In a few weeks we're going to France to scout things out. I (Jim) have a technical conference in Paris for 2 days (CITCON 2009) and then we are headed down to Provence for a week. We're hoping to make some decisions about where we will spend our year. We've gotten some good feedback from others that, though beautiful, Avignon will have a lot of tourists. We'd prefer a place where the people are less transient so the locals will be more interested in getting to know us. We've also gotten some advice from other French folks that Aix might be a good choice. I think we'll be visiting lots of towns.
We'd also like to meet with a local appartment agent and check out a few places to get a sense of prices and paperwork.
Finally, we'll meet with a local prefecture to do an advance check on our papers...do we need something else? What are the expectations?
Will we have any time for fun?
