…and finding joy everywhere
It was dark by the time Jen and I checked into our swanky hotel in Nîmes. Our first priority was finding a restaurant for dinner. The hotel was in the heart of downtown, so we had plenty of options – just no reservations. Luckily, we found a spot with covered outdoor seating and a blanket […]
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Part of the joy of seeing homes in person is checking out the highlights of the area. Otherwise, driving from house to house could feel like a slog. But it’s also the responsible thing to do, because you know what they say about real estate – location, location, location! So as my househunting sidekick Jen […]
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Once the tickets to Toulouse were booked, I started browsing websites for more homes to see. I figured we couldn’t fly all the way out there for one house…I needed more lined up to make the trip really count. It wasn’t long before another house on FB marketplace caught my eye. It was a 3-story […]
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Twelve hours before our flight to Toulouse, my house-hunting buddy Jen and I got texts from Lufthansa that our early morning flight was cancelled. Instead, our new flight to Toulouse around took off around noon. We’d hoped to arrive in Lauzerte in time to see the Saturday market, but now that plan was out the […]
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In the fall, we were back in the US to see the boys graduate their respective basic trainings – Logan at Fort Jackson, SC for the Army, and Brady at Great Lakes, IL for the Navy. Along the way, we stopped in Pittsburgh to see my family. Ralph and I had independently noticed a house […]
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It’s been a while since my last post – practically two years, in fact. So much has happened since then – the boys graduated high school, Ralph and I became empty nesters, and we decided to move to France! Most of these posts have been adapted from my Facebook updates because somehow those just seemed […]
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For our first overnight trip, we wanted to keep things easy and cheap. Luckily, the delightful storybook town of Colmar, France is only a 2.5 hr drive away. It’s in the Alsace region, known for exceptional wines and views. And it’s the kind of place you can continue to come back to throughout the different […]
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Ahhh, house hunting. It’s fun, it’s frustrating, but we’re finally through with it! Ever since I was a kid, I loved watching those real estate shows that would run on Sunday morning. Then HGTV became a thing, and I’d be watching that all the time if I had cable (which is another reason why it’s […]
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Well. It’s been a minute (ahem, about 3 months) since my last post. Things got real after the kidney stone episode and moving into the house. But now that we’re so close to being “settled,” I figured it was time to dust things off and capture some of the highs and lows we’ve experienced since […]
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I’d started writing another Part 2 but that will have to wait…because today, I can share with you all the drama of our first medical emergency abroad! BTW – I cleared this with Ralph. Might be a little TMI – but there’s also some useful information on what to expect if you end up in […]
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