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The Art Sheaux at Fanjeaux
One hour west of Ginestas and half an hour west of Carcassonne lies a village that combines several of my favorite things about the...
Richard Carden
Mar 21, 20214 min read
Spring Comes to Ginestas
Fair warning - if flowers aren't your thing, this post is not for you. Ironically, I am writing this post on the coldest day we have had...
Richard Carden
Mar 20, 20213 min read
The Grapes of the Languedoc
First, allow me to explain a bit about why we never actually posted a lot about my transition to France, although that was what we had...
Richard Carden
Mar 12, 20211 min read
A Tiger’s Favorite Meal: Cicada with a Glass of Fake Wine
And now for a little history lesson about the region of the Languedoc where I currently live – the Aude. This is a lesson I learned while...
Richard Carden
Nov 4, 20199 min read
Alison gets into the spirit of France...in more ways than one
It’s Alison’s second and final day in France. Tonight we have dinner plans with Jane and Tap, but what until then? So many options, so...
Richard Carden
Sep 10, 20197 min read
From the Mountains, to the Prairies, to the Oceans, White with Foam! Oops,Wrong Country.
Monday was the first of Alison’s two whirlwind days in the Languedoc. We had plans to go show her the inside of L’Oncle Jules at 2:30, so...
Richard Carden
Sep 8, 201910 min read
Suffering from JUAN FRERE syndrome
First I’m going to start getting you caught up on the events since I last wrote on Friday. Then I will explain to you exactly what Juan...
Richard Carden
Sep 4, 201910 min read
ORD to Ginestas
I’m at the airport waiting to board my flight to meet up with Richard in France (via Barcelona). It has been a whirlwind week getting...
Alison Baldwin
Aug 31, 20192 min read
Bisous, bisous, to you and you and you...
Everyone who knows me knows that I was not the sporting type in high school. Instead, I was the prototypical nerd, and my sports were...
Richard Carden
Aug 30, 20196 min read
It’s 38 degrees, is that enough to kill Salmonella?
Four days down and its time to celebrate a little. Tonight is the final night for the summer of JeuDivin - a pop up vigneron experience...
Richard Carden
Aug 29, 20194 min read
Le Club du Petit Dejeuner
As everyone who read yesterday’s post knows, I got to start the morning in Breakfast Club detention having remedial lessons because the...
Richard Carden
Aug 27, 20194 min read
Parlez vous Francaise? Non. (Well, not yet)
When Richard and I were working through our pages and pages of pros/cons for buying a business in France, one of the big cons for me is...
Alison Baldwin
Aug 27, 20192 min read
Today it Got Real, Part Deux
A lot has occurred since we made the offer for the bar on July 2. We translated and reviewed the compromis (the first official sale...
Richard Carden
Aug 26, 20196 min read
Today it got real
So, for many weeks we have been talking about our transition to running a bar in Southern France. It has all been real, but also very not...
Alison Baldwin
Aug 24, 20192 min read
The Four Most Common Words
Do you know what the four most common words in the English language were for the past decade? That's right, they were "I'm starting a...
Richard Carden
Jul 30, 20198 min read
Welcome to The Expat Equation
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Richard Carden
Jul 23, 20191 min read
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