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Hi Lou, glad you picked up my message. I don't look as often as I used to but am still enjoying following certain folks!! Yes, we are back home in France. Our time in NZ really made us focus on what we wanted to do and where. We have just sold our house here near Dijon and have bought a 3 acre farm in the SW (NOT the Dordogne!!) . Our plan is to be more sustainable not to work for 'the man' (why man I always wonder!!) and to dip into modern life if and when we want to. I think it's like your plan in fact, only in Europe. Anyway I am looking forward to following your blog, especially when you get to God's Own Country!!
Best,
Kate

Hi Lou,
I am sending this mp as ( as you may know ) we didn't stay in NZ, so I always feel I must be v careful what I write on this forum. However, have been following you and Jon's progress as felt same type of person-ish! So, I would recommend having a good look at Christchurch. We spent a month there. V small city, v clean, v English but also not ie café culture etc. Never saw any violence but didn't go out at night except to visit Koko and then loved the ease of crossing the city in zero traffic to get back. Ian also ran in Hagley Park and went out v early on buses, again no problems. Good architecture which made me feel like I was not in a hick country. Excellent art galleries and music scene. Nicely alternative withour being totally Glastonbury or Totness. Good cinema too. The south island is different, more polite, more beautiful, and if anything is happening it will happen in ChCh as everything else is crappy!! Once again we stayed in the 'nice' part, Merrivale as there seemed no point in becoming depressed by cheap, bad motels when you have gone that far. The rent was 500 a week, furnished. Sumner and the coast is near with a good farmer's market and great arty feel ( for NZ standards) ; the teperatures for us were way too low, but hey!! If I was ever to return it would be to round there. I'm sure you will visit all the cities anyway.

Best wishes,
Kate

I was certainly giving you a compliment Lou. I admire peeps like you. I am vair disorganised and too impatient to plan anything properly. My every day is loop the loop, suck it and see. Bit crap really - not my life - my attitude :[

Anyways, get theesen to Hamy babe. I need a yoga teacher I tell you. My zumba training was cancelled this weekend and I'm trying to rearrange the traiing session down here in Hammy. I so vair excited. I just choreographed all new routines for my dancefitness class and couldn't help putting loads of latin in. Tough if the folksies don't like coz I do.

Look forward to seeing you soon and have you hear ote back from telly?

Lou, you are note like and a bit like your avatar. I liked you immensely yet retiscently because you embody all sensibleness that I cannot entertain. That might sound like an arse up compliment but it actually is a compliment. I respect peeps who have their lives all sorted out nice, at the same time as thinking its a bit boring - can't help myself. However, I have the feeling you are a bit of dark horse and I would like to get drunk with you. Why are you e-friends with your husband on this site - I've just noticed! I would have ignored him. Like you don't have to put up with him enough at home eh? I don't mean that but I do. I don't mean the putting up with him part but I do mean the ignored him part. I was sad when I read you were thinking bout Welli, we need a friend network up here you know and I am presently craving creative types that I can feed off of when necessary. Do a girl a favour!!!!

Hi Lou,yip we like Chch fine. The weather has been brilliant since we arrived late jan and our house is very close to the beach,so had good fun there.
Its started cooling down a bit now though,but we have a cosy wood burner,they are brill

Can I be your first friend, Lou? Hope you arrive safely back in the UK with only good thoughts about NZ.