My Brudder, Frank is off with Joan and the Kids to France and Spain next Monday. Part of the holidays is to have a look for a french home or a bit of land and build a french Bastide, hopefully with a Pool, shed and some shade. Well thats our plan but so far its been difficult to find a decent house or site. Many houses I saw either have no land or even a small garden or are in the wrong place etc. Have been to Southern France a few times and have at least got to know the area well. Despite all I heard from other travellers I found France quite cheap to stay and found really cheap food and acomodation everywhere. I don't have great french but get by and although I'm usually terrible at communications normally, I get by with the basics and theres always the 'Point at what you want to eat'. French people are supposed to be notoriously snobbish but never found that myself. In the South of france very few speak English so you have to make an effort yourself. Also found prices for meals are much less than in Ireland. Most towns have an Auchen or Casino Hypermarket with a restaurant beside, so can eat for about 5 euro! Some places have a meal plus wine for euro 5.75 at lunch time!
Hopefully the proposed house will be a good base to possibly live and definately travel further in Europe. Maybe build a little Studio and pretend to be an artist?
Hope that when the gang come back from France they will have found out some more possible homes or sites. Cant wait, I have been saving for ages and the money is really starting to 'burn a hole in my pocket'
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