Working for nothing in France
Apologies in advance as what follows is a bit of a rant… but it’s either this or becoming one of those people who post their woes on Facebook 😉. Like many people who live, have a second home or holiday in France we have flown with Ryanair on numerous occasions, taking advantage of their regular... Continue Reading →
Wanting to move to France yet not being able to is frustrating, particularly when our freedom of movement could be severely curtailed any day now. But we’re continuing with our research and doing our best to be as prepared as we can possibly be. One thing we’d like to offer when we open our chambre... Continue Reading →
A chance encounter on a French web forum found us flying out to Limoges on a cold Thursday in January; some of us more awake than others. Unfortunately, La Reine spent much of the previous night in A&E with my Mum, waiting on an update on her husband who had fallen and banged his head... Continue Reading →
A couple of readers have asked if we’ve had a change of heart, or at least of a change of plan, noticing the absence of posts recently. In short, no, not at all. I’ve always maintained that if I have nothing to say then I’m not going to write something for the sake of it,... Continue Reading →
When we move to France, in 2020, one of the issues to consider is "How on earth shall we fill our time?" Of course, there will be renovations to complete (now made much simpler due to my advanced woodworking skills - we'll be overrun with trivets), up to five chambres d’hôte to service, gites to... Continue Reading →
Having attended a 1970s all girls’ boarding school, apart from an aversion to the colour red (blazers, cardigans, belts and bobble hats!) and a vow to never eat a marrow again after the colossal marrow glut of 1976, I had the broad and balanced design technology curriculum of ‘Cooking’ and ‘Sewing’. Not even ‘Home Economics’... Continue Reading →
The one piece of advice I’ve been given over and over again is learn to speak the language! If you want to make a success of living in France, then learn to speak French. But how many books have a I read recently where people make the decision to buy a house in France without... Continue Reading →
Some great publicity for the blog this week with an appearance in the October issue of French Property News. I responded to a tweet requesting personal experiences and lo and behold there we are on page 7 with a link to this blog! The blog seems to have gone down well so far having been... Continue Reading →
“Seems to be a very unusual social structure. For instance, there is leader who seems to pride herself on her organizational skills and a certain amount of discipline. She does seem to do an awful lot of scolding. "You've posted in the wrong place. Stay on topic people. Don't use capital letters. I don't have... Continue Reading →
Anyone who has been following this blog will know that our plan is to move to France in 2020, at the earliest. Why, given the uncertainty around at the moment, don’t we do it sooner you might ask? It’s a good question so here are just some of the answers… The biggest reason is our... Continue Reading →
Le Roi de Prusse 