Dear friends and family, As I wait for the rest of my family to wake, I sit in front of my MAC typing my last entry in Canada before we embark on our life-changing journey. Truth? I feel exhausted. My back is throbbing from my last day of work, I pulled my shoulder while packing up…
“Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest on the roadside inns. He marches directly to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.” Swami Sivananda My mobile kept dropping the call from the tourist office but I was nearly home. From the corner of my eye I saw a character…
March 7th I was hurt at work. Not the best day I’ve ever had. I had turned to lift a load of groceries into a shopping cart, and felt something excruciatingly painful shoot down my leg. I left work, after the over the counter muscle relaxers that…
Here comes 40. I’m feeling my age and I’ve ordered the ferrari. I’m going to get the whole mid-life crisis package. Keanu Reeves When people hear our story about how we sold it all to move across the world searching for happiness, many called it our “midlife crisis”. I decided to write about how I…
As we get older, in some ways we get stronger, and while people we love leave us, we eventually understand death is part of life. Imagine the wisdom and realizations a man of ninety-four might have. 94 wow… almost a century. He was born at the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and lived through two…
Our last Sunday after two weeks of holidays, we took the kids to Szimpla Kert, a ruin pub turned Sunday Market for lunch. We ate a full assortment of food at the farmer’s market. There were sausages made out of Mangalitsa, the same domestic pig/wild boar cross we know from France. An organic bio baker was there selling his goods….
Jousting, BMX water jumping, good fresh food, hot bands- situated along the canal du midi – make for a fun festival. Eau, terre et vin fete de Sallèles d’Aude was the location for Sunday’s outing. Alfonz, Daniel and I started off walking through the garage sales with our friends from Capestang. Here we met the local…
The door bell rang early this morning. Who could it be, I ask the kids. They run down, no ones there, they say. Hmm? And Alfonz jumps out from his hiding spot. My man arrived home, bug covered, sporting a 3 week beard, and dirty clothes. He looks worn from the 4 day ferry ride…
I am pleased to announce, that That’s Hamori is one of the contributors to this fabulous Expat Family Handbook! $19 Buy Expat Family Handbook Here On sale for $13.30 ENTER CODE: launch30 to receive 30% off your purchase until December 7th!! Here is our BOOK REVIEW Expat Family Handbook *256 pages *Book covers 8 challenges…
‘My Expat Life’ is an interview series that focuses on the lives of fellow wanderlusts living in the Languedoc. Here we ask them the question; how did you do it? Meet our expats and prepare to be inspired. —————————– Happiness does not come from easy work but…