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An American in France
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The life of a family newly transfered to France and who have decided to build a new home and share their experiences.
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From An American in France, 4 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Stuart Little's HotelAlthough our trip to NYC was a complete blast, we nearly lost our cool due to a bad experience at our hotel. I'm very particular when it comes to booking hotels and spend a lot of time researching places prior to making a reservation. I use a website called Trip Advisor quite a bit and it has always paid off as the hotels are reviewed by ordinary people and their honest portrayals are generally right on. We have stayed in amazing places in Rome, Prague, Loire Valley, etc...
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New York, New York...a helluva town!We recently spent 5 days in NYC between Christmas and New Years Eve. I have to say that I've had a longing to go back for several years and this trip scratched one of those deep itches! Although I grew up on Long Island and not "the City", New York is my favourite place in the world and I have been fortunate enough to live and visit quite a few. Although it is almost a cliche, NYC has a vibrancy that is unmatched and a magnetism that draws me in every time....
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From An American in France, 6 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Hello Everyone,I have been horribly delinquent on adding new posts to this blog. I will not make excuses. I have been very busy, lots of traveling for work, busy with our house project and with the kids...like I said, no excuses!What prompted me to post something is that I read some comments from people that I had lost touch with and that were able to find me via this Blog. I've been an internet user for over 10 years but I guess that it never ceases to amaze me how powerful this medium is. I...
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From An American in France, 6 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Hello Again,For those of you checking, I have not posted in quite some time. This is due to a couple of factors including a new position with my company, Motorola and a 2 week vacation with the family in Spain and Portugal. The former has caused my life to be a whole lot busier and the latter, well, other than an occasional look at my PDA, I literally disconnected from the world. No TV, no newspapers, no cellphones and the result was 2 weeks of absolute relaxation. At least as relaxing as...
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The First Sketch of Our New Home
From An American in France, 6 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Sketch of Front of House Originally uploaded by Famille Zuyderhoff. We met with our architect on Tuesday night and he presented us with the first drawings. Prior to this we spent about 2 hours with him a couple of weeks ago where he essentially interviewed us on our likes, dislikes, needs, etc. It was an interesting process as he really challenged us to think about what we wanted in an ideal home. Luckily Helene and I have very similar tastes. He is very easy going which makes things a lot...
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From An American in France, 6 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
France - Over Medicated'!I have a bit of an interesting comparison between the US and France and it has to do with medicine. You're likely aware that the French system is a Socialist one where the government ensures a universal healthcare system. This causes most care to be for all practical purposes, free. This includes medication as well. One marked difference is that almost all medication is not sold "over the counter". In many cases you need a prescription for basic things like cough...
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From An American in France, 6 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Tour de France...don't blink!I saw my first live Tour de France today as they passed through the town where we live. I was alone as the family is with my inlaws in Brittany enjoying the scorching weather we have been having. Given this was my first time, I decided to get there early to stake out a good viewing spot. I also read that they were due to pass through town at about 1:30 PM. Well I miscalculated just a bit...I wound up waiting about 3 hours for a total of (and I kid you not) 30...
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From An American in France, 6 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Finding a PropertyTo build a house you obviously need to start with a piece of land! This was not an easy proposition in the town where we decided to live as there is little to no available property for sale. Not ones to be easily daunted or wanting to pick another area, our solution consisted of buying a piece of property with an existing house on it. This propery is within walking distance from our current rental home and on a corner lot. There is a story here in and of itself which I will...
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From An American in France, 6 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Hello!This represents my first post on my first blog! I've decided to create one for a couple of reasons but not necessarily because I have anything particularly insightful to tell the world! Primarily, this is a chance for friends and family to keep tabs on us and an opportunity to communicate and share through this relatively new medium. The other event that has prompted this is that our family is beginning to fulfill a lifelong dream of building our own home. I wanted a relatively easy and...
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