS? Despite the news, the economy, and the banks; people move to southern France everyday. France is among the top ten places in the world to live. What makes France so special and are we crazy or courageous for making the move? Of course the retired expat dollar stretches a…
DOG SHIT PROGRAM French Statistic: There are around 17 dogs to every 100 people in France, one of the highest ratios in the world, and an unofficial dog population of some 10 million dogs (over 500,000 in Paris alone). People would be shocked to know that while walking along meandering paths through beautiful historical villages, you cannot look…
We stumbled across an amazing little village clinging to the side of a gorge, discovered after following the wrong road, as we looked for an isolated Gite that was for sale. All things happen for a reason, including finding this little heavenly spot and have a fabulous…
“Any serious shift to more sustainable society has to include gender equality.” Helen Clark Women still earn 80% of their male counterpart’s salaries. Equality in the workplace has made progress but it is far from a level playing field. What do women bring to the table that men don’t? Perhaps women have a greater understanding of…
To all the people we met along the way, our loyal friends and family members that keep checking in on our progress, and the supportive online community of bloggers connecting through That’s Hamori, I salute you! It has been 18 months of solid writing on our family adventure blog, and it is now time to…
Polygone Bezier Again! Yes there is a naked person on my post! No it is not me, well maybe in my dreams! Everywhere you look in France, and Europe actually, are nude or half nude people. It doesn’t both us in the slightest, but I can’t help to think of the outrage this huge photo…
Port Aventura is a theme park four hours from our home in Capestang France, heading south over the Spanish boarder with good prices and lots to do for kids of all ages. Four million people visit this amusement park each year located south west of Barcelona. Salou Tarragon Spain is a seaside…
How we learn French- By Eva Hamori After nearly two years living in France, I find the confidence to ask the baker for bread, can understand most of what I hear and sometimes, I even respond. Some days you cannot shut me up and other days I struggle to find the simplest words. I guess…