Bonjour...
Welcome to our France travel blog!
This France travel blog was created as a result of the decision we made back in May of 2022 to quit our jobs, give away nearly everything we own, and move from Florida to Paris, France.
We first fell in love with France when we visited about 10 years ago and we have been back many times since then to various parts of the south of France. Yet, we had never been to Paris until last May, which is when we decided we wanted to leave our high stress jobs and 24/7 work lifestyle in the US and move somewhere in France.
Our YouTube Channel "KJ and Tony Love France" and this travel blog document our journey of giving up all our belongings in the USA to make our dream of living in France a reality.
Our plan was to spend the first year of our journey discovering where in France we would like to settle as American expats. Afterall, there are so many incredibly beautiful areas in France, and we want to experience as many different French regions and departments as possible before we make our final decision.
Tony was leaning more toward Paris, while I (KJ) had a vision of buying a small chateau and converting it into a charming B&B. We are both Escape to the Chateau fans! Although a project of that undertaking is not something we would want to take on, something on a smaller scale with not so much renovation involved would be more in our interest.
We applied for our visas and off we went to spend the first month of our journey in Paris, which we both agree was the best month of our nearly 15 years together as a couple. We then moved to Versailles for two months to have a larger space to accomodate our youngest son, who was visiting on his break from his university studies.
Not knowing the area very well, we did not realize how remote our apartment in Versailles would be and this presented many unexpected challenges, causing our journey to take some dramatic twists and turns, including but not limited to, culture shock, home sickness, health issues, and family concerns.
We moved back to Florida, and now have a home-base in Vero Beach to be closer to family. All of which is documented on our YouTube channel.
We still love France (in particular, Paris) and plan to live there one day. But for now, we will be traveling back and forth between our home here in Florida and the many magical places yet to explore in France.
As we begin to catch our breath from moving multiple times in the course of a year, we plan to continue documenting our journey... wherever that may lead us.
Merci, beaucoup for taking the time to read this and any other part of our France Travel Vlog. We hope that it will be an inspiration to others who may want to do the same.
Bonne journée,
KJ and Tony
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