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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” An appropriate quote from A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, as we swapped Hong Kong for Parisot, a village of 600 (+2) people in South West France 12 months ago today. This time last year we said our goodbyes to ourContinue reading “A tale of two “cities””

But first….. Thank you to so many friends from all over the world who left such wonderful messages regarding the last post. It is humbling and touching. I still don’t quite know why we are doing this blog, perhaps more so to document if our experiment of “doing it differently” can work but such aContinue reading “Sacré Bleu – it’s off to work we go”

Why? Why? Why? I’ve been asking myself “why?” for 3 months solid. 3 months into our “French adventure” and I’ve often wondered why we ended up here in lockdown France, with no friends or family, no immediate income to match that of our Hong Kong lives and not really having a bloody clue what theContinue reading “In search of Delilah”

So here we are. The blog set up, the new company up and running, the house completing and the fridge stocked for France’s second lockdown. It’s safe to say that it isn’t quite how we had planned it…..moving to France to be closer to friends and family and as yet not being able to seeContinue reading “Faking it…”