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Image via WikipediaI never set out to write a blog just about tips for moving to France and I certainly never thought I’d know enough to give advice about how to live in France. Well, as I was looking over my archives, I found that I had, in fact, gained a lot of insights into [...]

We have an apt in Toulouse and we have “moved” in. There are several long stories contained within this narrative. they will become posts but for now we don’t even have the internet. I am at a McDonalds, of all places, accessing the internet for free. It is unlimited and free. We don’t know the [...]

Our container arrived last Tuesday morning. We packed the container ourselves and had help loading it. We did it this way because when we moved from CA to Philadelphia we used a moving company and they broke thousands of dollars of our things. We gathered all the documents and got quotes etc to make a [...]

We have gotten a low response to the surveys that we post in the right sidebar. They are made by us not some advertiser who wants to trick you into something. All you have to do is click on the answer to the question and that’s it. It’s fun to see what the results are. [...]

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 [...]

I re-read the requirements for the VISA. I guess since most people go on a student VISA as a regular university student through and exchange program the info is geared toward them. Ok, I get it, I’m used to being an outsider. But try to get a definitive answer out of someone. Anyone care to [...]