Tell me I'm not getting "signs".....

I've been more and more down reading the news and seeing this country go down the tubes. Last night I had the urge to once again research French real estate. As I surfed around, I came upon a village called
Nyons, in Provence. Well, I open up their site and there it is: "Terre de Lumiere."

This may not mean much to anyone else, but my last name, although Italian, is really French. The French were down in Sicily, where my father's side comes from, so the name has the Italinate ending. But make no mistake, the name is from the French, lumiere. I have fond memories of Japanese tourists asking to take my picture at Napoleon's tomb because they thought I was a local, LOL.

So, I'm reflecting on getting my French back up to snuff, remembering how about 20 years ago I stood on line for hours at the French embassy in London trying to figure out a way to get into somewhere legally.....

Today I go out with Slicker for a walk and run into a lady I've seen a couple of times with a dog. An older woman.....turns out her name is Paulette, she is FRENCH, lives with a son-in-law now who is RW...she is afraid to tell people she's French, also spent time in NJ in the area I also lived....thinks the US is NUTS....and I almost hugged her I was so happy to meet her!!! Irony is, I asked her where she was from because it wasn't a Spanish accent (I'm here in NM) and she told me ...so for some reason she wasn't afraid of me...and the conversation ensued....

Anyway, I feel like I have received some sort of sign....I know, it's like grasping at straws, but I will be seeing her again....it will be so refreshing!!!!!

in her real estate searches. We've given some consideration to this, but have no idea how to go about it.

What have you find the French market to be like?

web sites. This gist is that prices are up about %12. I started out looking at the "leaseback" program properities. I know that you can go to places like Lyon and buy an apt for about $100,000.
Also, the southern coast of Portugal has properties in that price range.
There may be some even lower. But these are small flats, not houses....

It's interesting about your last name, because my paternal grandmother's family came here from Southern Italy and their name was LaPorte (not La Porta) which is a French spelling. I have always wondered about that. Thanks for the insight!

I noticed the same exact types of synchronicities when I was thinking about moving to San Francisco from Boston (which I did, and lived there for 6 years.) Pay attention to the signals, I think when we are open, life gives us cues as to what direction to go in. Good luck!

in to this, but in recent years my physical health etc seems to have dampened down my "sensitivity." I've lost my ability to really concentrate on astrology, etc., too. So, when these events occured over the last couple of days, it was pretty darned exciting!! Perhaps it's just that I was waiting for something that would be strong enough to break through....