We’re booked! Leaving on the 25th of November. 
Now we just have to do some serious sorting of stuff!
Also, if anyone wants to adopt a very cute 9 year old cat it will save us a LOT of money.
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A few of the grillies went for a trip across Australia with us in March 2007. After a bit of plotting and drawing of straws, two of them stowed away in our bags when we left for France.
Every now and then they get sick of playing in the backyard and demand to go out and do something touristy with us.
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Vegemite Croissant
We're also chronicling our French Adventures in a blog called Vegemite Croissant. This is directed at other people doing similar expat things, but if you're interested in reading more about what we've learned in France then read on.
http://vegemitecroissant.com/
Combined Alcorn Lifestream
If we've been slack in updating this (who, us?) and you REALLY need to know what we're up to, then there's always a way.
Both of us tend to lurk online a lot and frequently comment or share something interesting on some site or other. We know it's hard to keep track, so we made a site especially to drag all the important stuff in JUST FOR YOU GUYS!
So, take a look. It may or may not quell your urge to complain that we haven't posted a proper blog update in forever. :) http://alcorn.soup.io/planet
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- Hazards of Booking Online International Air Travel in EuropeI noticed something disturbing about international payments the other day. I thought it might be worth sharing as a warning to expats and travellers. We bought plane tickets online from an Australian airline, QANTAS. The prices listed on the website, in our confirmation and receipts were in Australian dollars. We paid with an Australian credit [...]
- Is France behind when it comes to the internet?Here’s a question posed by a French-English newspaper on Twitter. I saw it and instantly felt obliged to rant a little. I love France, but I do sometimes wish there was a little more internet usage around here. > Is France behind when it comes to the internet? Do you find it frustrating trying to [...]
- Facebook Fan Page and @OzCroissant TwitterI just thought I should let you all know that I’ve made a Facebook Fan Page to collect all my best professional writing, including my work at MakeUseOf, NetSavoir, writings at Vegemite Croissant and more. Please feel free to “like” the Facebook Fan Page in order to keep updated. If Twitter is more your thing, [...]
- On Learning FrenchWe’re still plugging away at learning French ourselves, but we’ve hit upon some very good websites and ideas in our efforts to learn. So, I thought I’d share some resources I’ve put together about learning French: Twitter French Teachers List – This list of Twitter users is hand-picked to ensure almost every tweet in the [...]
- French HandwritingSo, French handwriting is gorgeous. No, really. Everyone here has beautiful handwriting. Look: I was doing a little reading up on this and it turns out that the French have dedicated handwriting lessons throughout primary school. Plus, art lessons tend to focus a lot on calligraphy. It’s a big deal. It’s such a big deal [...]
- Pizza Vending MachineOur town just got what I believe to be its first pizza vending machine. I’ve never seen one of these before and I’m kind of excited. Firstly, it’s one of the better pizza bars that’s in charge of the machine. This is a good thing. Cheap pizza varies pretty wildly in France. I have high [...]
- Buying a car in FranceBuying a car in France seems to involve a lot of unexpected steps, so I thought I’d share what we’ve learned about it. Step 1: Car must be checked by garage The people selling the car need to take it to a garage and get it checked over sometime in the 6 months prior to [...]
- Jour des crêpes: ChandeleurImage via Wikipedia Yesterday we had an unexpected plate of crêpes at choir. The French people there said they always do crêpes on 2nd February and thought that it was funny that we couldn’t quite explain when the Australian pancake day (Shrove Tuesday) was, since it moves around each year and neither of us had [...]
- The French ParadoxI have put a little thought into the French Paradox since arriving in France. Michael Pollin’s book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto has prompted me to articulate a little of what I’ve learned (but don’t always practise). Theories why the French, while living on rich foods, lots of oils, meats and wine, manage [...]
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