{"id":861,"date":"2021-05-19T12:27:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T12:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hpu.oyf.mybluehost.me\/amotherinfrance\/?page_id=861"},"modified":"2023-02-05T18:15:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T16:15:23","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amotherinfrance.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Hello! I’m Nikki aka A Mother in France<\/strong>… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I moved to France in 2004 with my husband Gary and 3 children (at the time… now I have 5). I traded in my life as a lecturer in IT and Hotelier back in Kent, UK, to live the good life in rural France.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I’m a mother of 5 and work as an Independent Estate Agent for Leggett Immobillier<\/a>. Gary and I also jointly manage our two holiday rentals \u2013 Villa Ripaud<\/a> which is a holiday apartment in our home in Villeseque des Corbieres and Studio Le Barcares<\/a> which is a rental on the beach in the beautiful Mediterranean coastal resort of Le Barcares.\u00a0 I also help Gary run his business Gardening in France<\/a>, offering gardening courses,\u00a0 workshops and a horticultural consultancy service specialising in Natural Swimming Ponds<\/a>.\u00a0 And, in my spare timle, I love to write.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I’m a dedicated mother, a natural helper and organiser. I enjoy sharing the knowledge and experience I’ve gained in this busy life of mine, which has been the main drive for writing. I try to bring my practical, down to earth approach in life into my work… and this seems to be popular with my regular followers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can read my latest A Mother in France<\/strong> blog posts here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And check out my books here<\/a>; What Have we Got Toulouse, A Family Moving to France,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0I\u2019ve got something to say<\/strong><\/em>, an anthology\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Women’s Voices SW France<\/a> and Chasing the Dream – A new life abroad: An anthology of travel stories<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\tPublications<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t