Blog Carnival – We gather 10 fellow bloggers, who write about their local sites, and here is our joint post. Please visit their links at the bottom of the page for other good reads and like adventurers from around the world. Eva of ThatsHamori.com When you think of southern France…
Summertime and the livin’ is easy, work is abundant and our time is flying by. Alfonz and I are enjoying our new line of work, even though we literally fall into our beds at night. My favourite part of being a ‘Homestay’ family is trying to adapt the lessons for the children’s own personal issues…
Our Song & Play kids wrap up their first year. These kids amaze me. Most had a very limited understanding of English and over the course of the school year, through repeating nursery rhymes, singing songs, playing games and learning to cook and dance following simple instruction- these fabulous kids learn English. Many times, they…
Every year thousands of kids go on field trips with their elementary school to see the Parliament building in Budapest. The 100-year-old building was built on the Danube River, as a mark of…
Have you seen this kid riding his bike through the neighbourhood? Capestang has a new boy in town, one with a goal and a determination measured to none. Daniel received a second-hand bike from us when we first landed in Capestang. With the fabulous weather ahead, we had a line on good used bikes from…
Le Petit Platane Our little French rental apartment is up and running! After 2 coats of primer, plaster and sanding and 2 coats of matte Silver Sage paint and 2 coats of semi gloss Silver Sage paint to cover that darn yellow summer kitchen, I have finished the painting. After years of the…
Pool The guys used a bobcat to take out the big trees from the front yard to make way of our pool and leveled the majority of the grounds. They dug the whole deep enough for a 20 cm concrete slab 6X4.5 metres wide that our 5X3.5 metre pool would sit on. Then went…
Sell the House- √ Sell the Furniture-√ Find Short Term Accommodations close to the kid’s school-√ Set the kids up with Homeschooling come June-√ Pick landing destination-√ Pick a region in France-√ Pick a business in France-√ Start telling our friends and family-√√ Down size to 2 suit cases each Sell Business Departure approximate date- August
Today is the fortieth day after resurrection, claiming to be the day Jesus ascended to heaven. The day marks the end of his life on earth and is celebrated in many Christian communities around the world. We enjoyed a busy day with our French friends. 11:30 lunch with Hughes (our hairdresser) and his lovely family…
We have our first Canadian visitors! Our family friend Adrian came before the weekend to stay with us to help us through the last of the renovations on our rental apartment and to dig and assemble the pool for the front yard. Alfonz was so happy to pick him up from Montpellier after his best…