Piperade
3rd February 2010, 21:23
Where to start..? First of all, hi to all you Francophiles out there..
In August 2007 Madame and I moved from the UK down to the extreme south west of France (aka the Pays Basque, the Pyrenees Atlantique or simply 64) and to answer question #1 - <cue Edith Piaf> I have no regrets..
To those of you considering such a move, I'd say the hardest part is taking the decision to do it.. There are some scare stories circulating in the UK media about French bureaucracy.. We found the situation to be quite the reverse - that people here in the SW were so friendly and helpful.
I kept a diary (for my own benefit really) when we first moved over and last September I started writing it all up (before I forgot things!) and now it's in a blog format.
My one and only reservation about moving across here was the £/€ exchange rate. Despite the slump in value of the £ sterling against the euro, we have never once considered returning to the UK. Life here is everything we dreamt it would be. We've just tightened our belts a tad.
Piperade
http://piperade-thecompleatanglo.blogspot.com/ (http://piperade-thecompleatanglo.blogspot.com/)
In August 2007 Madame and I moved from the UK down to the extreme south west of France (aka the Pays Basque, the Pyrenees Atlantique or simply 64) and to answer question #1 - <cue Edith Piaf> I have no regrets..
To those of you considering such a move, I'd say the hardest part is taking the decision to do it.. There are some scare stories circulating in the UK media about French bureaucracy.. We found the situation to be quite the reverse - that people here in the SW were so friendly and helpful.
I kept a diary (for my own benefit really) when we first moved over and last September I started writing it all up (before I forgot things!) and now it's in a blog format.
My one and only reservation about moving across here was the £/€ exchange rate. Despite the slump in value of the £ sterling against the euro, we have never once considered returning to the UK. Life here is everything we dreamt it would be. We've just tightened our belts a tad.
Piperade
http://piperade-thecompleatanglo.blogspot.com/ (http://piperade-thecompleatanglo.blogspot.com/)