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Forum: France
Jan 9th 2014, 7:21 am
Replies: 4
Views: 2,776
Posted By FSH

Re: Schools in the gers 32

Hi,

we enrolled our 2 children ( girl 11 and son 13 at the time) this summer at the Oratoire in Auch. Costs a bit extra but worth it we think. Our children were in a french immersion program in...
Forum: France
Jun 21st 2013, 8:42 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 8,036
Posted By FSH

Re: mobile phones -UK / France

Do you use free also in the house (internet home phone and TV)?
I guess they waive the 2$ for your mobile plan if you do. If my french was better...hate to do things by phone.....
I was thinking...
Forum: France
Jun 18th 2013, 10:39 pm
Replies: 51
Views: 3,821
Posted By FSH

Re: Acquiring a sufficient amount of 'le' language.

I'm really surprised about the negative opinion about schooling in France.
We know a couple people here in Canada who had their kids in school in france and moved for job reasons to Calgary. The...
Forum: France
May 29th 2013, 1:01 am
Replies: 22
Views: 3,085
Posted By FSH

Re: Money transfers home

I have an HSBC account in Canada and in France. They have a platform which is called global view(on a premier account). It's really easy to transfer money between countries (I always keep some euros...
Forum: France
May 27th 2013, 3:23 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 961
Posted By FSH

Re: private health insurance

Thanks all for the replies and the link to the insurance companies.
Yes it's not cheap but at least a solution. I have the necessary money to support us for a longer time frame. I actually wouldn't...
Forum: France
May 26th 2013, 6:58 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 961
Posted By FSH

Re: private health insurance

Hello,
no we don't have any recent insurance records. We will move in a couple month but since we don't have work in France at the moment we need to find coverage privately.
We are early forties...
Forum: France
May 26th 2013, 5:55 am
Replies: 8
Views: 961
Posted By FSH

private health insurance

Hello everyone,
I was just wondering if anyone would have knowledge about good private health insurance companies. My family and I won't be eligible for a while for the regular health insurance in...
Forum: France
May 2nd 2013, 5:43 am
Replies: 6
Views: 685
Posted By FSH

Re: Registering car

Thx
In your post you were saying that they wanted a piece of identity with your wifes maiden name on it. Was that because you wanted to register it in her name or do they need in general from...
Forum: France
May 2nd 2013, 3:56 am
Replies: 6
Views: 685
Posted By FSH

Registering car

Hi There,
We are in the process of buying a house and we will also need to buy and register a car after we arrive in france.
What do I need to have to register the car?
I am thinking to buy a...
Forum: France
Apr 28th 2013, 3:42 am
Replies: 11
Views: 754
Posted By FSH

Re: Moving personal items/visa requirement

Thank You. Yes , I can keep the canadian one then. Otherwise I would try to do without.
How come you speak german?
Forum: France
Apr 27th 2013, 11:57 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 754
Posted By FSH

Re: Moving personal items/visa requirement

Yes it has changed several times. Feel sorry for all these individuals who just look at land values. Theres a reason the price is low...I'm glad I'm out.
Forum: France
Apr 27th 2013, 10:39 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 754
Posted By FSH

Re: Moving personal items/visa requirement

For sure...I had already the company when I was just landed immigrant.
Well, when I applied for the canadian citizenship I actually could have applied for a "Beibehaltungsgenehmigung" but wasn't...
Forum: France
Apr 27th 2013, 5:29 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 754
Posted By FSH

Re: Moving personal items/visa requirement

Thanks Novocastrian,

Yes I will need to spend more than 183 days in Canada....mainly so the company stays a CCPC otherwise they deem all the assets sold and I have to pay taxes on stuff that...
Forum: France
Apr 26th 2013, 6:19 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 754
Posted By FSH

Moving personal items/visa requirement

Hello everyone,
we are planning to move to Auch/Gers by the middle of July...if the house deal goes through (the offer is accepted). We live here in Alberta, I'm Canadian citizen at the moment and...
Forum: France
Apr 11th 2013, 7:02 am
Replies: 17
Views: 2,281
Posted By FSH

Re: Microlight Flying

I made my PPL in Canada and although my medical is expired and I havent flown in a long time I could reactivate it I guess. But in order to fly in France would the canadian license be accepted??? We...
Forum: France
Feb 18th 2013, 3:42 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 6,803
Posted By FSH

Re: Gite/Chambre de hote business

We stayed in the Gers region (Auch and Condom) at a couple different chambre d'hotes. But from what I gather it's a good revenue but only when you see it as additional income. There's for example a...
Forum: France
Feb 13th 2013, 4:53 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 4,100
Posted By FSH

Re: Bilingual (English/French) school in Auch, GERS

The elementary school which belongs to the oratoire is supposed to be good but not sure if they teach any english in elementary..
It's on a different location though and the building is not the...
Forum: France
Feb 11th 2013, 9:42 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 4,100
Posted By FSH

Re: Bilingual (English/French) school in Auch, GERS

We are planning to move to Auch in the summer but kids are already 10 and 13.
So I guess to old. We are planing to enroll them at the oratoire StMarie in Auch.
A lot of foreigners recommended the...
Forum: France
Jan 23rd 2013, 4:22 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,908
Posted By FSH

Re: Electric heating

Well 250 euro for 2 month isn't all that bad. But one thing I noticed when we stayed in chambre d"hotes was that the walls of these beautiful restored houses felt damp....in July, and these houses...
Forum: France
Jan 22nd 2013, 11:25 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,908
Posted By FSH

Re: Electric heating

Well, we live near the town of Olds. Approx 75km north of Calgary. This was a fairly early start of winter and usually we get some strong chinook winds during the winter to warm everything up for a...
Forum: France
Jan 22nd 2013, 10:52 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,908
Posted By FSH

Re: Electric heating

Thanks for the messages.
I guess even with a wood burner I will need to do work on the house for exhaust and so on. Although the house is only around 25 years old it's not very good rated in energy...
Forum: France
Jan 22nd 2013, 4:00 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,908
Posted By FSH

Electric heating

Hello,
just wondering if anyone could tell me how an electric heated house compares cost wise to gas or fuel. I just visited a house in the Gers wit elec. heat....nice house but to convert to...
Forum: Canada
Oct 4th 2012, 11:03 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 4,972
Posted By FSH

Re: Calgary Experiences Pls

I guess there are other things to consider besides temperature.
I know quite a few people from south africa. One friend of us has parents who still live in the country on a farm...in south africa....
Forum: Canada
Oct 1st 2012, 5:50 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 4,972
Posted By FSH

Re: Calgary Experiences Pls

Hi there,
I spent the first 26 years of my live in Germany and the last 16years here in Alberta near Olds which is a 40 minute drive from Calgary to the North.
we can see the Rocky mountains from...
Forum: France
Sep 2nd 2012, 12:21 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,835
Posted By FSH

Re: thinking of moving from Alberta to France

Well here's another Albertan looking to move to France. We live between Red Deer and Calgary for 16 years now (german roots but will never go back there). I think the climate part is one of the...
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