2010 Life Changing Plans Afoot

At the end of 2009, we had made the firm decision to move to France. It had been something we had thought about for the last 4 years, and each holiday visit helped us decide to put a stake in the ground and go for it. Well December 2010 is going to be the month/year that we do it.

Why, for a start we love the French way of life, the female half of Team Wilkins enjoys growing her own vegetables and making things. The male half of Team Wilkins is looking forward to setting up a business as an Electrician, currently enjoying the realms of self employedom in the UK. But as we all know, things are tough at the moment, we both work extremely hard to fulfill massive mortgage requirements and juggling a myriad of other things to 'get by'. Don't get us wrong, we are not blind to the challenges of living in another country. But we would like to spend the remainder of our lives, enjoying more nice weather, more nice wine and a enjoy a more community spirit that fits with both our values and beliefs.

We have much to do; redecorate a house, market it and sell it [at a time, when selling could be tricky - but thankfully the South seems to be doing quite well for property pricing at this point in time]. We need to learn the language. We know it's not enough to just conversate and get by. We have to work when when we get there, and therefore, need to be able to converse about many of the trials and tribulations of new arrivals in a foreign country. At the same time, we both have businesses in the UK that need our attention, the daily hamster wheel of life continues to turn, as we add a new dimension that will lead to one door closing and another one opening.