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Three tips to help you pay less for your dream home in France

From A little drop of cognac, Today, Read 0 times. Similar articles

I usually hate this type of post as I click on them in high anticipation and yet am nearly always disappointed with what I read. Hopefully this won't be the case with you.The obvious way to save money (6-7%) would be to try and find the house privately using one of the many online portals, adverts in local papers or the AV boards outside the house itself.I'm not going to suggest this though as I feel you need to be fluent in French, living here full time and fully conversant... Read more

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Just sayin'

From oreneta aground, Today, Read 0 times. Similar articles

Jet lag topped off with double doses of anti-histamine make for a very doppy gal.The house looks great, and there are a million decisions to make, yesterday.Chuck survived the trip, but has been panting heavily all day, what's with that'SHOPPED. Nothing like NO food in the house for man nor beast to get you going.School starts tomorrow here, so we had to shop for that too, in a big fat way.Still haven't had a good local coffee...tomorrow may be the moment I think, it just may have to... Read more

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The Sea, the Sea

From Mom In France, Today, Read 0 times. Similar articles

Clam diggers at the evening low tide.The vacation part of our vacation happened against my will. One of E's friends bought a vacation house on the Ile d'Oléron, a kind of second sister to the trendy Ile de Ré. We had been invited for the house's inauguration and after E pleaded with me I agreed to go. My objection was the long drive: 5 hours from my in-laws and 12 for the return home. It was long and awful with whiny boys in the back but upon arrival all was made good. Our... Read more

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Good Memories and Looking Forward to Holidays, Isaan Thailand.

From Thailand Far North East Living, Today, Read 0 times. Similar articles

Well it was a quiet weekend at home, well Noot, Ja and Ben all went out to the village to see their mum. I arrived home on Friday to find Miss Noot had rearranged the house, again. A few times a year Noot decides the house needs to have everything shifted around, and also a good spring clean. I went over to N-Joy, the local expat bar for a few quiet beers on Saturday evening and also watch the second half of the qualifying final between my team Collingwood and Western Bulldogs in the Australian... Read more

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Steps!

From Hus Langford, Today, Read 0 times. Similar articles

Margaret was on Aspö this weekend, and she sent me a couple of snapshots of Janne's latest handiwork. He's finished the stairs along the front of our house!We first talked about putting steps on the house a year and a half ago. The most important installation was the main stairs, which Janne finished in May last year, but we always intended to do the wide, low ones off the front door, leading downhill.Now they're done, and they look great! As Margaret said, another great hang-out area. I'm... Read more

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Thandelike: @chrisgarrett @menwithpens OMG "tell the in-laws" appears on your house-move mindmap! you were gonna leave country without mentioning it'

From Expat Harem Cultural Producer Mi, Today, Read 0 times. Similar articles

Thandelike: @chrisgarrett @menwithpens OMG "tell the in-laws" appears on your house-move mindmap! you were gonna leave country without mentioning it' Read more

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Re-entering Tokyo's atmosphere

From Japandra, Today, Read 0 times. Similar articles

So, today was my first day back at work. My smarter half had arranged to take the day off. So he's all relaxed, has his pictures sorted out and thinks it was as cool and pleasant out all day as it was when he first set foot outside at dusk. Ha! I'm handling re-entry kind of like a piece of shuttle debris handles re-entry. But not quite as gracefully. I don't even know what the problem is, besides that my house key is AWOL, a lot of our friends left for good while we were gone and although it is... Read more

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Summertime in Gero

From A JapanAmerican Family, Today, Read 0 times. Similar articles

This weekend we escaped to the mountains of Gifu where my company has a little resort house. We have been there a couple of times before but never have we gone in the summer. Since Gero is known for its hot springs and the weather was quite hot (34 C) we planned to swim in the river. Natsuko has been a bit sick for the past week and was not feeling up to the river so we filled up the big bathtub with lukewarm water and let the kids play in that.After swimming in the tub we sat down to relax... Read more

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Playing catch-up

From Ruth's Place, Today, Read 0 times. Similar articles

Thank you for all your kind words regarding our break-in. Life has been a little hectic here with police and finger-printing teams (they did turn up a day after they said they would, and found nothing). Then there were the workmen who came to repair the broken windows and bent burglar bars. So, we have new (stronger) security bars on all of the windows that are accessible from the ground. We have a one storey house, but it’s on a hill so the front windows are only reached with a... Read more

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CostCo Shopping

From Mottekaero jDonuts, Today, Read 0 times. Similar articles

For those who used to read my previous blog, and those who know me in real life, you'd know that I am a BIG fan of CostCo Japan. Why' Because it's good and cheap!If I go to a supermarket, I might be super lucky to get Coke for ?88 a can. Here I have 24 for ?1048, bargain huh'Starbucks house blend beans are ?1100 for 250g at Starbucks, but if you buy the same beans under the Kirkland label (and they are Fair Trade too) I get 900g for ?1300.Sweet!But here is a major cost in our household,... Read more

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