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Once upon a time, a French-German and British family from London decided to move to the French countryside with their 3yo. They have this big idea of renovating the old family home and settle for a new life with cheese and wine... and chickens! Read more here...

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August 2025
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Philippe MIGUET

DISCOVERING: Belley

Just as a heads-up: this entry will probably be updated over time. Most of the times, if we go to Belley, we only go there for shopping purposes, as it has the different and/or bigger supermarkets (or rather a “hypermarché”). So maybe check back after some time to see if there’s any new stuff below. 🙂 Parking The parking situation

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May 2025
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Philippe MIGUET

A slow burner – Part 4: what did we get done?

That is a question, we have been asking ourselves. Being the one doing the renovations, sometimes it is difficult to see the trees in the forest. But feedback from visitors or even neighbours have been rather positive. Particularly from visitors which have known the house for a long time, i.e. my brothers or family friends. The Clear-Out I think the

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May 2025
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Philippe MIGUET

A slow burner – Part 3: the garden

The garden is one of my main projects while my husband takes care of the renovation works where I am not much of a help. At the moment the house is rather plain. Don’t get me wrong, my aunt uses the garden a lot, it’s her little baby and she’s done a good job. But you also can tell that

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Helpful Links

Life on the Plateau
Mairie Plateau d'Hauteville
Office de Tourisme
Haut-Bugey Agglomération

Chickens
YouTube Channel "Oak Abode"

Holidays
Au Pâturage Montagnard (for groups)

Leisure
La Praille (Google Maps)

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August 2025
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Philippe MIGUET

DISCOVERING: Belley

Just as a heads-up: this entry will probably be updated over time. Most of the times, if we go to Belley, we only go there for shopping purposes, as it has the different and/or bigger supermarkets (or rather a “hypermarché”). So maybe check back after some time to see if there’s any new stuff below. 🙂 Parking The parking situation

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July 2025
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Philippe MIGUET

Parc des Oiseaux
(Villars-les-Dombes)

My brother is a big fan of this park and has been there a couple of times already. So as it came highly recommended and we had some friends coming to see us, we thought that might be a nice change of scenery. Of course we can’t compete with Disneyland here, but who can… 😉 Parking Parking was easy and

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May 2025
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Philippe MIGUET

A slow burner – Part 4: what did we get done?

That is a question, we have been asking ourselves. Being the one doing the renovations, sometimes it is difficult to see the trees in the forest. But feedback from visitors or even neighbours have been rather positive. Particularly from visitors which have known the house for a long time, i.e. my brothers or family friends. The Clear-Out I think the

Impressions


Helpful Links