Find your place
Sharon originally left her childhood home in England to attend college in the city of Nice, but plans to study abroad for one year ultimately established a new course for her life. She embarked on a career, married a Frenchman, and finally settled in a pastoral oasis to raise a family. “Normandy is a beautiful part of France, with green valleys, lots of space, and old stone villages,” she says. “It is also within easy reach of Paris, so I get the best of both worlds.”