Because the news is so awful, here is a picture of a man walking his pet sheep

I’ll get to that, but before we get there, here’s how we got here.  In our last episode, we were … More

Zaragosa, Vitoria-Gasteiz, and winding our way back home

At long last we are making our way back north to Paris after a month in Seville and three months … More

Friends old and new and somewhere in between

Someone recently asked what my ambitions were for this blog. I said what ambitions? I have none. The only reason … More

Aller!

I read someone who said their French teacher was railing on Americans (as the French are wont to do. But … More

Random language stories, bragging, plus a bit of encouragement for all of you who have told me you’d love to do what we’re doing, but you’re bad at languages.

1. I think a big part of the reason we’re here is because I had the hare-brained idea when I … More

And the winner is…Montpellier?

Mark and I swore last winter that we wouldn’t spend the following winter in Paris. Winter in Paris is great … More

When plans go south

We were all set to spend a couple of weeks in the south of France. It was going to be … More

Grand Tours

Before we were test driving towns to possibly move to, we weren’t venturing far from Paris.  We were all about … More

Test-driving towns: Vannes

Vannes! Now here’s a town I can wholeheartedly recommend to you. (Or at least I can recommend it to us. … More

Test-driving towns: Rennes

Walking through Rennes, a perfectly fine town in Brittany that has been on my to-visit list for some time, I … More