http://www.francethisway.com/wp Living in France and daily life for a UK expat in the French blog! Tue, 22 May 2012 06:28:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/six-implausible-france-predictions-for-2012/2012/01/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/six-implausible-france-predictions-for-2012/2012/01/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:57:48 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=3318 Better late than never I thought I’d better ‘put my cards on the table’ with a few predictions about the things that will affect France and the lives of French expats this year… 1) March 2012:  the euro crisis will fizzle and disappear overnight as Germany and other countries finally relent and allow countries in [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/six-implausible-france-predictions-for-2012/2012/01/feed/ 8 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/robin-hood-to-the-rescue/2010/05/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/robin-hood-to-the-rescue/2010/05/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 17:50:33 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1946 I don’t usually mention the news or other IMPORTANT MATTERS, being more suited to things of little importance, and I prefer not to comment on the UK election until I am sure David Cameron isn’t going to ask me to be the new Minister for French Trivia and Expat Affairs, but one much more entertaining [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/robin-hood-to-the-rescue/2010/05/feed/ 0 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/let-the-train-take-the-strain/2009/12/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/let-the-train-take-the-strain/2009/12/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:09:32 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1532 No time for a ‘real’ post today but I was wondering what had happened to our missing relatives, en-route here from England via Eurotunnel, so took  a quick look on the internet: The google result for Eurotunnel caught my eye: first item, news about the thousands of people trapped on the trains or in their [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/let-the-train-take-the-strain/2009/12/feed/ 6 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/watch-out-here-comes-a-caniciule/2009/07/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/watch-out-here-comes-a-caniciule/2009/07/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:12:40 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=1058 Some of you will remember that in 2003 France had a major ‘canicule’ (heatwave) that lasted for several weeks – and that an estimated 15,000 people, mostly elderly, died as a result. Following that heatwave, France implemented measures to prevent the same thing happening again. This week has been very hot in the south of [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/watch-out-here-comes-a-caniciule/2009/07/feed/ 3 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/expat-french-newspapers/2009/05/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/expat-french-newspapers/2009/05/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 11:09:19 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=927 Given the recent demise of the ‘French News’ newspaper, it might seem bold, even reckless, to launch a new newspaper targeted at the same audience just three months later, but that’s exactly what some brave souls are doing with ‘The French Paper’. I’m impressed! Personally I often struggle to think of a couple of blog [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/expat-french-newspapers/2009/05/feed/ 3 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/french-bosses-kidnapped/2009/04/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/french-bosses-kidnapped/2009/04/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:16:16 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=851 In a reaction to the crisis in France, company bosses have been finding themselves taken hostage in an effort to gain improved redundancy terms or to avoid staff cutbacks. In the latest kidnapping, French workers in a factory in Metz blocked the door of the meeting room holding the bosses because some of the work from [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/french-bosses-kidnapped/2009/04/feed/ 0 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/dell-france/2009/02/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/dell-france/2009/02/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:24:34 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=647 This is a long story, but might have a moral in it somewhere. Or at least a warning. Six months ago I bought a portable PC, which had a lot of technical challenges i.e. didn’t work. I wrote about the problems at the time because I spent ages on a premium phone line while someone [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/dell-france/2009/02/feed/ 9 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/patricia-kaas-to-sing-for-france/2009/02/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/patricia-kaas-to-sing-for-france/2009/02/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:08:26 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=560 I haven’t seen the Eurovision Song Contest for quite a long time (28 years to be precise, when Bucks Fizz were making their minds up – I watched because I fancied Cheryl Baker) but was pleased to hear it is still going strong, and to be held in Moscow this year. There is exciting news [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/patricia-kaas-to-sing-for-france/2009/02/feed/ 4 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/doing-business-in-france/2009/01/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/doing-business-in-france/2009/01/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:03:37 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=503 France is a great country to live in, and I’m very happy to be here. But there are issues to do with running a company that are, to say the least, challenging. It’s not unheard of for me to grumble about the bureaucracy and costs involved with running a business in France, usually while I [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/doing-business-in-france/2009/01/feed/ 3 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/here-is-the-news-from-france/2009/01/ http://www.francethisway.com/wp/here-is-the-news-from-france/2009/01/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:33:01 +0000 Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=472 It’s been quiet here since Christmas and New Year, without so much as an unexpected URSSAF bill to keep me amused, so I’ve had plenty of time to catch up on business paperwork and read the news. Neither is as much fun as you might think. Our accountant reviews our numbers with a fine-tooth comb, [...]]]> http://www.francethisway.com/wp/here-is-the-news-from-france/2009/01/feed/ 2