An American At Her First Emmaus Store in France

[@ArtistEscapetoparis]

I would want to buy everything, love antiques!!❤❤❤

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

To be honest, I was overwhelmed. Tired. And I'm analysis paralysis. I just couldn't compute that day 🤷‍♀️

[@MarianneInmarsilia]

Love your garden ❤ enjoyed your stroll in town. Good luck with leaks, trip home, driving lessons, scary stairs and future Emmaus or brocante trips !

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Thank you so much! Oh gosh, I really appreciate your support. And thank you for being kind when I make myself rather vulnerable ❤️.

[@franj.1461]

I loved the stroll through town, how cute. I hope you have solved the leak. The view in your backyard with the steeple is breathtaking, what a nice place to sit and relax (as long as you don't look at the stairs). lol

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Oh my goodness, thank you so much! Yes those stairs absolutely freak me out LOL. I will show a lot more strolls through town. I think the one I post next week will be exploring my own Village. I hope you enjoy it! Thank you for following along 🙂

[@alexandrejaneiro]

12:26, do note that, those sets normally can be disassembled and some of the pieces can be replaced separately. try to remove it and order it online. sometimes with a picture from your cell you can search via google and find it quite easy ;) at least you can try, if not, you have to replace it all (but that will be more expensive). Good luck

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Aaaahhhhhhh okay! 😁 Thanks for the tip!

[@alexandrejaneiro]

@ 😉 always ready for a good tip. my side hustle is doing small fixes.

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

@@alexandrejaneiro That would be a fun job :)

[@meri8746]

I love how you are being open and honest about everything you are experiencing. It’s all very interesting. If you pretend nothing is frustrating, I will know you are lying. 🤣😂 Also, thank you for purchasing nothing in the shop. 🤐 🤣 Your chateau is too special for just anything. I don’t like yellow either, but I do like the yellow shower tiles. They don’t seen as bright. I love a smooth buttery yellow. ❤

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Thank you so much for your comment! And I am so glad you appreciate my honesty. It would be easy to be fake and pretend everything is great. But yes, I'm a open and honest, wear my heart on my sleeve kind of person. Just to be honest, I don't mind the yellow shower tiles either 🙂 But the yellow wall? Yeah, that's going hahaha. Thank you for following along!

[@meri8746]

@ You are welcome! Do you know how I knew you were an honest person? You got me on the spiders - nix them! I said, “Yes, she is a truly transparent person. I am going to love this channel.” 👍🏻

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

@@meri8746 Ha! Awwwhhhh. Love that! People keep telling me they're good the for nature and serve a purpose. Ah, that's a big nope for me! :) Thank you for all your support. It means a lot.

[@miket7226]

Mel get yourself a blue zone pass. It allows you two hour parking in any blue zones. Green zones are 15 minutes and you don't need anything to park in the green spots.

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Ahhhhhh. I don't know about the parking zones!! What? 😲

[@miket7226]

@@LifeOnRueduChateau so when you drive through the main streets in towns around you,, you will see parking spots with green stripes - 15 minute spots. White stripes are regular parking and lucky if you can get one - park as long as you want. Blue striped parking spots are blue zoned two hour parking. Go to your nearest town Marie or tourist information stop and buy a blue zone pass. That's about it. Good luck. The pass works all around france except around Paris

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

@@miket7226 Oooohhhhh! Okay. That's good to know! Thank you. I hadn't heard this before. You're the best!

[@miket7226]

@@LifeOnRueduChateau BTW I love your place. Nice area. Good luck with it.

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

@@miket7226 Thank you :)

[@aprilanywhere3879]

I'm from MS, USA. In the 1990s I bought a Country Victorian. It was in good livable shape, so moved right in. I had covered, with the realtor, major things we might have to worry about, like roof, plumbing, electrical. They all had been updated within last 3 yrs. I loved it, even tho years later had to sell it due to divorce. I learned not to try to do too many things at once. Make a list! I went room by room. You have many, many here willing to help y'all in your wonderful journey! I'm sure you'll find France friends willing to help also!

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Awh, thank you!! I'm sure that home was a labor of love. I will try to take it slow. Finances will probably keep it slow going too haha. But it'll be interesting! 😃

[@skdoremi6666]

Le blanc (c is silent) departement de l'indre, the river name is la creuse I think, its a medieval city,like most of that region, people think medieval looks like the medieval châteaux in uk...but france kept most of it cities and villages identity...which means that city and it center was active since the middle ages, probably from roman time too, the château Naillac is the attraction 😊. The stairs r cemented,they r not original to the building at all...clearly a recent addition. Don't mind people honking 😅, sometimes they r helping u out when u are parking,sometimes its a way calling somebody and sometimes they just honk🤷‍♀️. I like yellow😅maybe not like that in a bathroom but yellow is sunshine 💛

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Oh yes, I know the c is silent... But I wanted to make sure the Americans and English speaking people understood what I was saying.... 🙃. Yeah not sure what to do with those darn stairs... They're a mess. And oh gosh, you are right. Yellow is a cheery lovely color! But I'm burned out by it lol... I just repainted a 5,000 sqft house that was ALL yellow. Walls, trim, ceiling. Crazy stuff 🤣

[@bwitched3810]

Don’t let people discourage you and say you’re complaining, being there alone, takes a lot of guts, and as we know, Midwestern women know how to get. S**T done .

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Awwhhh thank you!!! I appreciate that ❤️. I'll always just be the real me 😊💖

[@Denise-dv3ps]

You are very brave to be in a foreign country all by yourself not knowing the language AND driving on top of that! I lived in Mexico many years ago & my then husband left me alone a lot and it was very challenging to say the least. I was so glad to have had a store ( family owned ) just downstairs so I rarely had to to purchase anything all by myself lol 🤷 I can hardly wait to see how you furnish your new home as that is one of my favorite things to do when I move to a new place; I find it to be a welcome & very pleasant challenge- anyway thx for having me along I had fun especially at the Emmaus ( loved the rush seat dining chairs that's what I want for my existing dining table ) 🤔

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Thank you so much for your comment! I do know the language. But I also need to be more confident in it. We are much stronger than we think 🙂. You have accomplished a lot and I'm hoping to grow that strength and looking forward to the future. If making a change was easy, everyone would do it!

[@pamelam.7789]

You may have to open up the wall on the other side of the shower to find the leak. That is cheaper than re-tiling.

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Good point!

[@gsbeak]

6:12 Welcome to the cheesy play on words for hairdressers saloon names(salon de coiffure) : "L'Hair du temps" from French "L'air du temps" . Être dans l'air du temps is an expression meaning "to be trendy or fashionable" By the way, the C letter at the end of "Le Blanc" is silent. Blanc is the word for white and the c is there because the feminine of blanc is blanche. There are a lot of silent letters in French, specially at the end of words. It's part of the difficulty of learning the language.

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

I do speak French as a matter of fact! Of course since I was speaking English and wanted people to understand what I was saying so I said it like that. I majoree in French in college in fact.... It's a fun language 🙃.

[@carmel-on8im]

When we were in Italy years ago I thought "HONK" was their middle name.LOL.Mel stop worrying over ever thing it will make you sick. The shower if it were me i would do the cheapest way i could and when you are all living there rip it out water proof and tile the shower. There may be hidden problems from time past you cannot see now. Remember Mel you are brave to be there on your own it will get better but you are worrying yourself so much you must stop. By the way sweep the leafs off the steps can get slippy when wet do it off video as great as you are one thing at a time. As the Royals say "Stay calm and carry on" Until next time take care.

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

You are so sweet. Thank you. I appreciate it! By the time I shot this video I was feeling a little down. I was missing my family and feeling not as accomplished as I wanted. Yet. I really did accomplish a lot! Yes I will continue to carry on🙂 and it will get easier no doubt. The honking, LOL.... When I go to New York City they honk like crazy and it just makes me laugh. It must be like that in Italy too!

[@cynthiaaguilar8656]

When will you all be coming and staying? I think one you are permanently there it will be so much easier for you to figure things out and get things done together. Best of luck!

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Oh, I agree with you completely. Life will be so much easier. We only get short bursts of time to go over and accomplish what we can. Will be there full-time, likely next June.

[@coetiaswearingen7207]

Would be nice to see prices

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

True. Next time.

[@TheFiown]

I moved from a town with a great Emmaus to one with the worst one in France, they have nothing but stuff that belongs in a dumpster !

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Oh gosh! That's unfortunate! Where was the good one? I'm being told to go to the one in Limoges. I think I'm about an hour or so away.

[@TheFiown]

@@LifeOnRueduChateau Limoges is a good one. I used to go to the one in Perigueux, now I live in Cognac. I might go tomorrow to find some dog bowls, I did buy 8 curtain rods with rings and filials for 20 euros but honestly there is not much. Much of my furniture came from other Emmaus and before I moved I bought two huge old shop counters to use the wood for kitchen tops and I bought a wuite marble coffee table to use also as a counter top. I also buy large pictures, often posters, with glass, just for the glass to cut down for other frames. My curtains are going to be made from 7 metres of amazing William Morris heavy linen, gorgeous, paid 6 euros for the roll ! Good luck.

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

@@TheFiown Oh wow! You have nabbed some great deals! Amazing. Those curtains are going to be gorgeous!

[@sharlettedavidson81]

❤

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

😍

[@daynight4902]

BEST WISHES TO YOU

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Thank you. I appreciate that!

[@guyprot-zq1dz]

L Indre est le département de mes ancêtres, mais plus vers Châteauroux 😊

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Ahhh! Oui! C'est jolie!! 😀

[@jimdepereira985]

Is it a Rose of Sharon?

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Yes! You are right! That's what I couldn't think of. My jet-legged brain couldn't put it all together haha

[@Lilypad5493]

As u get to know the area it be so much earlier . Please u found whats is making the leak . Something where nice in the second hand place im sure u find more places to check out Google may help . Take care

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Thank you so much. You are absolutely right! Appreciate it.

[@nicolethijs5428]

You defenitly need a new faucet. That will help a lot. Choose one that you can use when renovating the bathroom. You are in danger soakin th wooden stucture behind the tiles or the wooden floor/ beams.

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Yes, that faucet is a disaster!! Lovely, right? I want to get that done asap. I hate to see water anywhere it's not supposed to be 🙌

[@lindamounts2193]

The shower discussion went on way too long. I am wondering if you can buy a new faucet in the US and bring it back to France, it will save you a fortune, but I don't know if the fittings are different between the countries. About a month before you come back, call a local french plumber and set up a date for him to come and take a look. It may take that long. Have the new faucet ready. You don't want a bunch of mold growing behind your walls. Good luck.

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Okay. I'll find a new shower head and mount for sure. I had one week to be there. I attempted a temporary fix. The thing is a hunk of junk. It's definitely getting replaced. Got a plumber. It'll happen.

[@DShaimaaHam]

The leak is behind the wall. I think you need to call in a pro. Sorry.

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

😭 I definitely don't want mold. Might need to.

[@IPC0101]

I wonder did you indicate you were pulling in ?, thats all I can think, anyway just ignore the honking just someone with a bad temper. Thanks for the video

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

I thought I used my blinker. Maybe I didn't. I was really happy to simply be off the road LOL. I'm going to take lessons to grow some confidence. 🙂 Thank you for watching!

[@JulieGraham-u7b]

Le Blanc is pronounced Le Blan the c is silent. Did you indicate that you were pulling in to the parking space? Make sure you clean the shower head.😊

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Thank you. I was pronouncing it so English speakers understood. It's such a pretty place 😍. Maybe I didn't use my blinker? I was nervous! 🤷‍♀️

[@joanlindecker2899]

Your negative attitude about everything kind of ruins this. It's depressing. You might work on a presentation without constant negative comments.

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

Ha! Okay. I was probably tired. 🤪 I always appreciate feedback.

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

To be honest, the more I think about it, I think I was really missing my family. I was getting frustrated with not accomplishing as much as I had hoped.... Sorry, just being real about the ups and downs of the process. ❤️

[@annmcgranaghan2131]

Really questioning the reason you moved to France. You sound unhappy. Europe is not the US!

[@LifeOnRueduChateau]

It was just a rough day. And I was missing my family!