Quercy Food Experiences
Eating, drinking and generally having a good time in France
Category: France future
‘On arrive!’ …the adventure begins.
Monday morning, off the ferry…into St Malo. We are here. Almost. Wednesday morning – a visit to the Notaire, to sign the Acte de Vente and get the keys ( a lot of keys). I think we got lucky with our Notaire, he had…
How not to leave London…or a few tips to avoid the bumps in the road.
So…a few tips to ensure your departure from London is a smooth one…not that you live in London or are leaving any time soon. But just in case, my top 5 tips, in no particular order. Keep away from narcissistic, delusional people trying to…
Learning: or, an excuse to do stuff you always wanted to do
Chopping up a pig, and making bread. Two not entirely unrelated things. The pig – that is pretty obvious, we will need to have some decent knowledge, and I have always wanted an excuse to take the course. If you live in London and…
Lots of ‘little’ things
Soooo…..house nearly sold, and house nearly bought. And only a million little things to do. It seems every time we add something to the list and partially check it off we discover 3 more things we need to do. Don’t get me wrong I…
Your initials here, and here, and here…
So I think that means we’ve committed. In France when you make an offer and it is accepted you then sign a Compromis de Vente, which is a binding contract, accompanied by a 5-10% deposit that you lose if you pull out of the…
Why?
A very good question, thank you for asking. In order to answer that I have asked myself these questions: What really makes me happy? What do I enjoy spending time doing? What small positive contribution can I make to this world? If I could…
…and now for pigs
Food, poo, sex and a lot of mud. That pretty much sums up the last two days. Part of the ‘France Plan’ is to have a smallholding – with pigs at the centre (Dom has always had a thing for pigs…and we both love…
