Moving to France to Live?

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Newest Review: ... to phone for an ambulance. The journey to the hospital in the middle of the night was horrid and something I would not want to go through again. I followed the ambulance in my car, with the kids. After leaving my husband at the hospital I then had to drive back to the gite, along dark country roads, not really sure where I was going and worried out of my mind. So if I did decide to move to ... more

... France it would have to be somewhere with a hospital not too far away!!! I know from this experience however that their medical care is excellent. It was amazing when they decided to transfer my husband by helicopter to another hospital and I was worri...more

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Moving to France to Live?: Why don't I move to France? Does anyone know!!! (1284 words)
by - written on 30/04/07 (Very useful, 1277 readings)
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It has been my dream to move to France for more years than I care to remember, but I still haven't taken the decision. I have bought books about moving to France, books about working there, magazines with property for sale, taken a refresher language course and been to France on holiday and to visit friends for the last few years. But I just can't take the drastic step of selling up everything in England and moving there for good. Living in the north of England our house prices are not as high as those in the south. I am always envious when I see television programmes where southerners have sold their family home in the UK for several hundred ... Read the complete review

A NEW LIFE ABROAD. (3068 words)
by - written on 09/03/06 (Very useful, 2033 readings)
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I have a passion for my life in France, and am writing this because, over the past seventeen years, I have seen changes in the kind of people coming to start a new life in Rural France. Whilst I cannot cover what town life would be, the majority of Brits do chose rural France for their retirement, and many young people come here thinking that the quality of life and standard of education is better for their children. When I first came here, the kinds of people that came here were the creative types, looking for a new life in a different country and using their skills to create the kind of homes that they wished they could afford in the UK. With the changes, ... Read the complete review

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