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Keith Van Sickle grew up in Alameda, California, the son of public school teachers. He got his first taste of overseas life while spending a college term in England and later backpacked around the world for six months.

Grateful for the scholarships that helped him pay for college, in 1987 he started a foundation that helps students from Alameda pursue a college education.

Keith fell in love with Europe during a five-year expat assignment in Switzerland, where he and his wife Val lived in a village with more cows than people. After returning to the US, Keith helped start a company whose product was so geeky that he still doesn’t quite understand it.

Keith and Val dreamed of living abroad again but were unable to find another expat gig. So they
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Keith Van Sickle My wife and I once had the opportunity to live and work in Switzerland as expats. After five years our assignment ended and we tried to find another, …moreMy wife and I once had the opportunity to live and work in Switzerland as expats. After five years our assignment ended and we tried to find another, but no luck.

Eventually we invented our own expat gig by quitting our jobs and becoming consultants (allowing us to sometimes work from afar). Then we moved to France part-time, despite having only the most tenuous command of the language. Hilarity, as they say, ensued.

We have eventually settled into France, mastered the language and developed a wide circle of friends. I thought that our story would be interesting to others, both for the way we worked our way into French society and because we split our time between two countries. Plus I have a lot of funny stories about how France is, um, different than the US!(less)
Keith Van Sickle I'm getting ready to write a follow-up book, continuing the story of the adventures my wife Val and I have enjoyed in France.

So here's a question for …more
I'm getting ready to write a follow-up book, continuing the story of the adventures my wife Val and I have enjoyed in France.

So here's a question for any readers who may wish to weigh in - what, if anything, would you like to be different in this second book? You can either comment on my blog (at www.keithvansickle.com) or my Facebook page (Keith Van Sickle, Author) or write directly at author@keithvansickle.com.

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Music in Aix

If you are in Aix-de-Provence this fall, be sure to check out the new photo exhibition that showcases the city’s music over the past century. Music in Aix will take place in the Hôtel Boadès,  just steps from the tourist office.

From classical music to jazz to the “Provençal Woodstock,” you’ll see how music has shaped the city. Musical titans like Edith Piaf, Miles Davis, and Tina Turner are al

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