We are continuing our house hunting and had spotted a potential new home in an estate agents’ window in La Tour d’Aigue.

The house itself was in Cucuron – a nice little village not far from where we are now that is quite lively – with plenty of bars and restaurants and un marché nocture.

The lovely agent showed us round. The house is made up of a top floor flat with three bedrooms and a couple of terraces.

There is also a completely self-contained guest flat on the ground floor and a studio that is currently rented out to a doctor.

It was right in the heart of the village but with a garage and a pool – our ideal combination of a mix between quieter countryside but not quite as remote as where we are now.

It could be a good opportunity to try our hand at renting out a flat in the summer to visitors to Provence – AirB&B style.

We are planning on going back for another look.

I had to go to a workshop at the French unemployment office France Travail.

As ever, it was an opportunity for me to practice my French listening and speaking skills.
After having sat through a presentation about another way to potentially find work we all had to give our opinion on what we had heard.
The woman in front of me was an artist and so said it wasn’t really her thing but that she had to come.
She then asked: je peux m’eclipser? and the woman running the workshop said of course.
I had to look it up but it means Can I sneak out?
I like that and will make sure I try to use it when appropriate.
On the job front, I saw a couple of interesting leaflets asking for applicants.
Might give this one a go.

Without a 9-5 job or children at school how can we tell that c’est la rentrée à Venelles?

Of course it’s the return of the lunchtime queue at our local boulangerie Lavarenne.