We’ve all read those travel memoirs written by a wander-lusting expat who throws caution to the wind and sets up camp in the European countryside. The restoration of an old character-filled house is usually part of the storyline, as is the charmingly challenging adaptation to rural life in an enchanting foreign land.
For South Australian couple Michael Norris and Judy Richards, that narrative is one they know well. Very well. “We live the dream in two small villages,” Judy says.