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Juste Claudia

Singaporean living in France, exploring France, Europe and Everywhere.

Gardening Life Rambles

Gardener Quest (Part 1)

By Juste Claudia on Sunday, November 7, 2021

How naive we were. €500 for the initial overhaul of the garden. That was the initial budget, back in July 2021 when just moved into the house, we allocated to hiring a gardener to remettre ordre dans le jardin or do a bit of tidying in our little garden.  Both Silviu and I were newbies (and …

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Lazy Sunday and Apple Cinnamon Rolls

By Juste Claudia on Sunday, October 31, 2021

I woke up to a wet, wet autumn Sunday. Through the window of my makeshift study cum bedroom window, I could see that it rained again in the night. Rain water droplets glistening on the leaves of the different types of flora in the garden, dressed in the finest autumn colours of red, orange, yellow, …

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Gardening Life Rambles

Homegrown Apples

By Juste Claudia on Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Being a city girl most of my life means that I am used to getting food supplies from modern, clean air-conditioned supermarkets. Fresh vegetables and fruits are duly washed with no traces of soil or any signs of defects on the surface. They are aesthetically arranged on the display racks; some supermarkets even spray a …

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My First Hazelnut Harvest

By Juste Claudia on Friday, September 3, 2021

My first hazelnut season is here! In France, the hazelnut harvest takes place generally between August to November, depending on the varieties and the weather. My hazelnut bush has started to drop hazelnuts since mid-August. Daily Routine: Hazelnut Collection Rounds For the past few weeks, I have been doing my hazelnut collection rounds two to …

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Gardening Life Rambles

My New Hobby – Gardening

By Juste Claudia on Saturday, August 28, 2021

It has never crossed my mind that I would pickup gardening at my age, and that I actually like it. I was raised a city girl and spent most of my life living in apartments in various cosmopolitain cities. Back in Singapore, my hometown, I was privileged to live with my parents on the ground …

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Travel Log

Road Trip – France To Romania

By Juste Claudia on Thursday, August 12, 2021

Since the house renovation cannot start until September, Silviu and I have decided to treasure the rest of our summer holidays and make a road trip to visit his home town, Sebes, Romania. After staying only five days in our new home, we put down our mops and rags, declare a moratorium on the battle …

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A House In France Life Rambles

World Of Tiles

By Juste Claudia on Saturday, July 17, 2021

Never have I thought that I would have a reason to visit a tile specialist store, no, actually two stores, and in just one day. And spent more than two hours to boot in these two stores without being bored. That was what I did on the 3rd day of being a house owner in …

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A House In France Life Rambles

A House Owner – Day 1

By Juste Claudia on Friday, July 16, 2021

We have gotten the keys! We are now the official owners of a French house in Gometz-le-Chatel, Essonne, a little town of 2,500 inhabitants, about 30km south of Paris.  It was on the eve of the French National Day that the house was transferred to our names—four and a half months after the seller  (an …

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A House In France Life Rambles

Buying A House In France (Part 8)

By Juste Claudia on Sunday, July 11, 2021

This was our 8th house visit, and the last stop of our ‘Buying A House in France’ quest. We started our house visits in the middle of January 2021, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, and it took us 2.5 months of active house searching before completing our quest. Mired in four months of French administration before …

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Buying A House In France (Part 7)

By Juste Claudia on Thursday, July 1, 2021

After the 4th house visit debacle, we became a pair of more experienced house buyers. On the same day we changed our mind on the 4th house, we visited the 5th and the 6th houses. Would one of them, as the French would say, be un coup de coeur, capture our heart? The Cat House, …

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