Monthly Archives: April 2008
Planning for the Future
Retirement is taken very seriously in France and many towns and villages around us are building new facilities. Our own village of Montblanc, which is less than 3,000 people is building a new complex and even a special road to … Continue reading
AllRentalsFrance
I called the French rentals website http://www.AllRentalsFrance.com because I aim to offer a complete rentals service from this site. The site I started in 1998 was simply RentalsFrance and this is the one I was tricked out of just over … Continue reading
Help with websites wanted in the South of France
For ten years I have been making a (small) living off the Internet – although in theory we are supposed to be able to “work from home”, I really believe that it is vital to meet people you work with … Continue reading
I need Adsense
To be able to research information, reply to questions and keep this blog running I depend on the advertising I show on the site, a lot of this is Google Adsense. The adverts should be relevant to the information and … Continue reading
Car Always Required
I just wrote a post over on www.Twiku.com about the amazing French time machine with the acronym FRANCE – something I have been meaning to write about for some time has been the relevant value of the need for car … Continue reading
Blogging from Facebook
For over a year now I have been experimenting with "Web2" Internet sites to find ways they can be useful – I personally don't see the point of throwing dead sheep at people or paying real money to send a … Continue reading
Blogging from Facebook
For over a year now I have been experimenting with "Web2" Internet sites to find ways they can be useful – I personally don't see the point of throwing dead sheep at people or paying real money to send a … Continue reading
Good Greffe
If you are going to use the services of any trade person or company in France, especially builders, then you can quickly check their status and things like any judgments against them at the official Government website – it is … Continue reading
Moving to the South of France
According to the French agency body FNAIM, price rises overall in France have slowed to a halt in recent months – some regions, Paris and the South East are still rising strongly, many regions in the center and West have … Continue reading
Swing Time
I just posted a blog over at Twiku of the wonderful movie “Swing Time” from 1936 – the clip was simply to show a positive attitude to adversity, but I just could not resist posting this clip which is the next … Continue reading