From France to French Creek

Welcome to "Homeless in France" - our latest travel blog.

As you are all now aware, we are moving! -- from the Okanagan Valley to Vancouver Island. We have purchased a home in French Creek which is a lovely small community nestled between Parksville and Qualicum Beach. Our new home is "under construction" and we have sold our current home in Vernon. The movers come to pick up our belongings on August 25 and we have to vacate the house as of noon August 27. As our new home won't be completed until mid-October we shall find ourselves "homeless" -- but we have decided it would be a great adventure to be "Homeless in France!" So we are off to Burgundy for a one month's stay. We are leaving September 12 and return on October 11 and then head to the Island to take possession of our new (hopefully completed) home! We welcome all of you -- follow along with our French Adventures in Burgundy as we post daily photos and stories. We will be staying in La Maison des Chaumes in Villers La Faye in the heart of wine country. We have always wanted to spend time living as the French do in the countryside and saw this as a great opportunity to do just that. Louisa has been practising her highschool French (!) and hopes this will assist us in adapting to the French culture. We plan to rent bikes to explore the area (and have a contact in a small village just 3km away). We will also have a car to tour farther afield. We are very excited about being able to experience life in the French countryside and also because it may well be our last big trip before we settle into peaceful retirement on Vancouver Island (well maybe not, but this is what we are telling ourselves at the moment!!). Photos below -- our new home UNDER CONSTRUCTION in French Creek, our HOMELESS HOME in France and our SOLD home in Vernon!!

A bientot! Louisa and Ricardo