…and finding joy everywhere
Tomorrow, we’re off to explore southwest France! After our last househunting trip, I decided to switch things up and look at the region first instead of a house that caught my eye. So why not check out an area where just over an hour’s drive will take you to the mountains in one direction, or […]
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Some people leap into the unknown, while others take a methodical approach. I fall somewhere in between. When we first started considering the possibility of living in Europe permanently, my curiosity led to dozens of questions. They ranged from straightforward ones like “Which countries could I see myself living in?” to more complex considerations like […]
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Between the two of us, Ralph and I have owned a half-dozen homes. We’ve jumped through some crazy hoops in the past to get a mortgage (paperwork! deployment! marriage!), but we’ve always been successful. However, after lurking in a few “Expats in France” types of Facebook groups, we began to realize that mortgaging a home […]
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We saw three homes on this trip to the Aisne region of France, and while there were things we loved about each one, none convinced us to make an offer. Or more specifically, none convinced ME to make an offer. One had the most beautiful exterior with an edgy blend of modern and traditional, but […]
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After the heartbreak of a failed purchase right around Thanksgiving, Ralph and I took a little break from househunting for the holidays. In reality, it lasted about all of two weeks! And now as we embark on our third trip, I figured I’d start writing a bit more about the process since I’ve had a […]
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I woke up filled with anticipation…but first, breakfast! Believe it or not, this has been an acquired taste. 😉 I remember my first time in Europe. My mother saved up child support for months and months and took my sister and me on a 17-day bus trip across 7 countries. It was a very eye-opening […]
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It was barely a month since my first trip with Jen, and now Ralph would get to experience the ups and downs of house-hunting in France. Anyone who knows Ralph knows that he doesn’t get excited easily. He’s impatient and finds tasks like this frustrating. If he had his way, he’d buy the first thing […]
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After this first house-hunting trip with Jen, the floodgates opened. I was ready to continue the search, this time with more knowledge of the process and how to organize a trip. Seeing homes in person made me realize that there were patterns to uncover. For example, there were certain home types I could search for […]
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Well, well, well. What a way to wrap up the trip! There’s a reason “mayhem” is one of my blog tags, and now I have an impressive collection of examples to share with you! After we finished dinner in Avignon, we walked by a fabulous building with a bouncer and a red carpet. TOO COOL […]
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Today was one of those days where I really felt the absence of having a buyer’s agent assisting me with the home buying process. Every other time I’ve bought a house, I had an exact location picked out (thanks to the US Government and military orders!). I’d find the best realtor in the region and […]
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Delightfully Disoriented 
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