It’s hard to believe December is well underway and that we’ve entered our 6th month living in France. December is shaping up to be a busy and fun month! In one week, we leave for Austria and Germany for a few days to celebrate our first wedding anniversary. Two words: Christmas markets! Hard to believe…
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A Very Expat Thanksgiving
This past Thursday was Thanksgiving in the U.S., but for the first time in our lives we spent it in another country. Since it’s obviously not a holiday in France, Matt unfortunately had to go into work. However, as he was working the late shift that day, we managed throw together a little festive lunch…
A Day at Mont-Saint-Michel
It’s funny the difference a few days can make. Just last week we were making plans to pack our bags and move to Germany. This week we are settling in to France for another few months. It’s a long story that involves visa delays and last-minute scrambling (neither of which was from our end). Suffice…
Top 5 Favorite Things about Toulouse
Musée des Augustins It’s time to say goodbye again. In just about a week or so, we will be packing up once again and moving to a new location. Next stop? Frankfurt, Germany. It’s hard to believe that we’ve spent the past five months living in France. It’s even harder to believe it’s already time…
Prayers for Paris
We woke this morning like it was any other Saturday morning. After sleeping in a bit and exchanging good morning kisses, we grabbed our phones to check for anything we missed last night. Life in the “always connected” world. What we saw shocked us. Messages had come in throughout the night on Facebook, email, text…
A Cheesey Day in Montauban
Southern France in fall has proven to be very beautiful. The leaves are changing, the weather is mostly mild and the fruits and vegetables are a gorgeous mélange of autumn hues. While the slow shift of seasons is similar to what we were used to in the U.S., the decided lack of fall marketing is…
A Medieval Tale: Carcassone
Part of the fun craziness of Matt’s new job is not knowing where we’re headed next. A few weeks ago we got a calendar outlining our assignments after Toulouse, but just yesterday Matt found out things might change again. Unfortunately the change means we might be headed out of Toulouse for about six weeks to stay…
Toulouse à Pied (or Running in Toulouse)
I could almost title this entry “running around” as busy as we typically are, but instead I’ll focus on what it’s like being a runner in France (Toulouse to be specific). I’m inspired by the fact that we signed up for our first 5K in Toulouse. This coming Sunday, we’ll be joining hundreds of other…
A Day in Provence
“We had been here often before as tourists, desperate for our annual ration of two or three weeks of true heat and sharp light. Always when we left, with peeling noses and regret, we promised ourselves that one day we would live here.” ― Peter Mayle, A Year in Provence Admittedly, I have not yet…
Memories of Marseille
This weekend we celebrated an anniversary of sorts—two years since our first trip to Europe together. We took a European cruise in 2013 and that cemented, not only our love of world travel, but our love of seeing the world together. We departed out of Barcelona that trip, but our first port was Marseille, France….
Eat, Drink, Move (Repeat) 