Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

Hi,

I moved to La Rochelle about a year ago with my husband and 2 girls, I do speak French as have been in France for 12 years and do have French friends. However, since moving to La Rochelle my friends are further away and I have struggled to find any English speaking groups.

So I have decided to try and set one up myself, so any English speaking mums/ ladies who are interested in getting together let me know. I would like to start with a coffee morning and take it from there.

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

Hi and welcome to the French forum!

I'm not sure there are many BE members in the La Rochelle area. A good tactic might be for you to put up notices in your local supermarkets and try to find people that way.

Good luck, anyway!

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

I did that some years ago in La Flèche where my son was born. We did it as a bi-monthly group, for bi-lingual families. We stuck notices in various supermarkets and libraries. We would generally meet in either Le Mans or Angers in one of the soft play centers and have lunch, or in good weather, in the park with a picnic. We had a network of probably 50 families eventually, all with bi-lingual kids. It was great fun....I wish you every success, very best of luck:thumbup:

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

+1
Plus use social media like Facebook to attract attention.
On Facebook, search for "expat in la rochelle" (bit out-of-date) or similar for results.
Good luck

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

Hi,
I live between the UK and close to La Rochelle. I do not have children and unfortunately not yet had the time to learn French. Too busy but I will...
I would love to meet people in the area.
Maybe we could meet for a coffee?
Cathryn

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

Hi, sorry have not been on the site over the summer. Thanks for your reply, if you are still around pm me and we can arrange to meet.

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

Hi. Look for Mums Space France on facebook. It is exactly what it says it is. It is incredibly supportive & you would be surprised at how many are around your neck of the woods. They are having a 'summer market' next month so would be great timing for you to meet a few of us.

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

Hi NL17,

Sorry I could not reply sooner. I have been a bit busy and had forgotten my log in details :)

What area do you actually live in. Central La Rochelle or outskirts?

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

Hi,

I am between the centre and ile de re. If you want to meet up PM and we can try and get something together.

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

Hello!
I wonder if you are still looking for other English speaking mums? I am! I'm Canadian and I've been living in La Rochelle for a few years. I am a stay at home mum with an almost 2 year old and could really use some English speaking friends :)
I hope to hear from you!

Britt

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

Hi,

Yeah sure would love to meet. Will try to PM you.

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

Hi,
I'm an Australian with a 1.5year old son, Theo.
I've just arrived in La Rochelle 2 weeks ago and here with my husband (who's working here) for 8 weeks. Would love to meet for a coffee or play date if anyone is around. I'm staying near La Poste.
Jess

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

Sent you a pm

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

No you haven't. The poster needs 3 posts before receiving PMs. Site rules.

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

Hi, I am moving to La Rochelle May. I am childfree but a nanny. I would love to meet new people there as my french is poor. if you would like to meet let me know?

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

Hello,
I know this post is old but I was hoping to find out if there are still any English speaking mums out there interested in getting together?
I'm English, I live in La Rochelle and have a 1 year old. I understand a lot of French but don't speak it very well. I would love to spend some time with other English speaking families.
Thanks,
Alice

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

There are lots of us that you can meet up with. Unfortunately, I am discovering that this forum is extremely difficult to arrange to meet with people or help make contact. We are not allowed to mention other sites where you can make contact with other people in the same situation. We can not pm each other unless you have posted 3 times either. I suggest that you post a couple of replies and then pm me, as you don't want to put your contact details up for everyone to see.

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

Hi, you need to post 3 times to be able to pm me. If you do that then I can also point you in the direction of meeting other English speakers.

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

In order to make sure that people are aware of the rule that you refer to I will copy it here:

9. Advertising in Forum Posts
The forums, (including the private message, blog and email systems), are not a venue for advertisements in any way. Please do not post promotional/advertising messages, urls, nor specifics that would lead people to your site/blog/product/service/Facebook group etc


Please note the specific sentence in red.

Rosemary

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

Thanks for the quotes Rosemary it was very helpful I'm sure. However I didn't question it, but merely stated how it was difficult to do anything other than post public messages.

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

The limit on PM's is simply an anti-spam measure and so that only genuine forum members can access the PM system. But you can contact the poster in question quite easily by simply clicking on their username and selecting the 'send email' option instead.

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Hi - I'm not sure if this page / subject / group is still active...? If so, let me know and I'll do my three posts so that PMs can happen and I can find out more about hanging out and meeting up. I'm American, live just outside La Rochelle, my son's 8 months old. Thanks! ~ Amanda ~

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

Hi, yes it's still active. If you PM me we can try to meet or I can point you in the direction of other local mums!!!

Re: Calling all La Rochelle english speaking mums / ladies
 

Reading through this thread it proves that BE is being used purely as a contact point for another group. Rules are continually being broken and the members do not appear to take part in the forum. BE is not here as a go between.

Thread closed.

Rosemary