Introduction to the diary website of Caroline Karthaus-Taylor and Perry Taylor. Our move from Amsterdam to SW France,emigration to France, finding and renovating an old French farm house in the Hautes-Pyrénées and our life in the French countryside.

It's been rather hectic, so updating the site had to wait for a quiet, rainy day. With all the work in the house and garden, there's a lot to tell, including a trip to South Africa and some hefty renovation work on our bedroom. Our diary pages have been updated too, see below for the links.

The Boules season has begun!

Here are the updates!
Check out the radical changes going on in our bedroom-to-be in
Our House.

Diaries for
Nov-Dec 2008
Jan-Feb
March
April
are all on line. Enjoy the ride.

Perry has just created two new websites and been busy designing brochures and logos for local wine barrel makers. His professional site is to be found at La Baguette Magique.

Have a wander round the site. One big addition to the site is our Help & Tips section. So many people ask us stuff about moving, buying, renovating, artisans and translating, that we decided to create a host of facts and links for those of you fancying a life in France. To back it up, we've created a bookshop with loads of invaluable and interesting books on renovating, French law, planning permission, living and working in France and learning French. When you buy via the links on our site, we get a little commission, but you don't pay a penny more. It all goes towards the time we spend keeping the site updated.

Click here for the Help & Tips section

Click here for our Reference Bookshop

So that's it for now. Grab a glass, better still, grab a bottle, sit back and plunge into the tales of life down in the Hautes-Pyrénées. There are also some new additions to our Links page worth looking at.

PS. If you've just discovered this site and would like to be informed each time we update the site, just drop us an email and we'll add you to our mailing list. Your address is kept only for this reason and won't be given to others.

À bientôt,

Perry et Caroline

©2009 Perry Taylor. No reproduction of text or images allowed without written consent. This site, including all photos, drawings and text are all our own work. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we do making it. Feel free to drop us a line if you see a fault in the site, or have constructive advice to improve it. It all helps to make it a more worthwhile and user-friendly experience for our readers.

The site is made in Dreamweaver 8 on an iMac Intel G5, using OSX Tiger.


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Welcome to our diary of life in South West France.
It's been rather hectic, so updating the site had to wait for a quiet, rainy day. With all the work in the house and garden, there's a lot to tell, including a trip to South Africa and some hefty renovation work on our bedroom. Our diary pages have been updated too, see below for the links. The Boules season has begun! Here are the updates! Check out the radical changes going on in our bedroom-to-be in Our House. Diaries for Nov-Dec 2008 Jan-Feb March April are all on line. Enjoy the ride. Perry has just created two new websites and been busy designing brochures and logos for local wine barrel makers. His professional site is to be found at La Baguette Magique. Have a wander round the site. One big addition to the site is our Help & Tips section. So many people ask us stuff about moving, buying, renovating, artisans and translating, that we decided to create a host of facts and links for those of you fancying a life in France. To back it up, we've created a bookshop with loads of invaluable and interesting books on renovating, French law, planning permission, living and working in France and learning French. When you buy via the links on our site, we get a little commission, but you don't pay a penny more. It all goes towards the time we spend keeping the site updated. Click here for the Help & Tips section Click here for our Reference Bookshop So that's it for now. Grab a glass, better still, grab a bottle, sit back and plunge into the tales of life down in the Hautes-Pyrénées. There are also some new additions to our Links page worth looking at. PS. If you've just discovered this site and would like to be informed each time we update the site, just drop us an email and we'll add you to our mailing list. Your address is kept only for this reason and won't be given to others. À bientôt, Perry et Caroline ©2009 Perry Taylor. No reproduction of text or images allowed without written consent. This site, including all photos, drawings and text are all our own work. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we do making it. Feel free to drop us a line if you see a fault in the site, or have constructive advice to improve it. It all helps to make it a more worthwhile and user-friendly experience for our readers. The site is made in Dreamweaver 8 on an iMac Intel G5, using OSX Tiger. Back to Top © 2009 Perry Taylor and la Baguette Magique

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