A Good Year

Been trying to just come up with a title to start this blog. Randi and I are hoping to document our experiences and make that available to millions of people across the world...and especially a few special people that may actually read it.

At times we feel as though we are terribly unprepared for the one year assignment in Toulouse, like with our lack of knowledge for the French language and culture but at the same time, we've thought about all the different aspects of the move there for 5 months now.

Also, I was given a couple of Peter Mayle's books from a very smart man at work, who said we would love them and he was correct. Both Randi and I have read "French Lessons" and then "A Year in Provence". They are both quick but excellent reads, that give you a sense of the French culture.

We had seen the movie "A Good Year" starring Russell Crowe, where his character inherits a vineyard in southern France. We loved it and had no idea, when we saw it, that it was based on Peter Mayle's book by the same name.

So even though we'll be living in an apartment in the city centre of Toulouse, we will still be imagining that we are living in a chateau out in the country at times. We definitely plan to visit Provence...and of course taste the harmony that exists there, between nature and their devotion to wine.