Bergerac

By Owen | Sep 30, 2007

We had to return the car rental to the Bergerac airport on Sunday morning. It took about 35 minutes to get to Bergerac. After the maddeningly unclear method of returning a car we left for the city. We walked around the city, had lunch, looked for the Brocante, looked in real estate windows. I had [...]

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9 Rue de la Boetie

By Owen | Sep 30, 2007

Here is the front.

It is located in a small town right by the train station.
Here is the small garden on the side of the house that wraps around to the back.

From a different view

Kika is going to have fun exploring the yard.

Jozi on the other hand jumped into the hole in the fireplace and hid [...]

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Our Route to Le Buisson de Caduoin

By Owen | Sep 30, 2007

I thought our plane travel was easy but renting a car in France and driving from Paris to the Dordogne, now that could be fraught with problems. I had never driven in Europe and Jean-Jacques hasn’t driven regularly in France for years. We left the airport and got on the freeway, no traffic. We saw [...]

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Fear of Flying

By Owen | Sep 30, 2007

Our flight to France was at 6:55PM. Agnes picked us up at 3:30 and off we went. We had a lot of anxiety about this flight. We were moving to France so we had Jozi, our cat, and Kika, our dog with us. We went through an ordeal just to prepare for the trip. Pets [...]

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Here is the scene from Scanners

By Owen | Sep 27, 2007

This is the scene I was talking about in my story about getting my VISA. Does anyone remember this movie? I saw it when it came out and thought nothing of it. Jean-Jacques and I saw it a few years ago and it has aged poorly, but I still vividly remember the explosion. Read the [...]

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VISA received, day of pain over!

By Owen | Sep 27, 2007

Didn’t she know? I mean I didn’t believe it when I was first told about it but I’m starting to believe now. The signs were right there. How could she not know? She’s too young. If you scrunch up your face like that, and hold it for hours on end in the same position, [...]

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