![]() ![]() With 6 weeks to go we needed to make room ! Then delays started happening, boat left end of January with new estimated date of arrival for March 12th, then 19, 23 and as today March 30th we still haven’t received it. Our move was set to leave Long Beach on January 7th and arrive in Marseille March 4th. We have been non stop sorting, cleaning, giving, donating, recycling and trashing 6 to 7 days a week. All this made our daily life much easier despite not having a refrigerator !Ĭoming into a house absolutely full of my parents things, as well as what we had left before to move, plus my grand parents treasures and junk has its down sides. This is what we had been dreaming about…no more 20 minutes drive to get a good croissant at the French Oven in Scripps Ranch ! The local little supermarket ,the size of a Trader Joes still amazes us by the selection. Walking to the farmer’s market and bakery. We lived like in the old days, buying what we needed as we needed it. With the freezing temperatures, the tiny window by the kitchen sink worked as our fridge for the first week. So all was fine but the fridge who died a couple of months before with all the freezer content and was thankfully evacuated by my cousin before we arrived. The sweet scent of fresh Mimosa made the house feel like home and the chaos of the first few days melted away…Coming back to a house that has been closed for two years is a challenge but this time around we had heat AND hot water not like January 2020 if you have read the posts about that last trip. Surprisingly I haven’t had a sore throat here when I have them all the time in San Diego. Yes it was cold, freezing temperatures felt like 22F with the windshield but we were prepared for that and to be honest didn’t mind so much because of the bright light and dry air. The Mistral greeted us in Marseille and stayed with us for the first three weeks straight which kept the sky bright blue just like in San Diego. Well, I intended to post once a month with all the updates of our new life here for all of you who do not follow us on Social Medias but it’s been a real whirlwind figuratively and literately. It is bare but beautiful and we get to see some snow even though never for more than a few days.Īlmost three months since we made it back to France ! Where do I start ? This is not the Riviera and nature takes a break. At least days feel already much longer and afternoons call for basking in the sun … next thing you know it will be time to eat in the patio and strawberry season again.īut for now it still very much looks like winter around us. It got cold and frosty in the morning but the Mistral is always keeping us dry and sunny most days. ![]() This was our very first Holiday Season feeling at home with a real kitchen, a living room, a TV again so we just cooked, eat, watched movies and enjoyed hibernating. We took little trips around, hosted many friends visiting, went back to San Diego for the first time since moving back to France and enjoyed every minute of 2023. We worked a lot on our house which by the way isn’t finished yet but we now have a very comfortable living space that really changes everything. So part of this New Year resolution was to write a post a month and I am already almost behind !! I have so many photos to share with you ! Life has been full and very fulfilling. I know… I planned to write a lot more this past year and it didn’t happened. ![]()
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