{"id":2749,"date":"2013-04-11T07:40:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T07:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/?p=2749"},"modified":"2022-09-21T13:29:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T13:29:18","slug":"sara-in-le-petit-village-interview-with-sara-louise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/sara-in-le-petit-village-interview-with-sara-louise\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara in Le Petit Village Interview with Sara Louise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2750\" alt=\"Sara in le petit village\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Sara-in-le-petit-village.png\" width=\"576\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Sara-in-le-petit-village.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Sara-in-le-petit-village-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Sara-in-le-petit-village-640x80.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How does someone go from a city life of &#8216;pencil skirts, stilettos, drinks after work followed by taxis home&#8217; to French village life with the daily &#8221;5pm glass(es) of C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne?&#8221; Meet expat rockstar Sara from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarainlepetitvillage.com\">Sara in Le Petit Village<\/a>. Following her storming success in the expat star awards, we took some time out to interview her.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hey Sara, how does it feel to be a winner in the expat star awards?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It feels wonderful of course. Anytime anyone even reads my babblings, let alone singles me out for an award is cause for a happy dance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Sarainlepetitevillage?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sara in Le Petit Village is my little space on the internet where I write all about my adventures an misadventures in a small village in the south of France.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2752\" alt=\"Sara Louise\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Sara-Louise.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Sara-Louise.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Sara-Louise-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Sara-Louise-100x160.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the inspiration for launching your blog &amp; what are you trying to achieve?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My inspiration basically came from not wanting to go the way of Jack Nicholson in The Shining. My village is small and isolated, and when I first followed my French husband back to France, I didn&#8217;t speak the language and wasn&#8217;t working. Writing gave me something to do, and blogging, helped me to forge friendships and connect with other expats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biggest blogging challenge?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blogging is like a part time job, and as such, you have to make the time to do it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could only give one piece of advice for a new expat, what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Learn the language!<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could only give one piece of advice for someone repatriating back home, what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Make sure that you&#8217;ve thought your decision out thoroughly and aren&#8217;t rushing into anything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What can we expect to see over the next 12 months?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The next twelve months in the life of Sara in The LPV?! HA! As my readers know, that is a question that cannot be answered. But whatever happens, it will be entertaining, I can assure you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you most proud of since launching your blog?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m proud that I&#8217;ve kept it up for over three years, and I&#8217;m especially proud of the fact that people continue to read it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biggest challenge growing your blog?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The same as number four, making the time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you transfer money abroad? Bank or Broker?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As soon as I have money to transfer, I&#8217;ll get back to you. I guess I need to work on number nine a bit more.<\/p>\n<p>Interview by Daniel Abrahams on <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/105158979413685359437\/\">Google<\/a> +<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does someone go from a city life of &#8216;pencil skirts, stilettos, drinks after work followed by taxis home&#8217; to French village life with the daily &#8221;5pm glass(es) of C\u00f4tes du Rh\u00f4ne?&#8221; Meet expat rockstar Sara from Sara in Le Petit Village. Following her storming success in the expat star awards, we took some time out to interview her. Hey [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[140],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2749"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3434,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions\/3434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycurrencytransfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}