Debbie Ambrous

Debbie Ambrous is from Opp, Alabama, a unique town that was the setting for her childhood dreams of traveling. A French-shuttered house in Opp with window boxes and a swing in the garden is home now. She lived in Florida most of her life, along with husband Jim. They have three children, a lovely granddaughter, and a precious grandson is on the way. Debbie shares the influence of her father¹s humor on her travel and writing. She says, The Grand Ole Opry with Minnie Pearl and Grandpa Jones shaped my father's humor in a gentle way with recognition of a universal love for smiles and laughter. Humor paves the road, carries us across the hurtful times in life and the awkward moments in travel. A painful, learning experience almost ended her writing when it was just beginning. Years passed until she found her love of travel writing with France central and foremost. She shares the excitement and challenge of traveling alone in France, and then the wonderful joy of staying with her husband Jim in a 17th-century farmhouse in the Loire, then owned by a remarkable lady from Alabama. Traveling further to the Dordogne region of France she says she found a cluster of farmhouses called La Prairie in an area that reminded her of the Smoky Mountains. Finally, she faces A French Opportunity of having her own place, and she realizes that she probably wanted this from the first day she set foot in France. Debbie invites you to enjoy following her journeys, seeing beautiful scenes from her travels and reading entertaining, personal anecdotes at: AFrenchOpportunity.com