The essential 10-step checklist for moving to France

Buying a house and making the move to France is not as complicated as it sometimes might seem but there are a few boxes that you need to tick if you want the process to be as stress-free as possible. Below is a very simple 10-step checklist to make sure . . . → Read More: The essential 10-step checklist for moving to France

Taking climate change into account before starting your French property search

There are inevitably 101 things to think about when looking to buy a home in France and there will also always be those things you forget to consider however carefully you have done your planning. Now however, there is increasingly something else to think about; climate change and how that might impact . . . → Read More: Taking climate change into account before starting your French property search

Le Tour de France – passion, picnics and plenty of lycra

Every July, like clockwork, France transforms. Roads are re-surfaced, village squares are swept, bunting is hung, and roadsides fill with picnickers and painted slogans. For three glorious weeks, the country is gripped by a kind of collective madness: the Tour de France has arrived. Even if you don’t know your peloton from . . . → Read More: Le Tour de France – passion, picnics and plenty of lycra

Coffee culture in France – more than just the drink

One of the joys (and occasional confusions) of spending time in different countries is observing how something as seemingly universal as coffee can be approached so differently.

In France, ordering a coffee is almost never about the coffee itself, it is about the moment, the ritual, the pause. You sit down, you . . . → Read More: Coffee culture in France – more than just the drink

 
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