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David E:
Sylvain
I am English by birth and I was many times on holiday in France when I was younger (that was a Loooong time ago !!!)
Like all English schools in those times, I learned French and still remember some.
I was very happy with the South of France...wine, women and song !!! and great weather. But I fear now that the cost of living and the enormous price for houses makes my dream not so real :icon_cheesygrin:
David
ttwjr32:
Dave,
nice house that is one thing i miss about china the red brick homes
i always loved the red brick houses. the last house i bought in Calif
was your standard stucco finish house and over the course of one
summer i redid the house in red brick along with the help of my grandsons
and sons and we had a really great time as i taught them how to lay
the brick. it made for a very unique house in stockton that people
walking their dogs would always stop and talk to me about when they
saw me out front. when i escaped California and came to China there
were 7 houses in the neighborhood that had done the same.
as they say the greatest compliment is when someone copies
your idea :icon_cheesygrin:
David E:
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Dave,
nice house that is one thing i miss about china the red brick homes
i always loved the red brick houses. the last house i bought in Calif
was your standard stucco finish house and over the course of one
summer i redid the house in red brick along with the help of my grandsons
and sons and we had a really great time as i taught them how to lay
the brick. it made for a very unique house in stockton that people
walking their dogs would always stop and talk to me about when they
saw me out front. when i escaped California and came to China there
were 7 houses in the neighborhood that had done the same.
as they say the greatest compliment is when someone copies
your idea :icon_cheesygrin:
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Ted
You have touched on the one point that always influences me when I think of moving to China to be with Ming....I dont know if I could cope with living in an Apartment with no garden !!!!
I know there are some pretty swish Apartments to be had....but a few plants on my balcony would not be my idea of "outdoors" :icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:
Maybe I should think about moving to the Country China and get a farm !!!!!...but I got too used to electricity and running water (haha)
David
ttwjr32:
David ,
a few cities have small communities popping up just like they have in the
USA with standard houses in planned community. they have them in Guilin
and here on the outside of Guangzhou which i recently discovered. When i
get my permenant residency visa then Sisi and i were talking of buying in one
of these. she just loved it when she saw it and thought it was the greatest
idea since sliced bread lol
Bee964:
Ted and David E,
I had two rather large vegetable gardens in the house I had with my ex. One was 15' X 120' and the other was 35'x 80'. Had 5 flower beds around the house and 2 stand alone. Had 60 fruit trees, mostly apple and pear. Also had a couple grape vines too, about 100 feet worth. My property was almost 2 acres. This was in the city. I will be moving again soon. I will miss the gardens the most. This will be the first year I have not grown my own veggies in about 25 years. I'm gonna miss the gardening the most.
Sylvain D,
My sisters place is in La Roche Sur Furon? (I am not sure of the spelling) I usually just say La Roche. It is near Geneva Switzerland. They are about 20 minutes away. My sister works in Geneva. I have heard of La Rochelle but this is not where they live. I will see if I can find a picture of their place and post it. I'm not sure if I have one with me though.
Dave C
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