Written By: Paul Bonjour! It’s been a while since our last Expat Life post here on Unlocking France. Instead of back-dating a bunch of monthly posts to get you caught up, we thought it best if we just did one post to update you – covering from the end of 2022 to now, July 2023. So this post covers a…
July in Montpellier is hot. Ridiculously hot. Melt your face off hot. We knew it was going to be hot in the summer when we moved here, and yet all the mental preparation and prehydration in the world couldn’t help us escape the fact that it was just consistently, unrelentingly hot. Despite the heat, it was a good month and…
Written By: Paul Everyone loves Barcelona. I mean everyone. When I told my family and friends we were heading to Barcelona for a four day road trip we got an avalanche of superlatives thrown our way, and since it was a place that we’ve all wanted to visit for many years, the bar was set high. When I say “we”…
Written By: Paul Moving to a new country is both exciting and scary. On the one hand, there’s the potential for adventure, new beginnings, and in the case of Montpellier, a huge upgrade in winter weather. On the other hand, there’s a possibility it can all go sideways. Expats deal with mountains of paperwork, bureaucracy, financial challenges, and language barriers.…
A day trip to Narbonne from Montpellier was high on our list when we moved to southern France. Through the interwebs Narbonne always seemed like a nice little town with a lot going for it – we were looking forward to finding out for ourselves if this was true. Narbonne was actually one of the towns in southern France that…
Quick Note! – This is a longer post than most – 4 days in Paris, when you really pack it in like we did, makes for a lot of content to share. So consider this a “super-size” version of our regular posts…thanks for joining us! 🙂 ——————- A long weekend in Paris is something Angela and I dreamed about when…
Carcassonne had always been high on our list of places to visit in southern France, so when Angela said to me, “let’s go to Carcassonne on your birthday weekend,” I was all over it. Celebrating another trip around the sun while peering over the ramparts of a medieval city – yes please! Our trip began in Montpellier, where we boarded…
For years Angela and I wanted to move to France. This month that dream came true. Roughly six months ago we decided that we would make the move. This was a concrete decision – not theoretical, like “one day we’re moving to France”. No, this was a decision made, a plan to change our lives and realize a life goal…
