Practical Adventure-ology

How do you know if you have good table manners?  Is burping bad manners? What about slurping? We all like to think we have good manners but did you know that table manners vary from country to country? What is considered appropriate and polite in one country may be rude or impolite in another. That’s [...]

Mark Twain once said, “Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you’ve never been hurt and live like it’s heaven on Earth.” WARNING: I made an embarrassing birthday video where I Sing and Dance. I want to share it with you to prove Mark Twain’s point.  You may experience goosebumps by watching the [...]

France is very well known for many things like it’s wine, bread and cheese. But did you know that it’s virtually impossible to find cheddar cheese in France? YES, it’s true. I’m afraid the French may not even consider cheddar an actual cheese. Why else would it be so hard to find.  Nooooooooo! It’s ok, calm [...]

If you want to live in France, the first thing you need to do is figure out whether or not you need a visa. In this video I talk about who needs a visa and which one to get if you plan to live in France.  Not visit but actually “LIVE” in France.  it will demystify [...]

Here’s the second installment of our families adventures in France. Where we let you get an inside peak into life abroad for a family of five. In This video Blake and I explain why we came to France and you’ll also follow us around Marseille just living, running around and having fun. Next week I’ll [...]

This is the first installment of a video series to help people learn how they can move to France. The series is free for the moment.  Please pass it on to anyone you think may be interested and please share this video series as much as possible anywhere anyhow. It helps drive traffic to my [...]

If you have ever wanted to start a business or blog but didn’t know what, where or how to start than you should read this story. I’ll share with you how after almost a decade of wandering from college to the corporate world, I’m finally getting some clarity and discovering how to turn my natural [...]

Moving abroad sounds exciting, fun and adventurous but unless you do certain things to prepare, your dream life abroad can turn into a nightmare. This is the first installment of a series called “Adventures In France”. Find out what it’s like for a family of five to take a break from life and the rat-race [...]

In this post, I talk about a study done by a professor William Maddux. Once only conjecture, his research shows empirical data that living abroad can increase and improve your creativity.  I give you some examples of how living abroad has helped me as well as some pretty famous people you know. Plus, see a [...]

Moving to another country is a huge process and can take several steps. Especially if you have kids and a boat load of stuff. That’s how it was for our family.  Before we decided to take a family life sabbatical and move to France, we went through the whole moving process a year in advance [...]