LIVING ABROAD

French Village Life — Charming, Peaceful & Idyllic, Or Boring, Frustrating & Impossible?

Visitors see a model of the chateau (author’s photo)

I’m a foreigner. My perspective is that of a foreigner who sees village life through the slightly rose-tinted lens of an outsider. I might feel inconvenienced by having to drive 15 minutes or so to get cash from the…

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At 68, I started a new chapter in my life: I moved to France. Alone. It turned out to be quite the page-turner. Still is — even when age insists on a part.

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Janice Macdonald

At 68, I started a new chapter in my life: I moved to France. Alone. It turned out to be quite the page-turner. Still is — even when age insists on a part.