France Newsletter
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Text version of Newsletter sent September 2008
Dear …..,
Spotlight on La Rochelle
We spent a few days in the summer exploring La Rochelle and the western Poitou-Charentes.
La Rochelle is a very interesting town on the Atlantic coast with a fascinating
history, and has loads to see and enjoy - and when you need a beach it’s only a
short hop across to the very popular Ile-de-Ré. Highly recommended, either for a
short-break in the town itself, or as a stopover as you travel towards south-west
France.
Read about La Rochelle and region http://www.francethisway.com/places/larochelle.php
Expat living in France - the blog
Our blog about living in France includes regular postings about French schools,
money, coping with problems and plenty of trivia related to life in France. Please
stop by for a browse, see what comments people have posted, and of course contribute
your own comments.
Here are some recent tips posted on the blog by a French reader for those trying
to integrate in their local French community…
1) always return invitations. I mean, every single time. A dinner
for a dinner, an apéro for an apéro. Don’t be thrifty!
2) on the 3rd meeting (and all subsequent meetings), talk about sex. Let it all
out (metaphorically speaking).
3) never talk about salaries/how much you make. It’s bad taste and boring.
4) accept all gifts you might be offered. Take the homemade stuff you
don’t even like. Let them help whenever they offer help. It’s always
coming from the heart and they don’t expect any favor in return (except
in rule 1 above).
5) show up unexpectedly once in a while (apéro time is best). Bringing
along a good bottle of wine is recommended. Use any excuse necessary
(e.g. I’m bringing some lettuce from my garden).
6) argue with them around the table. Challenge them on politics,
education, sex, etc Speak loudly, be affirmative. Disagree. Display
ludicrous bad faith. And pour more booze in everyone’s glass.
The blog is a good way to see a variety of opinions about everything from learning
French to making sure you fit in with your community - Visit the expat blog http://www.francethisway.com/wp/
We’ll pay for your help!
Have you just had a holiday in France, or do you live in France? Our big challenge
is finding good descriptions of all the many places to discover around France, so
we are asking for your help!
If you can write an article with a photo about your local town or favourite place,
or several towns and places even better! - please take a look at get paid to write
about France http://www.francethisway.com/write-about-france.php.
What’s new for visitors to france?
We have added a new feature so that if you are visiting France you can see ‘at a
glance’ on a map many of the places of interest that are within driving distance
of your hotel or holiday rental. Test it out!
Choose a place from the ‘Explore a destination in France’ option here
http://www.francethisway.com/regions.php.
We have some other great innovations lined up to make your travel planning as successful
as possible so keep an eye out for future newsletters.
Getting to France and travelling around
Information: Angouleme / Cognac airport is now open - perfect for visiting inland
Poitou-Charentes or the northern Dordogne region!
Cheap Flights: Flying to France and wondering which budget airline covers which
route? It’s not easy to find out, so we have prepared a list of all the UK-France
flight routes that we can track down, listed by destination in France and showing
which airline covers the route. See the full list at flights to France http://www.francethisway.com/flightstofrance.php.
Cheap Car hire: We have a new car hire search engine that searches almost all the
major car hire suppliers for their best possible prices in car rental in France,
so you can be sure of getting a great deal. Check it out at car hire in France
http://www.francethisway.com/carhirefrance.php.
Short city breaks in Paris: It’s too soon to be planning next year’s summer holiday
so why not plan a short autumn break to Paris? It’s a great wat to escape from the
office for a few days, and needn’t cost very much. We have brought together every
possible option at Paris short breaks http://www.francethisway.com/parisideas.php
- including a site that offers the most romantic ways to propose marriage in this
most romantic of cities!
Please feel free to contact us with any suggestions, either for francethisway.com
or for future newsletter content. We are always very pleased to hear from you!
Kind regards
www.francethisway.com
