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THIS French Life provides many interesting nuggets of information and is of service to people who are keen to move to France, or those already living there.
There are articles about setting-up a wide variety of necessary services, from banking to the internet, as well as some of the more enjoyable things about life.
It also features interviews with people from the area, those that have lived here all their lives and those that have moved to start a fresh in France.
The site is organised by categories and from the front page of the site you will be able to read the latest articles and news.
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About Craig McGinty:
I am a journalist with a wide variety of experience in both daily newspapers, breaking news websites and public relations.
My most recent position was as editor of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph’s website thisislancashire, which enjoyed around two million page impressions a month.
It provided a rolling news service and covered everything from September 11th, local and national elections and major sporting events including the Champions League final.
Previous to this I handled the public relations for the National Computing Centre ensuring coverage in a wide variety of media, including the BBC.
I achieved my journalism qualifications whilst working on the award winning Stockport Express, and prior to this worked for a variety of newspapers and magazines including the Big Issue.
About Coral Luke:
My name is Coral Luke, I was born in Brighton Sussex in 19**! I am married to George and we are both retired.
Well there is nothing new in retired people being in France, is there? But for me retirement means being busier than ever; just one thing that makes it a bit more difficult is that I am disabled.
My life changed over night in October 2000 when I had a stroke. I had worked full time, been a Guide Leader, swam four times a week, did aqua aerobics, evening classes in French and still managed to have a happy home life.
We had taken a holiday in the Morvan area of Burgundy that summer and had been investigating buying a house.
After my stroke that had to go on hold along with the rest of my life, more...
About Zach Spittler
Zach Spittler was born in Houston, Texas, but was raised in Manchester, Iowa. He graduated from The University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication and in French in 2006.
He minored in Music. As part of his musical endeavours, he played for four years in the Hawkeye Marching Band in the trumpet section and in the drumline, more...