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 20th March 2010
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Real Life Stories of France Welcome to 'Real Lives' - the section of FrenchEntrée that's packed with stories from people who have just made the move, are in the process of setting up their new life in France or have been here a while. If you're wanting to set up your business and have a child going into school we also have first-hand accounts in ourBusiness and Education zones. For health stories see our Health zone. Have you been in France a few years? Would you like to tell others what your new life is like? Or perhaps you've had an interesting experience moving to France? We always like to receive real life stories. Go on, get in touch! Newsletter SubscribeEnjoying Life in France OR French Property Tips your FREE newsletters.Type in your email to subscribe
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When Steve and I were introduced on a blind date nearly 8 years ago, we discovered that we both harboured a dream to live in France. After 2 years spent hunting for the “perfect property” we found plenty of properties we didn't want but none that we did...
Warning! Buying a house just because you fall in love with it and changing countries without a second glance, or buying a gorgeous 2CV van without seeing it in the tin, can seriously affect your life...
Producer/Director/Author Christopher Strong shares the human, scenic, cultural, culinary, and historic “Treasures”, discovered during the filming of his TV series – Bicycle Gourmet’s Treasures Of France.
Maria Anton has recently written a book Going In Seine about why and how she came to buy an apartment in Paris, and her subsequent experiences in the City of Light. Here she gives FrenchEntrée visitors a comical insight in to the nature and narrative of her story...
One of Britain’s foremost overseas removals companies, Burke Bros Moving Group, regularly help people move from the UK to France, but on this occasion they received a very unusual request from Steve Hill and his family, who were planning their move from High Wycombe to Toulouse...
Jo and David Cowderoy moved to France to realise their long-held dream of creating their own wine. Here, they tell FrenchEntrée how they did it...
Despite no professional horticultural experience, Charles and Charlotte Liddell moved to France and opened a nursery selling David Austin roses. Here, Charlotte tells the story of their first year - and gives their tips for growing roses successfully
No, we're not in South America but in south-west France! When Margaret and Brian Venables arrived here they needed to earn a small income until the day their pensions kicked in. After a disastrous foray into renewable energy, they found success with an exotic animal
Sally Stone and her husband, Mervyn, planned to have a holiday home in France. Then he was diagnosed with cancer and, a little later, she was made redundant, and they were forced to completely changed their plans. Here's their story
After finishing university in the UK, Oliver Jenner and Amy Jones decided that the best place to start their sausage-making and pork business was France. It has become a huge success...
Artist and chef Tessa Baker has led a seriously eventful life - from the time she spilled to wine on Lauren Bacall to sailing around the world. Here she describes what brought her to France and how she has found happiness here
Linette and Stuart Smith had never run a restaurant until they moved to Brittany. Over the past year they have learned the hard way what makes a restaurant work - but they have no regrets
British-born Liz Turner has lived in France for the past 27 years - since she met her husband on the first stop of a trip around the world! She now lives in Paris, and takes an amusing interest in the two cultures
Like Britain there are parts of France with strong immigrant communities. For expat Angela Billows, living among Moroccan emigrés and gypsies makes for a great French life - with plenty of spice!
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Chef Chris Lacey and his partner, Jane Marks, gave up a successful – but exhausting - life running their own restaurant in Britain, to live more quietly in France. But that hasn’t stopped Chris cooking up a storm… 
When Jim Holloway took a game-keeping job in France he planned to stay just a few months. A couple of decades on, he is still here. Every winter he dons his tweeds and calls his Labradors to run a typical English shoot for the French aristocracy - with more than a little help from his wife Jane
Wanda Glowinska-Rizzi had long wanted to live in France. She has finally made it to the Creuse from England via New York and Paris - and along the way got married to a French man. She has useful advice for other foreigners trying to live a French life
Chris Cleveland and his wife had set their hearts on an old house with blue shutters. So how did they end up with a new build in the Vendee? He tells their tale...
Today vintage car enthusiastes Bryn and Lynda Adams are happily ensconced in France - however, their love affair with the country began with a road-side argument with a gesticulating Frenchman...
Nicky Newsome and Steve Bodman had planned to live in the Limousin with their horses, dog and cat. But ticks, flies and violent thunderstorms sent them north to Normandy
