A day in the life of our jewellery making teacher Caroline

I get up in the morning, have breakfast which is usually a croissant and coffee and then I’ll go down to the local market and buy fresh produce from around the region.  We have an organic farm right next door so I might pop over there instead to buy veggies. I’ll have a chat with some of the locals and in the afternoon we might go and play tennis or I will go for a jog around the countryside.

There are a lot of artists in the town so I often meet up with them or go and see an exhibition. We’re very sociable people and have made a lot of friends in the community, it’s a small place so everyone knows each other and we’ve been here for 11 years.  Some afternoons  I go and work in the local beauty salon doing massages and reflexology, I really enjoy it and it’s a nice way to be involved with the community. And I’ll also do some work in the afternoons, go over bookings and our marketing.

Then I’ll usually work on a jewellery piece before dinner which my husband Adam usually cooks, he’s a fantastic cook. Sometimes in the weekends we’ll go skiing in the winter or surfing in Biarritz in the summer with our 4 teenage kids.

We really love our lifestyle in France whether we are busy in the community or running courses, I feel like we’re finally doing what we had a vision of so many years ago.

 

Want to know more?
Read Caroline’s story of moving to rural France here
Discover Caroline’s fantastic precious metal clay jewellery making holiday
Or for something a bit different combine jewellery making and cooking holiday