Moving to France

Family selfie in front of Notre-Dame There were so many reasons we chose France as the destination for our first “living abroad” experience. Those who were at our wedding in 2018 will be reminded that we walked down the aisle to my brother-in-law’s beautiful classical guitar version of the Amelie film’s soundtrack… so it’s really not that surprising. Planning a major move like this can start to mess with your head just a little bit, however. We’ve visited Paris together many

post by Jill Most of my mornings for the last several years began with an everything bagel. I make mine with the whipped cream cheese from Trader Joe’s, and a few slices of calabrese salami; portable enough for the car, enjoyable enough for a sit-down. One weekend a month for about 7 months of the year—theoretically, the warmest, driest months, but that’s not always how it plays out—the crisp morning air hit my face a while before the most appropriate time to eat my bagel. I

post by Jill Emmett's Move to Paris Some of you reading this have met, or maybe even know very well, our unique little Emmett. How to describe him? How does one capture such a complex little creature in the words of the English language? We got Emmett as a puppy, precisely 8 weeks from his birth, in October of 2022. I have to give considerable credit to my dear friend Laura, who also owns the barn I taught at and the horses I’ve loved for nearly two decades. I was doing chor

post by Jill A glass of vin blanc and espresso at a cafe in Paris, from our February 2024 trip. We're about to celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary in less than a week. Eight years ago, we were getting ready to tie the knot, and because we've always been a little crazy, we were also preparing to hit pause on our entire lives and travel for a year. This blog started during that time, documenting how and why we made that trip happen. Something we took away from our big trip wa