tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post3732142183263747316..comments2024-03-26T01:22:19.803-04:00Comments on Notes From ABroad: Life Can Be LovelyNotes From ABroadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post-76412349970451059042015-02-24T07:26:57.762-05:002015-02-24T07:26:57.762-05:00Vivian, we lived in Jacksonville for a year. My hu...Vivian, we lived in Jacksonville for a year. My husband hated Florida but it certainly was a pleasant winter that year :) Buenos Aires was perfect, the summers were never too hot and the winters were pleasant.. they had the first snow in the city in , I think it was 50 years when we arrived .. ha ! we bring cold weather with us !<br />Mary I loved Portland so much. We lived in the Pearl District , right across the street from Whole Foods. . how lovely is that ?<br />The one thing I was told by a realtor years ago when selling our first house was try not to have the smell of food in the house. Some people are turned off by odors of food. There are a lot of vegetarians who would hate the smell of meat cooking. I just keep fresh flowers and everything is ridiculously neat and tidy. It is like living in a showroom, nothing is out of place. I have gotten very good at "staging" a house for sale.<br />I just can't do anything about the 10 feet of snow outside.Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post-34067958202240499962015-02-24T00:05:45.337-05:002015-02-24T00:05:45.337-05:00I love living in Virginia even though I'll be ...I love living in Virginia even though I'll be glad when it warms up and stops snowing every few days!<br /><br />Before we retired, we lived in Mississippi and then Cajun Louisiana due to a government job. Too hot and too humid. It is such a relief to live in an area with four seasons again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post-54220358460075272102015-02-23T19:41:13.324-05:002015-02-23T19:41:13.324-05:00That's one of the many things i like about lif...That's one of the many things i like about life here in Portland, Oregon. We get lots and lots of rain in winter, and sometimes the grey is hard to deal with, but i can go on my long walks, just carry an umbrella with me, and i don't have to shovel the rain! :)<br /><br />I hope your house sells quickly so you can move to the smaller house you want! Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005482538480063372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post-4835967712644783062015-02-23T18:44:15.426-05:002015-02-23T18:44:15.426-05:00Candace,
If I could move anywhere, it would be Pa...Candace,<br /><br />If I could move anywhere, it would be Paris, as I always feel like I'm where I belong upon arrival there.<br /><br />A few years back, I listed my home and it was sold two days later at an Open House. When the Realtor arrived, soft music was coming from the CD player and the aroma from beef stew in the crockpot filled the house. When I got back home after the Open House, the Realtor said the music and aroma added to the coziness of the house, and we had an offer. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post-84315211183880734642015-02-23T16:46:04.158-05:002015-02-23T16:46:04.158-05:00I've lived in NY, Chicago, France and the Neth...I've lived in NY, Chicago, France and the Netherlands, so have had a variety of temps and precipitation...and for some reason, the rain and gray skies of Holland didn't depress me as it did some of my friends. Maybe because I was so happy not to have snow - it does snow in the Netherlands, but most years it is minimal, and clears out pretty quickly.<br /><br />Now in northern Florida, no snow, a couple of cold days, but I'm loving the winter here: mild and just cool enough to be comfortable. Ask me again in the summer - when it's 90+ degrees and horrible humidity - and snow will actually start to sound pretty darn welcome! Hope you find your perfect place soon.Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986108984896629471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post-15823513331191795712015-02-23T10:02:15.104-05:002015-02-23T10:02:15.104-05:00Hetismij, I totally relate to the dream of being a...Hetismij, I totally relate to the dream of being a nomad. A very worthy dream :)Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post-30819244068986938762015-02-23T09:06:31.746-05:002015-02-23T09:06:31.746-05:00We haven't had much of a winter here in the Ne...We haven't had much of a winter here in the Netherlands. Not as warm as last year, but not cold either. Lots of rain, and lots of sun too. For some reason it can be sunny when I set off to walk the dog in the woods and pouring down by the time I get there. <br />I quite like living in the Netherlands I guess. I would probably have been happier staying in our little market town in England, but I know the rest of my family have been happier here than there.<br />We found some small towns we really liked in northern California, and in Oregon. Not sure I would actually want to live in the US though, much as I love visiting.<br />I could live on La Palma, provided I had a regular escape route to somewhere bigger. The weather there is pretty much perfect most of the year.<br />I actually dream of selling up and becoming a nomad. It can't happen sadly, but a girl can dream.<br />HetismijAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post-23604125489665420572015-02-22T22:43:45.976-05:002015-02-22T22:43:45.976-05:00Sometimes I think Southern California is a very n...Sometimes I think Southern California is a very nice place to be .. I lived in SF then LA before arriving in NY. And now all those years later, here I am ... in NY .Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post-72422920025403549202015-02-22T22:31:55.456-05:002015-02-22T22:31:55.456-05:00Sometimes I wish I lived in Paris. But living in S...Sometimes I wish I lived in Paris. But living in SoCal isn't a bad place to be! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post-89883424795658297942015-02-22T22:23:15.048-05:002015-02-22T22:23:15.048-05:00Not depressing, misery loves company :)
Thank you ...Not depressing, misery loves company :)<br />Thank you very much for your comment .. besos. CNotes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405235946922980965.post-63433204333923782532015-02-22T18:37:51.081-05:002015-02-22T18:37:51.081-05:00Hello, plummeting temps here after a few days repr...Hello, plummeting temps here after a few days reprieve - and the snow has actually stopped! Until Tuesday according to the forecasts. Sigh.<br /><br />I usually am looking forward to beginning to commute to work via biking as I start in March; this year maybe not. So streetcar it is for the foreseeable future. -30 wind chill in the morning.<br /><br />Okay, now I'm depressing myself. But tonight we're safe and warm with a nice dinner and a warm fireplace to stay near to. <br /><br />I will likely stop from such inane comments from now on as I really have little to bring to the table as it were but I am so relieved you are continuing to blog. I would certainly miss you very much if you did.canadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043577993676288353noreply@blogger.com