My first blog

My first blog.

13 February 2012

How it al started.

Dear readers, My first words as a blogger are a fact. The 21^st century allows us to share our deepest thoughts with those we barely know. So this is for all of you who are interested in getting to know me, our little hamlet in the Luberon and most of all those who feel connected with France.

It must have been some 8 or 9 years ago that we got the itch. We, that is my husband Andrew and I, Edvard, nice to meet you some day.

Owing to the passing away of both our mothers within the short time frame of a year and a half we suddenly realized that life too is short. So much to do and so little time in which to do it. Whilst we were both very busy running our own company in The Hague, Holland (you know tulips, Van Gogh and all that) the loss of our mothers meant we had to synchronize watches and adjust our concept of time. There should be more to life than work, a career is okay but certainly not my destiny in life.

So we sat down and counted our blessings and shared our dreams. Having a house in Provence seemed to be a high priority for us both. Until that moment this had looked like a future plan and not something to be pursued at this point in our lives. But then imagining my dream and how it could come true started a fire in me. After having watched all those TV shows where people were brave enough to leave everything behind, I suddenly realized that this dream had become a plan we could go for.

What followed was the selling of our house in The Hague which meant we had the money to buy a property in France. And then the search for THE ideal hide away. We must have visited at least 100 houses we visited. Andrew patiently following my never- ending quest to see even more houses. But 100 houses, a few real estate agents and 2 years later we found and fell in love with Villa Dæsch on a warm afternoon in July.

A bientôt!