…and finding joy everywhere
Our visit is coming to an end, and as I sit at the Bordeaux airport (which, fun fact, is both tiny and surprisingly janky), I find myself reflecting on the last few days. We’ve crossed off some major milestones with this logistics-focused trip — opened a bank account, secured home insurance, and got to know […]
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A couple of months have passed, and now we are back in Castillon to see La Maison de L’Amiral！ It was a long day flying from Stuttgart to Barcelona to Bordeaux, but we made the most of it with Spanish tapas for lunch in the airport. We decided not to rent a car to force […]
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You don’t have to “check the box.” If I’ve learned one thing during our time in Europe, it’s that you don’t have to hit all the tourist destinations to have a memorable time. In fact, Ralph and I have the best times when we just wing it! Take today, for example – our only “full” […]
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Ralph and I covered a lot of ground the last two days and we even found a contender! More to come on that (decisions, decisions) but here’s what we’ve been up to… Yesterday we left Pau and met up with two new friends, Mykle and Doug, to get a tour of Oloron-Sainte-Marie. They relocated to […]
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Is it lame that we’re in bed by 9 pm and I’m writing this update on our trip to Pau? Eh – I don’t care. We did and saw a ton today and I’m happy as a clam. 😉 Lemme tell you a little bit about Pau. It’s a city of around 77k people in […]
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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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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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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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