IF you are busy reading up on moving to France the range of titles on offer can be quite overpowering.
You will find those written by ex-pats who have moved out to a tumbledown farmhouse, or pages of useful facts and figures from a journalist who has clearly spent many hours at the laptop.
THE tale of The Little Prince enjoys its 60th birthday this month and the book’s popularity looks set to continue for many more years.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beautiful story of the adventures of a young prince, who travels around the Universe and the characters he meets, was published in April 1946.
AS the battle over the future direction of France takes place in Paris, I thought it worth looking at one of the key reasons for the problems, unemployment figures, in other parts of the country.
Like many European countries France is seeing the importance of heavy industry and agriculture diminish, being replaced by the service sector.
TRAVELLING by rail around France can be a great way to see the many regions of the country.
And you will also arrive in different towns and cities rested and ready to head off to explore, instead of looking to de-stress after being stuck in a car all day.
TAKE one husband, two dogs full of energy and a camper van with a mind of its own and you have a recipe for a road trip with a difference.
For her latest book writer Susie Kelly combined all these ingredients and added to the mix a 10,000-kilometre trip around France.
IN the latest This French Life podcast I chat with Susie Hollands who has established both a business and artists’ network in Paris.
The fact that she has done this in a little under three years is proof that with plenty of determination a dream move to France can become a reality.
BUYING at auction in France might seem an intimidating prospect for the uninitiated but probably the most daunting aspect is deciding to cross the threshold and have a go, writes Simon Hewitt.
Once inside on sale day you will find that what seemed arcane and baffling has its own method. But there are a few things worth knowing before you get there.
ONE of the biggest stumbling blocks for people moving to France is learning the language.
And often this frustration is only magnified by the fact that many French people take the chance to speak English in reply, and polish up their own skills.
FOR every person looking to buy in France there has to be another willing to sell, but what are the steps involved when putting your home up for sale?
As in England, selling a property in France is generally more straightforward than buying, but there are still plenty of traps for the unwary, writes Guillaume Barlet.
WRITER Susie Kelly features in the latest This French Life podcast and tells us about her new book A Perfect Circle.
Due out in March it plots the route Susie took around the circumference of France with her husband and two dogs in a struggling camper van.