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Gascony: The Story of a Truffiere

Gascony: The Story of a Truffiere Dick Pyle tells us his intriguing story of moving to Gascony in the Midi-Pyrenees region of South we...

Retiring to a Small Village in Western France

Retiring to a Small Village in Western France Bill Williams retired to a small village in western France just over five years ago with his wife. T...

Practicing Reiki in France

Practicing Reiki in France Mary and her husband bought their home in France in 1993 initially just for holidays, but after ...

Setting up a Wine Domaine

Setting up a Wine Domaine On the 11th September 2001 the attack on the World Trade Center in New York changed Jonathan and Rac...

How to leave the Rat Race Behind

How to leave the Rat Race Behind Michael now lives and works in the Languedoc region, he tells us what made him decide to leave the U...

Moving to the Pyrenees

Moving to the Pyrenees June 2006 and we visited our chosen area to move to Cerdagne and Capcir areas in the French Pyrene...

Kennels in Normandy, France

When and where did it all start? Well, I think Angie and me (John) must have been drunk at the tim...

Doing British things in France

There are plenty of "British" things to do in France but you may have to be a little mor...

To B&B or not to B&B

One lettre de motivation, two cheques, three photographs and four weeks later a small delegation fro...

Monsieur Le Mairie

Monsieur Le Mairie In the picturesque Normandy village of Saint Ceneri le Gerei meet MONSIEUR LE MAIRIE (otherwise know...
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Life in Limousin

Life in Limousin Terry loves France and wishes that he moved here years ago, he now lives in Creuse in the Limous...

Living in Morbihan, Brittany

Living in Morbihan, Brittany Following a divorce Carole Ann left the UK and moved to an old mill in the the Morbihan area of ...

Life in Perigord Vert

Life in Perigord Vert After her children left the nest Jude felt that she needed a change and so moved to the Dordogne...

Living and Working in South West France

Living and Working in South West France Janet Langman has been living in France since 2004 and now works as an Agent Commercial with her...

Running a restaurant in Brittany

Running a restaurant in Brittany Robert lives in the picturesque town of Huelgoat in Brittany where he has renovated an old hotel...

Renovating in the Charente

Renovating in the Charente Bob and his partner moved to the Charente to renovate an old farmhouse and to escape the stresse...

Life in Lot et Garonne

Life in Lot et Garonne Megan has been living in Lot et Garonne in the Aquitaine region for 8 years but would like to mo...

Living in Alsace and working in Switzerland

Living in Alsace and working in Switzerland Jane works in Switzerland but after finding that the house prices were very expensive she decide...

Living and working in the Berry region

Living and working in the Berry region Maz Ironside moved to France in 2002 with two young children. Her children soon settled in to Fr...

Running a Chambres D'hotes in Brittany

Running a Chambres D'hotes in Brittany After spending her summer holidays grape picking Laura moved to France permanently in 2005 where...
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