Episode 5 ended with Miss Tween walking back into the hotel after her first day of school. Episode 6 covers the thirteen days that followed, before Tara had to fly back to the US alone and leave her husband and daughter in a hotel in a town they’d known for less than a week.

The family lived in a hotel room with a kitchenette that couldn’t really cook anything, and they hauled their laundry down the street to a laundromat. With help from a relocation specialist provided by her husband’s company, they toured five properties. The houses included a French "cave," a gorgeous kitchen with carpet everywhere, a ninety-second no, and a charming house with a very French bathroom setup. The one they both agreed on said no.

In between viewings, Miss Tween was voted house captain in her first week, got in trouble over a math book still sitting in the US, and finally broke down at lunch outside Versailles. The family skipped the palace and spent the afternoon at Pop Mart, Sephora and Starbucks instead.

Tara also walks through what renting in France actually requires: the dossier, guarantors, and the pet-friendly lease rule that surprised her. She finally answers the question listeners ask most, which is why the family lives in this town and not in Paris. The episode ends with a quiet early-morning goodbye, a return flight with no lease signed, and the news, a little over a week later, that the house was theirs.

As always: this is one family’s experience, not legal advice. Rental rules vary by region, agency and year.

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