Making Progress

14/01/201106/05/2023 Househunt/Moving, Life in France, Sausage & the Smoo

All in all, things continue to move in the right direction as far as getting settled goes. We’re making good progress on the furniture front, thanks to the January sales. ... Read more

Testing, Testing…

10/01/201106/08/2025 Househunt/Moving, Life in France, Photos, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising

Hello and greetings from Port 80! Oh my God does it feel good to have internet again! We just had three very isolated, insular days indeed, even by our normal ... Read more

Relocation, Relocation, Relocation

03/01/201106/05/2023 Househunt/Moving

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Bienvenue Chez Port 80

30/12/201012/05/2023 Fooood, Househunt/Moving, Life in France, Sausage & the Smoo, Visits

Yes, it’s official – we’re homeowners here in France. The closing was on Monday and it went very smoothly. We had to wait 20 minutes for the notaire to finish ... Read more

We Saw The House Today

22/12/201024/12/2023 Househunt/Moving

Will got an email from Thierry, one of the sellers. He has been in town since last weekend getting things in order. We went over this morning and met him ... Read more

Still no Layla

12/12/201006/05/2023 Guitar, Househunt/Moving, Music

Yep, I still haven’t gotten the hang of the second solo in Layla. I’ve not really been trying lately as I am a little put off, but I did say ... Read more

Lots of Preparation

08/12/201006/05/2023 Househunt/Moving, Sausage & the Smoo

There’s not a whole lot to report but it’s been a week since the last entry so it’s time for an update. December has largely been about preparation, mostly for ... Read more

Thanksgiving II: The Turkey’s Revenge

26/11/201009/05/2023 Fooood, Househunt/Moving, Le Tanksgeeving, Sausage & the Smoo, Socialising

Last night, we celebrated our second Thanksgiving in France. You may recall from last year, we had some difficulty sourcing a few key ingredients, the main one being a whole ... Read more

Le Monstre de Curry dans la Dordogne

17/11/201006/05/2023 Fooood, Househunt/Moving, Visits

We are very overdue an update on the blog, sorry about that. So, we left off with the news that our offer on the new place was accepted*. After that, ... Read more

Eureka! The Prospect Becomes the One

08/11/201006/05/2023 Househunt/Moving

I realise it’s been a long while since our last update and there’s a lot to report so I’ll do my best not to get bogged down in the minutiae ... Read more