THE more observant amongst you will have noticed the addition of a few new articles on the site yesterday, well these have been written by the site’s newest recruit Coral Luke.
Coral has written the occasional article for This French Life in the past and helped with the setting up of a site on Burgundy, but now her work will be appearing here bringing her knowledge of the Côte d’Or, as well as offering an insight on French life and health issues, to readers.
To find out more about Coral and her husband Georges’ move to France, read her introductory article.
Click play to hear my chat with BBC Radio Kent’s Julie Maddocks about French life
THIS French Life provides many interesting nuggets of information and is of service to people who are keen to move to France, or those already living there.
There are articles about setting-up a wide variety of necessary services, from banking to the internet, as well as some of the more enjoyable things about life.
It also features interviews with people from the area, those that have lived here all their lives and those that have moved to start a fresh in France.
The site is organised by categories and from the front page of the site you will be able to read the latest articles and news.
About Craig McGinty:
I am a journalist with a wide variety of experience in both daily newspapers, breaking news websites and public relations.
My most recent position was as editor of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph’s website thisislancashire, which enjoyed around two million page impressions a month.
It provided a rolling news service and covered everything from September 11th, local and national elections and major sporting events including the Champions League final.
Previous to this I handled the public relations for the National Computing Centre ensuring coverage in a wide variety of media, including the BBC.
I achieved my journalism qualifications whilst working on the award winning Stockport Express, and prior to this worked for a variety of newspapers and magazines including the Big Issue.
About Coral Luke:
My name is Coral Luke, I was born in Brighton Sussex in 19**! I am married to George and we are both retired.
Well there is nothing new in retired people being in France, is there? But for me retirement means being busier than ever; just one thing that makes it a bit more difficult is that I am disabled.
My life changed over night in October 2000 when I had a stroke. I had worked full time, been a Guide Leader, swam four times a week, did aqua aerobics, evening classes in French and still managed to have a happy home life.
We had taken a holiday in the Morvan area of Burgundy that summer and had been investigating buying a house.
After my stroke that had to go on hold along with the rest of my life, more…
About Zach Spittler
Zach Spittler was born in Houston, Texas, but was raised in Manchester, Iowa. He graduated from The University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication and in French in 2006.
He minored in Music. As part of his musical endeavours, he played for four years in the Hawkeye Marching Band in the trumpet section and in the drumline, more…
The Brits are coming! That is the cry of campsite owners in France.
After years of holidaying abroad Britons are heading back to France and some regions are finding their sales up by 36%.
Eurocamp, who have provided family camping holidays for 30 years, have shown that Brittany and the Pyrénées are the most popular destinations. Brittany Ferries are also showing an increase in bookings.
The world famous Crusaders Australian cricket team will be playing a 50 over match at Saumur, the nearest turf wicket to Paris, on Wednesday 27th June.
The Crusaders, international ambassadors for cricket, arrive in Europe on 8th June for a 42 day tour that will take in 31 cricket matches in six European countries.
Honorary Patrons of the Crusaders include Australian Prime Minister John Howard, and English chat show host Michael Parkinson.
Following an investigation by France Boisson-Gira, it appears that the number of cafés in the Cote d’Or department is falling. With an 18% drop in the last three years the days of sitting with a cup of coffee or a glass of wine outside a café watching the world go by could be a thing of the past.
Had I been in the UK, the chances are that I would have been arrested – quite wrongly, I must stress – for indecent exposure, writes Peter Clayton.
But I was in fashionable Le Touquet, relieving myself in the fashionable unisex loos of a fashionable bar. Suddenly, the door swung open and in came the cleaning lady who started mopping between my feet as I stood, minding my own business, facing the urinal.
AS people become more aware of the impact their travel plans have on the environment, schemes have been introduced where you pay a small fee that goes towards a sustainable project.
But for Graeme and Graziella Swan this wasn’t quite enough, so they looked closer to home for a way to reduce the carbon footprint of their three gites in the Poitou Charentes, as well as that of visiting holidaymakers.
I AM a big fan of listening to and watching the news to improve your French, as well as to keep you in touch with what is going on in the country and further a field.
It is also useful for when you want to learn how to compose questions and answer others, although quiz shows are good for this as well, and ten minutes or so every day will really help.
SO as France wakes up with Nicolas Sarkozy set to take the presidential suite in the Élysée Palace, what next for the country?
Supporters of the right will be nursing a sore head after a night of celebration, whilst those on the left may have spent the evening drowning their sorrows.
But in Sarkozy’s words with France ready “to turn a new page” in its history and Ségolène Royal believing that “something has risen up that will not stop” there is hope that new thoughts and ideas will bring change.
UNLESS you have experience in property and construction there is a good chance you are going to have to call upon the services of a builder or artisan.
Of course making sure you have chosen someone who can do the work in the first place is important, but equally so is making sure they are properly registered.
THE more observant amongst you will have noticed the addition of a few new articles on the site yesterday, well these have been written by the site’s newest recruit Coral Luke.
About Craig McGinty:
About Coral Luke:
AS people become more aware of the impact their travel plans have on the environment, schemes have been introduced where you pay a small fee that goes towards a sustainable project.
I AM a big fan of listening to and watching the news to improve your French, as well as to keep you in touch with what is going on in the country and further a field.
UNLESS you have experience in property and construction there is a good chance you are going to have to call upon the services of a builder or artisan.