What we’re going to put in our 20-foot container
Our house still hasn’t sold. 42 days or so on the market and two weeks since we’ve had a showing, but I’m still curiously optimistic. I don’t know how I’ll deal psychologically if this doesn’t work...
View ArticleTop Ten Reasons to Live in France
My TOP TEN reasons for wanting to relocate to France: (maybe I forgot something, or maybe you know better! in any case, let me know what you think!) Reason # 1 Quality of life Reason # 2 Work to...
View ArticleRound-trip or one-way flight to Paris?
Pour mes amis francophones: En ce moment j’essaie de prendre une décision importante. Le moment du départ arrivant, je ne sais pas si on doit acheter des billets aller-simple ou des billets...
View ArticleLooks like we’re moving to France!!
Moving to France in 24 days & Visa long séjour The best news is that over the weekend, we received an offer on our house and signed a contract. Now we’re just waiting for the building inspector...
View ArticleCrossing all my fingers and toes
Contract #4, Let’s do this already! My last post started out, “Moving to France in 24 days, and long-stay visa”. That was on May 14, and two contracts ago. The funny thing is that there are a lot of...
View ArticlePutting France on Hold…. Hanging in there in St. Louis
I haven’t written on this blog since the month of May. 4 months ago. I think I just spent so much of last year getting ready for the move to France that wasn’t. We spent almost a whole year getting...
View ArticleLet the French adventure begin!
It’s kind of hard to believe that this is really going to happen for us. All of last year we were getting our house on the market, thinking all the while that we would be moving to France during the...
View ArticleHouse has sold, and we’re really moving to France.
After seven months of pursuing our dream of selling our house then moving to France, today it has officially happened. We closed on the sale of our house in St. Louis! Neither of us was quite ready...
View ArticleI Love Paris in the Springtime…
I’m so ready for spring to get here. Yesterday it was snowing up a storm, so we may have to wait a little while before seeing some nice weather. With the arrival of spring, the countdown to summer...
View ArticleMoving day has arrived, and the container is here, but will it all fit?
20 Foot Container…We Need A Miracle to Make it all Fit!! This may look like a lot of stuff, but let me tell you, this is only the beginning! As we carefully packed, bubble wrapped, shrink wrapped,...
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