IF you follow This French Life through your RSS reader then there is a good chance you won't have seen the competition which was launched on Friday. Ferry company DFDS Seaways has offered tickets for four people and a car on their Newcastle to IJmuiden service, providing a link into... Read more →
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Increase in French minimum wage
THE minimum wage in France is to be increased by 0.9 per cent on July 1, the second increase in recent months. Around two million workers receive the minimum wage, or SMIC, with the increase resulting in an hourly wage of €8.71 (€6.84 net), or €1,321.02 per month for a... Read more →
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Handy stops for planning a move to France
A COUPLE of useful websites have passed through my web browser that might prove helpful if you are reading up on a move to France. The first is from La Poste that offers an English language guide to its own services, but also a few pointers on what to expect... Read more →
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Playing with Animoto on your website
IF it is your job to run your gite website you will know how important it is to make a good first impression on visitors so they remember your site. Well a cool video service called Animoto may just be the thing to help you stand out from the crowd... Read more →
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Organising the Tour de France
Much planning goes into the Tour and here is the 2008 routeTHE Tour de France starts from Brest, in Brittany on Saturday, July 5 and finishes in the usual spectacular style on the Champs Élysées, Paris, on July 27. At the end of the 3,554km tour there will undoubtedly be... Read more →
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French road cycling championships
FOR biking enthusiasts the time to become passionate about the cycling championships has come round again. Semur en Auxois, Cote d'Or, which staged the 7th stage of the 2007 Tour de France, is the venue for Les Championnats de France de Cyclisme sur Route (the French road cycling championships) which... Read more →
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Importance of clauses suspensives when buying a property
This is it! You have turned over every stone in the country and at last found the French gem you were looking for, writes Guillaume Barlet . However, there is a lot of money at stake and you are determined to keep your feet on the ground until you can... Read more →
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Test your knowledge of all things France
JUST how good is your knowledge of France, both covering events from the present day to looking back over the past? Well have a go at the questions posed by author Andrew Whittaker, who compiled the book Speak the Culture: France, to see how much you really know. This month's... Read more →
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Tips to keep your computer safe
ONE of the first jobs on the to-do list when arriving in your French home is to get the computer fired up so that you can access the internet. For many it is likely the amount of time spent online will increase dramatically as people look to keep in touch... Read more →
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Irish quest to get statue of their Vercingetorix
THE Irish town of Dún Laoghaire (pronounced dun Leary) has turned to the Côte d'Or to help support its plans to erect a statue to the High King Laoghaire (Ard-Ri Laoghaire), the eponymous founder of the 'dún' (stone fortress) that gave its name to the town. The town is looking... Read more →
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