We’re English by birth, Australian by choice but we live in France! Yes, we get confused sometimes too You can catch up by reading my previous posts but the summary is that we wanted to be closer to family and especially grandchildren in these formative years. England was not an option. The allure Read More
If you’ve been following my posts you may recall that we now own two homes here in France. We think of them as our country home and our town house. But the question I am most often asked is not why do we have two homes, it’s “How and why Read More
If you’ve been following our story, you’ll know we’re two Aussie dreamers finding our way in the French real estate market. We’ve bought and renovated our first home – long distance (more on that later) and we are now busy renovating – I should probably say, rebuilding, our second house. Read More
Following on from the last “Monday Mornings Kitchen Blues” post it’s been a bit strange. Everything has gone smoothly. The planets were in alignment for once. To give you an idea of what we are doing, let me tell you about House #2 in Chabanais… When we bought it there Read More
There is a push on to get the kitchen finished for Easter so it’s full steam ahead. But last weekend we went home to our little house in the country and relaxed. It’s cosy and warm and finished and more to the point it has a real kitchen. So it Read More
If you’ve missed our story so far, we’re two Aussies following our dream of living in rural France. Just click on the links to the right and you’ll catch up in no time This week we’re back in Chabanais. We have been getting the L shaped kitchen/dining room ready in Read More
Does the thought of living in France sound appealing? Perhaps for the European summer each year or maybe all year round for a year or two (or a decade)? Then stop dreaming and start doing. We did and this blog might just help you do it too There is no doubt that, Read More
Welcome and thanks for joining me on this incredible journey. It’s full of joy and disappointment, happiness and tears, satisfaction and frustration. We’re doing something most people will only ever talk about or dream of doing. But you can do it. Here’s how we did… On 24th January 2012, me (Stephanie), my husband John, Read More
