Starting a New Life in the Mayenne, Episode 320
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Categories: Loire Valley, Moving to France
Annie Sargent chats with Sarah Smith about her new life in the Mayenne. The Mayenne is in the North West of France, tucked between Paris and Brittany. It is part of the Loire Valley region and about an hour away from some of the most famous chateaux in the world. There are places like that in France. They are in plain sight and yet hidden secrets because we don't talk about them enough.
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Discussed in this Episode
- The Mayenne department
- Mayenne the city
- The Mayenne River
- Laval
- Chailland
- Fontaine Daniel
- Toiles de Mayenne
- Ambriere les Vallées
- Lassay les Châteaux
- Montgiroux
- Sainte Suzanne
- Saint Pierre sur Erve
- Fresnay sur Sarthe
- Craon
- The difficutlies of finding a house in France
- Why it's good to rent several gîtes
- Why Sarah loves driving in France
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is join us in France episode 320. |
| 0:04.0 | Bonjou, I'm Annie Sergeant, and today I bring you a conversation with Sarah Smith |
| 0:09.8 | about moving to the Maiena and the reasons why she fell in love with that part of France. |
| 0:15.9 | Do you even know where the Maien is? |
| 0:19.2 | Probably not. |
| 0:20.2 | But don't feel badly. |
| 0:22.0 | There are lots of French people who would be so sure either. |
| 0:26.1 | The Mayenne is one of those quiet gems in France that are off the beaten track and yet so full of charm. |
| 0:34.0 | Sarah will tell us about those gems and how her move to France went. |
| 0:39.0 | Thank you patrons for giving me a precious gift, the to produce this podcast. By becoming a |
| 0:44.8 | patron you join the team of folks who love France and want to hear all about it |
| 0:49.4 | because it makes them happy and there will be a shout out to new patrons after the interview. |
| 0:55.6 | A big thank you also to all of you who buy my cookbook, join us at the table, |
| 1:00.4 | and my voice map tours of Paris or make purchases through my Amazon affiliate links |
| 1:06.2 | and spread the word about this podcast. Please visit join us in France.com |
| 1:11.3 | forward slash boutique to see all of that good stuff. |
| 1:15.8 | Show notes and guest notes for this episode are on join us in France. |
| 1:19.9 | com for a slash 320, the numeraleral where you can see a recap of what Sarah and I |
| 1:26.2 | discussed as well as links to relevant resources follow addicted to friends on |
| 1:31.5 | Instagram to see the beautiful photos of the Mayen that |
| 1:34.9 | Sarah shared with me and all of us and the best way to stay in touch with me and with |
| 1:40.2 | this podcast is to sign up for the newsletter at join us in France.com |
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