Essential reading before diving into the deep! Another life, another pace. Who hasn’t dreamed of doing that? The author takes you along with him on his intensive search for a place to live. Because actually living in another country is not at all the same as just going there on holiday. Having sold up house and home, the move to France finally takes place with all the attendant surprises which such events inevitably involve. The artist and his wife Joyo have all kinds of unexpected adventures along the way. Sometimes negative, sometimes funny, sometimes heart-warming. Getting to know their immediate neighbours, the local ‘artisans’, the French way of life and French bureaucracy – all are stimulating experiences, each recounted with a light dose of irony. Written in an easy and relaxed style, fascinating to read and particularly informative for anyone who is thinking about taking the plunge and living the dream.