Just South of Paris, near Fontainebleau. Where they keep all the good bouldering. It's all about: - Choose the thing you like to do most - Find the abso

Just South of Paris, near Fontainebleau. Where they keep all the good bouldering. It's all about: - Choose the thing you like to do most - Find the absolute best place in the world to do that thing - Find a house there It doesn't always work out though. I spent years trying to find a place to live that was walking distance from a good surf break in the sun. Can't be done unless you're happy spending five million dollars on the house or are willing to live on a dusty scrap of land in Central America where you need to hire a guy with a gun to sit at the gate all night every night. Or want to strand yourself on a little sand and mosquito island a day's boat ride from Sumatra. Fortunately, my (and my wife's) first love is climbing. We were worried we'd quickly "climb out" any crag we moved to, but Fontainebleau has just over 20,000 problems so it'll be a few years before we can get to them all. And they have proper French wine and baguettes and Paris 40 minutes away on the train. Sorted. But yeah, if you can pull this whole location independence thing off, I'd highly recommend it.