Well, After 4 months of agonising and waiting we finally had the call to send off our money and by Friday the house in France should be ours!
Firstly lets not run away with the idea that this house in France is some kind of Chateau or a Chalet. It is a lovely old tall thin French Town House built over 200 years ago and is exactly what we were looking for. Shutters on the windows, a little balcony on the back. Not big, not too small because our birds are on the edge of the nest and getting ready to fly! Chris has already jumped as he is in University having the time of his life and Ffi, she's poised but restrained by her age and having to study. So this will be a family place to start with but I can see Mike and I spending a lot of time there together!
Bellac itself is a beautiful medieval rural town. It has shops, bars and cafes. A lovely place.
We have laughed at the name of the street. You've heard all the lovely French names that roll off the tongue or remind you of the ancient places in France, history or just plain frenchness! Well our street is called Rampe Du Gaz, yes, in English, you guessed it, 'The Gas Slope'. Apparently there used to be a Gas works at the end of the street but it's gone now and has been replaced by beautiful parkland along the river Vincou.
This is the view off the little balcony at the back of the livingroom
