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THIS reflection of stalactites, from Les Grottes de Lacave in the Lot, features in the This French Life photo album on Flickr. Taken by jojo79 it captures the dark, reflective atmosphere of the caves, which you access via a small train, with the chambers up to 60 metres high. Staying... Read more →
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HERE is a another handy resource for those people keen to improve their French, this time care of the BBC. They are promoting a 12 week course, delivered via email, which will offer tips and advice over a three month period before finishing with an 'end of course' assessment. All... Read more →
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IT has been quite a while since I wrote about some of the new internet tools and tips I've discovered that you can use to help give your holiday home website a bit of a brush up. So I thought with the nights beginning to draw in, and maybe your... Read more →
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THE problems thrown up by President Sarkozy's plans to restrict access to health services has thrown up many questions and comments. The new rules will mean people who are under retirement age, and not working, who move to France from the end of this month will need to take out... Read more →
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EVERYONE knows Alfred. Well, everyone in the handsome city of Montpellier at least, writes Jeremy Josephs. Situated within a stone’s throw from Richard Branson’s swish and spanking new Virgin Mega-Store, Alfred the hatmaker stands out more than the odd kilometre or two because of its faded 1930s facia and fittings... Read more →
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ALTHOUGH you may know the word troubadour is drawn from the Occitan language, did you know cauliflower is as well? Caulet flòri is the Occitan original and the linguistic territory that makes up the langue d'oc stretches from the Atlantic coast to the Alps; the Pyrennes to Auvergne. Occitan is... Read more →
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THE impact of changes to the French health system on people heading to France who are under retirement age is beginning to look a little clearer. The Daily Telegraph reports that for those currently in the system they will be able to remain in it, the tougher rules will apply... Read more →
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MARKET stalls struggling beneath the weight of the harvest season, that's what this photograph from These Days in French Life means to me. It is just one of the recent additions to the This French Life Flickr photo album. Elsewhere on the site and a question has been left on... Read more →
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NOW I realise that it is not exactly comparing like with like but if you are wondering if you can up the rate on your gite next year a recent survey of hotel prices in France might help. The Hotels.com website draws together figures from more than 30,000 hotels from... Read more →
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IF you need a bit of a boost to ensure you keep up with your study of the French language, then a study claims being fluent in two languages keeps your brain in good shape. The BBC reports that researchers from Canada found that those who were fluent in two... Read more →
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