If not New Zealand then where?
Nov 11th 2006, 7:03 am
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Re: If not New Zealand then where?
Originally Posted by Rascal
Kids eh? 
But my problem is my parents. Who'd have 'em
Nov 11th 2006, 3:53 pm
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Re: If not New Zealand then where?
Rascal, why would you go to Oz if your kiddo is in NZ? 
Nov 11th 2006, 4:19 pm
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Re: If not New Zealand then where?
Oh, and Jack, followed that link. Yes, just go ahead and buy a chateau in southern France. 
Nov 11th 2006, 4:31 pm
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Re: If not New Zealand then where?
Originally Posted by Maz
Oh, and Jack, followed that link. Yes, just go ahead and buy a chateau in southern France.
Nov 11th 2006, 4:46 pm
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Re: If not New Zealand then where?
Originally Posted by Jack Daws
A bit of work and I reckon it would scrub up well
I also lived up near Paris when I was working (EuroDismal ).
Nov 11th 2006, 5:02 pm
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Re: If not New Zealand then where?
Originally Posted by Maz
LOL! I used to live in SW France - in the Aveyron and then in Lot-et-Garonne - feel free to ask me questions about it if you're serious about moving to froggyland. I also lived up near Paris when I was working (EuroDismal ).
I also lived up near Paris when I was working (EuroDismal ).Tell me everything you know about Lot-et-Garonne
I have been trying to get my folks to buy a place there for a couple of years. But no they wont listen to me.
The climate looks similar to NZ. Is it?
Cheers love
Nov 11th 2006, 5:14 pm
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Re: If not New Zealand then where?
Originally Posted by Jack Daws
OK
Tell me everything you know about Lot-et-Garonne
I have been trying to get my folks to buy a place there for a couple of years. But no they wont listen to me.
The climate looks similar to NZ. Is it?
Cheers love
Tell me everything you know about Lot-et-Garonne
I have been trying to get my folks to buy a place there for a couple of years. But no they wont listen to me.
The climate looks similar to NZ. Is it?
Cheers love
I lived in a small village called Monflanquin. It's a bastide village, very very beautiful, and on a small hill. Quite chilly in winter due to elevation, but absolutely gorgeous. The countryside is lovely, green rolling hills, though none of them very big at all. It's 16km into the nearest 'big' town, Villeneuve-sur-Lot, where I also lived after Monflanquin. Villeneuve's population is about 25,000. Monflanquin was just a couple of thousand. It's often billed as one of the most beautiful villages in France, and with good reason: Link to Google iimages.
I lived on the main square, and if I'd had the money to remain there, would have done so. I didn't think I had it in me to live in a small village, being a suburban girl at heart, but I could have done there. Just enough small cafes and bars, and a couple of nice restaurants, and I was set. The village also organised many a social evening, cooking chickens in a big fire pit in the main square, holding social evenings in the art gallery, and putting on plays in the storey above the main square, accessible by pull-down ladders from street-level only.
Can you tell I rather fell in love with this place?
I'll have to add more later - please do remind me otherwise I *will* forget (brain like a sieve, I swear). I have a lunch date with my daughter right now, then am going out with hubby to see Borat thisi afternoon. Catch you later, and don't let me forget.
Nov 12th 2006, 12:24 am
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Re: If not New Zealand then where?
Originally Posted by Maz
Rascal, why would you go to Oz if your kiddo is in NZ?
All of us (inc big boy) want to be in OZ but eldest wants to sit his degree here first, he is happy to remain in NZ and hop over to OZ in hols for time being.
Nov 12th 2006, 1:03 am
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Re: If not New Zealand then where?
Originally Posted by Jack Daws
No not desperate but I have used to have a farely interesting life. Full of danger, fun and wild parties (well not really but it sounds good ).
I think I just want a change and some adventure. Looked at the Caribean, Bermuda, Fiji, Oz, Canada, US but they wouldnt have me, I have no skills just the gift of the gab and a sense of fun.
). I think I just want a change and some adventure. Looked at the Caribean, Bermuda, Fiji, Oz, Canada, US but they wouldnt have me, I have no skills just the gift of the gab and a sense of fun.
Sounds like a mid life crisis to me
Nov 12th 2006, 1:50 am
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Re: If not New Zealand then where?
Originally Posted by Maz
Everything I know might take a while, love.
I lived in a small village called Monflanquin. It's a bastide village, very very beautiful, and on a small hill. )
I lived in a small village called Monflanquin. It's a bastide village, very very beautiful, and on a small hill. )
Nov 12th 2006, 2:03 am
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Re: If not New Zealand then where?
Originally Posted by pixi-dust
OOoo Maz one of my Dh closest friends lives very near there - Montagnac Sur Lede. It is stunning around there - we've been laods of times to stay with him.
Helps to be bilingual, too. 
Nov 12th 2006, 2:30 am
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Re: If not New Zealand then where?
Originally Posted by Maz
I'm racking my brain... I know I've been there. Never came across an ugly village there. It's just SUCH a beautiful area! Helps to be bilingual, too.
Helps to be bilingual, too.
Nov 12th 2006, 2:41 am
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Re: If not New Zealand then where?
Originally Posted by islandmom
dont need skills - its not like qualifying for a visa in Oz or NZ. you can start up a business out here, thats what gets you in,
click on this:
http://www.svgnipi.com/
it costs £1200 EC$ to set up your bsuiness here on any of the islands and where you go depends on what you do. Bequia is very busy and has lots of little businesses for example. You wouldnt want to live on the mainland of St Vincent though!
click on this:
http://www.svgnipi.com/
it costs £1200 EC$ to set up your bsuiness here on any of the islands and where you go depends on what you do. Bequia is very busy and has lots of little businesses for example. You wouldnt want to live on the mainland of St Vincent though!
I went on holiday to St Vincent in the late 80's - found the 200acre tourist resort surrounded by double lines of security fencing and a security checkpoint somewhat disturbing, especially when there were families living in converted shipping containers in the port - and how do they manage to send their bare-footed children to church on Sunday in brilliant white dresses, etc !!!
Nov 12th 2006, 2:49 am
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Originally Posted by cottageinthesky
My sister was married on Bequia - apparently the first European couple to do so - back in the early 90's.
I went on holiday to St Vincent in the late 80's - found the 200acre tourist resort surrounded by double lines of security fencing and a security checkpoint somewhat disturbing, especially when there were families living in converted shipping containers in the port - and how do they manage to send their bare-footed children to church on Sunday in brilliant white dresses, etc !!!
I went on holiday to St Vincent in the late 80's - found the 200acre tourist resort surrounded by double lines of security fencing and a security checkpoint somewhat disturbing, especially when there were families living in converted shipping containers in the port - and how do they manage to send their bare-footed children to church on Sunday in brilliant white dresses, etc !!!
Nov 12th 2006, 7:42 am
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Re: If not New Zealand then where?
Originally Posted by Kate2112
Sounds like a mid life crisis to me
But its not. I hope
