Barefoot Blogger · Expat Living and Real Estate · Living in Provence Getting Your French Expat Visa With Some Help April 11, 2018When you have an appointment at the prefecture to renew your French expat visa, you’d better show up. Rain, shine … or flu! Today was the day to update my 12-month French expat visa — or carte de séjour. The event seems to come around much faster each year. I could swear I just picked …Continue Reading
Expat Living and Real Estate · Living in Provence · Tasha Powell So You Want Fiber Optic in Provence? December 1, 2021For those of us who work and communicate online, having a robust and speedy Internet service is something we usually take for granted. You click on an e-mail in your inbox, and it opens as your finger lifts from the mouse. Then, when you initiate a search, thousands of results appear in the blink of …Continue Reading
Books on Provence · Inspire · Jemma - French Lessons Profile: Tania Laveder, World War II Survivor October 20, 2015Tania Laveder had hoped to write her own story, but over the years she has lost some of her Russian. She learned German only for the purposes of survival. The Italian of her in-laws remains fairly non-existent. And the French that has governed her life for almost 70 years now – well, she never approached …Continue Reading
Expat Living and Real Estate · Sophia van Woensel-Mose How to Avoid Being Gazumped in French Real Estate January 20, 2016Buying Real Estate in France In London, the conversation during after-work drinks inevitably turns to house hunting frustrations. There is always someone drowning their sorrows after just having been outbid at the last minute. No surprise that the English adopted the satisfyingly resonant Yiddish expression gezumph to name the devastating experience of having your dream …Continue Reading