My Good Life in France: In Pursuit of the Rural Dream (The Good Life France)

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It started as a fun way to keep friends up to date with my new life and the enormous renovation job we’d taken on. Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab . Of course, when you move home you get the same feeling in reverse but that is the topic for another book. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

Within its 256 pages, “My Good Life in France,” is certainly the story of two expats making a new life in another country, but it is also the story of how we evaluate options and make choices in life. She describes the ins and outs of the French bureaucracy, French driving customs, and the proper way to kiss a person in greeting. I had only told about 25 of my friends, and I asked them to follow me on Facebook as Mark said I could share my blog that way with them. It doesn't matter where you live or what lifestyle you choose if you've got the right kind of appreciation of it. What looks idyllic in the summer months can turn into a real nightmare in those cold ,wet and windy nights, there is a world of difference between sipping a glass of rose in a lime tree ringed village square to chopping desperately needed firewood in February.As my blog took off, I started to be invited on press trips so that I could blog about my experiences.

He wanted us to take time out to renovate our French house and see if we could make a success of a different life, one that didn’t involve a daily commute and grind. Since giving up their city jobs in London and moving to rural France over ten years ago, Janine and husband Mark have renovated their dream home and built a new life for themselves, adjusting to the delights and the peculiarities of life in a small French village.

Despite the best efforts of my neighbours to teach me (oh the horrified expression when I confess to being useless in the kitchen) I’m still at the basic stage. I already had my house of horrors in rural France which was meant to be a holiday home but I stopped visiting because I was working almost non-stop.