Archive for June, 2008
A Day of Rain and Doves
Today started off with a little clouds, but that never stops us from enjoying the warmth of the sea breezes here on the French Riviera. So, since we’re starting to adjust to the extremely slow French life, we went for a little stroll around town.
We returned after lunch to continue with the [...]
First Days in Our New French Home
The past few days have been a mix of wonderful and completely annoying. The annoying parts have been the lack of internet connection. Even though Tilly isn’t an internet-aholic like I am, even she finds being without the internet a major problem as we travel.
How do you find your way? What’s going [...]
Move-in Day
Today we move into our new flat. We still have a bunch of cleaning and reorganizing to do but we should be sleeping in our new home tonight! It is definitely an exciting day. We have been staying with Estelle and Manu for 15 days now!! That’s 1/2 a month. [...]
We found a flat in Theoule-sur-Mer
As of yesterday we have secured a flat (insert lots of cheering and tears of joy). It’s in a town called Theoule-sur-Mer. Theoule is pronounced Tae-ool and sur-mer means “on the sea”). It’s a wonderful little beach village just west of Cannes. Our flat faces west towards some beautiful green hills dotted [...]
This Week’s Adventures
A few of you who have been enjoying Tilly’s writings have asked when I was going to write next. Well, I don’t want to disappoint, so thanks for putting the pressure on.
Honestly, Tilly and I get stressed out at different times for different reasons which will help keep this blog up to date. [...]
The Sky is Falling
This past week has been pretty rainy here. There was some lightening and thunder and lots of rain. A little depressing as this time of year is usually really beautiful and warm. Luckily we decided to rent a car to make the process of finding a place to live easier. Last [...]
Gidget’s Gone
Nate bought me a beautiful silver Mini Cooper last year for my birthday. I’d been wanting a Mini for about 5 years and Nate told me that we could buy one when I saved half of the amount of the car. I was still several thousand dollars short (read: I kept spending it [...]
