Renting out My House in France
Counting down to our move to Grenoble, we put our house in France up for rent, worried the agent's price was too high — until five visits and a coup…
French House
Holidays at Home
A five-day staycation at home turns into breakfast in Paris, a Latin Quarter bookshop crawl, and eight new books eating into my reading pile.
Gardener Quest (Part 2)
It was half way through autumn and I still had not found a jardinier or a gardener. For the past few months, I had been looking after the garden myself–weeding…
Gardener Quest (Part 1)
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…
Lazy Sunday and Apple Cinnamon Rolls
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…