Boat to Baguette: A French adventure

by Hettie Ashwin

Be careful what you wish for... When two Aussie adventurers decide to buy a house in France they get more than baguettes and stinky cheese. Wonderful neighbours, horrible drains, fabulous wines and French taxes. After living on a boat in the tropics of Northern Australia for 11 years, Hettie and Boomie have a bright idea. How hard can it be to buy a house in another country? And so the rollercoaster ride of paperwork, bribing French tourists for translations and trying to survive the long haul flight to France begins. A humorous look at embracing the two-hour lunch ... with wine, while trying to fathom French bureaucracy.

296 pages, Paperback

Published May 5, 2020

Reviews

[Emily Machney]

What starts as a dreamy escape to the French countryside quickly turns into a laugh-out-loud adventure in this delightful memoir! From the very first page, Hettie and Boomie’s leap from a tropical boat life in Northern Australia to homeownership in France had me hooked.