This week we have Maxine Tomashefsky back as a guest blogger. Maxine provides great insight to some of the smaller challenges and victories for people working to get basic utilities set up in their new homes in France. In this post, she explains the process of getting...
For this week’s entry we bring back guest blogger Maxine Tomashefksy who reflects on the transition period of retiring to a new country. Maxine had been involved in raising money for cancer in her native California, and decided that volunteering as a retiree in...
While the majority of retirees in France come with their spouse or partner*, there are also many expats living here on their own. This week we learn from the experiences of individuals who have made the move as singles, or who have become single while in France. On...
As we learned in her previous article, moving to a foreign country can present its own set of challenges. In this last guest post from Maxine Tomashefsky of Success to the Max, Maxine writes about the role of a “safety net” upon arrival. Thank you for your...
Moving to France is not all wine and cheese. In this second guest post from travel blogger and photographer Maxine Tomashefsky, Maxine fills us in on the challenges of some of the smaller details we often take for granted–like having a mailing address! This...
This week we are thrilled to introduce Maxine Tomashefsky, travel writer and photographer, as a guest blogger here at Renestance. Maxine and her husband Steve retired and moved to a village near Pézenas less than a year ago, and she has been blogging about her...