Category: French life

May 22, 2008

Top Gear Double Declutch

Filed under: French life, Living in France, Personal - 22 May 2008

A lot of my mail is about solving problems due to differences with the way France deals with - well- just about everything.

Dovetailing another culture’s system into the French bureaucracy can be like driving an old car which does not …

A Little Village House

Tony,

OMG, as they say today, some 20 years ago I camethisclose to buying a house in the village of Puilacher, Languedoc. A friend in New York (I’m a Brit who went to NYC in 1970 and worked for The New …

Teaching English in France

Filed under: French life, Living in France, Personal - 22 May 2008

Tony,

My wife and I, have, like so many others, have fallen in love with the South of France. We are visiting the Minervois area this year. I know it is impossible to find work there but was wondering …

April 29, 2008

Comings and Goings

Filed under: French life, Personal - 29 Apr 2008

I have been sending newsletters and blogging for over ten years - since before blogs were invented. I started the archives in 1998 and some of the old stuff is still in there.

I am very careful about …

April 23, 2008

Beziers to Stanstead with Ryanair

It seems Ryanair are pleased with the work the people in Beziers have done to make their new Bristol-Beziers route a success, so they are operating a trial service from Stanstead in the summer.

The nice people from BlaBlaBlah sent …

April 22, 2008

Fractal Resonance Alternative Neutron Collision Exciter

I was transported back in time and space when walking the dogs through the lanes around our village this afternoon. I found myself in 1958 walking along a lane in Cornwall England wearing Boy Scouts uniform.

This was very strange as …

Come Up and See Me Sometime

I think the biggest pleasure in writing any blog like this , perhaps in writing anything, is getting feedback and comments from readers . A lot of my stuff is about our life and experiences in living in the South …

April 14, 2008

Life in France

Filed under: Discover France, French life, Living in France, Personal - 14 Apr 2008

I couldn’t say it better myself, so to see France as I know and understand it read this column by Finn Skovgaard in the Telegraph .

The Key To Liberation

Often it is the small victories which give the most pleasure. When times are hard and it is difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel, the smallest success can make everything seem possible again.

In France the …

April 11, 2008

The Future of Realtors in France

In my blog over at New Bricks and Pantiles - I am taking stock about the work I am doing in selling real-estate.

I mention some of the techniques on the Internet which a buyer can use to search for …

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