One of the best things about living in the southern region of France is our proximity to the border. One hour gets us over the Pyrenees and usually better weather in the land of spicy paella, party all night long, deep fried tapas and seafood galore! I have visited Spain many times over the past…
It started with a vision of our family splashing around in a pool, but where? Our garden is far too small unless we take out the shed and the giant palm tree. Last week we said goodbye to the shed, thanks to Mike! Progress! Let The Renovations Begin! Today, a parent from Daniel’s handball took the…
Yes I am being immensely optimistic! Today Mike, the young tree guy, (as apposed to the old tree guy whose coming later this week), came by after one phone call, to check out our palm tree and our options for it and ended up taking the shed. The shed held old school round-up and…
After a grueling 7-hour stretch in the van, we find ourselves in handsome Sanremo Italy, our last stop on our 1700-kilometer drive home from Hungary before reaching Capestang France tomorrow afternoon. We went from snow in Hungary, to rain in Slovenia and ended in 15+ in this microclimate piece of heaven. Located directed on the…
Granola is an adjective to describe a Canadian who is uber health conscious, left-winged, open minded and possibly a hairy hippy, but not necessarily. Often confused with the pot smoking hippy; a hippy can be granola. Granola people are predominantly environmentally aware…
“Earth’s crammed with heaven… but only he who sees, takes off his shoes” Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saying goodbye… It is always hard to say goodbye from a distance. These are those moments that being an expat can be brutally hard. The births, the big milestones, the marriages and yes the funerals. I was pleased to have been…
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something.” ― Neil Gaiman New Year’s Resolutions 2017…
How do people deal with their emotions when someone close to them is dying? Some of us hide at home, drink too much, over eat, go to therapy, call friends, run away or as many different people there are in the world, are as many different solutions we can come up with when dealing with…
Ljubljana has a population 283,000 and is the capital of Slovenia. On route from Budapest, it was about 1/3 the way to our home in Capestang France. What an amazing little find. This city has an old inner city that feels like a tiny Austrian village, with cobblestone walking paths…
‘I thought reality TV would be the biggest success of my life, or the biggest mistake!’ Bethenny Frankel Have you seen these three culprits around Capestang? Meet Mat, Alicia and Noel, the House Hunters International film crew! You might be wondering, what the hell is going on in our village with cameras everywhere! Rest assured it is just a…