Only 72 Hours from Montblanc
January 29, 2010 by tony · Leave a Comment
Only three days away from our charms
The Villa Roquette January Sale ends in 72 hours – our offer of half price in our apartments or BandB for any time in 2010 ends midnight Sunday – don’t miss out on the vacation deal of the year while we still have room avaialable.
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I am getting a lot of interest in property sales – both from new buyers looking for a home in France and from owners who want to sell. I plan to set up a new website introducing buyers to sellers, not just another pay for listing site , but a sipmle community site where owners can make their own pages (no fees or charges) and those looking for a home can tell others what that are looking for and share information.
This will, I hope, soon use some new software which can identify all properties offered for sale, pinpoint them on a map an give you the name and phone numbers of the owners.
Meanwhile I have four properties for sale readers have told me about – in my last newsletter I mentioned two of them and had so many enquiries that I have not had time to reply to them all yet – but I will.
Another property I have been offered for sale direct from the owner is….
A house in Meyrargues, between the Luberon and Aix en Provence with 5 bedrooms, 1.5 acres with a summer kitchen, BBQ, pizza oven, and pool.
Ther are no fees or agents commission, I simply pass on any enquiries to the owner and you deal direct – that is the aim of my new site as well.
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Mobile Phones In France
January 27, 2010 by tony · Leave a Comment
I get a lot of questions about bringing and using mobile phones from visitors to France – a website I have just found is JustLanded – it has, I believe, some good and relevant information about how to get connected and what works in France
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Sorting My Newsletter Archives
January 25, 2010 by tony · Leave a Comment
I have been writing Blogs about our life and businesses in France since 1997 – from 1999 I have used software like Drupal and Wordpress to publish them and have tried to keep lists and archives.
Since 2003 this has been simple with the mailing service I use and all the newsletters and links from September 2003 can be seen at France Voila Archives
Before 2003 I only had the archives at my site at Nizas.com.
Address to the Haggis in French
January 25, 2010 by tony · Leave a Comment
My thanks to Colin Monk of Havant Borough Council for this valuable translation he has just written to me ……
……Have a good evening. I organised one for 93 people on Saturday and we had friends from our French twin town with us. Just in case you do not have it, attached is an address to the haggis in French. I obtained it form the Chamonix Tourist Information people several years ago.
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“Discours à un Haggis”
Salut à ton honnête, à ton aimable face,
Toi qui parmi les puddings es le chef de ta race!
C’est à toi que revient la première des places
Dessus tripoux, panse et abats,
Tu mérite que tous vraiment te rendent grâces
Longues comme mon bras
Tu remplis le tranchoir qui sous ton poids se plaint.
Tes fesses font penser à la colline à la colline au loin
Ta pointe pourrait bien réparer le moulin
Si le besoin en advenait,
Tes pores cependant distillent comme un suint,
De l’ambre en chapelet
Regarde le rustaud essuyer son couteau,
Se mettre à découper avec aise et brio,
Creusant comme un fossé, en excisant la peau
Tendue et chaude de tes miches.
Dans quelle gloire alors tu suscites les oh!
Que ton fumet est riche!
Tous alors, coude à coude, approchent et s’entrepoussent,
Ils s’empiffrent comme s’ils avaient le diable aux trousses,
Jusqu’à ce que leurs ventres tendus et maousses,
Résonnent comme tambours en somme,
Et qu’un vieil échevin, d’éclater plein de frousse,
Entonne un Te Deum.
Y a-t-il être ici-bas aux moeurs dégénérées
Qui irait préférer ragoût ou fricassée,
Un olio propre aux porcs à donner la nausée,
Et qu’ils repousseraient, maussades,
Alors qu’ils peuvent ainsi faire franche lippée
De telle régalade?
Pauvre diable! Voyez-le devant son assiette
Comme un roseau fluet, tout l’air d’une mauviette,
Le poing guère plus gros qu’une pauvre noisette,
Tout flageollant sur ses guiboles.
Comment à l’ennemi peut-il faire sa fête,
Quand vient l’occasion folle?
Mais, nourri au haggis, voyez un peu le gars!
Il fait en s’avançant tout trembler sous son pas,
Dedans son poing robuste une épée plantez-moi,
Il la fera sitôt siffler,
Et toc, comme chardons, têtes, jambes et bras
Il va vite élaguer.
Vous, puissants, qui voulez le bonheur pour la masse
Et veillez que soit bien bon le menu qu’on lui fasse,
L’Ecosse, sachez-le, ne veut pas de lavasse
Qui dans le bol clapote et bruisse.
Mais si vous entendez rester en bonne grâce,
Donnez-lui du Haggis
Eiffel Eyeful
January 4, 2010 by tony · Leave a Comment

- Image via Wikipedia
I thought I had written about this before. When you are in Paris you can book your ticket for the Eiffel Tower online and print it out. This official service is at Tour-Eiffel.fr
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