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Forum: France
Aug 25th 2010, 7:09 am
Replies: 20
Views: 2,415
Posted By busby

Re: Got pulled over by the cops

Watch out 19th January 2013!
Forum: France
Aug 24th 2010, 1:09 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,415
Posted By busby

Re: Got pulled over by the cops

We had the gendarmes coming round every week until licence changed unfortunately. What ever happened to the announced "European" licence?
Forum: France
Jul 12th 2010, 10:46 am
Replies: 8
Views: 2,947
Posted By busby

Re: Anglophone community/groups around Compiegne (Oise 60) OR Evreux (Eure 27)?

No, I live in Lisors ,just outside Lyons la Foret, France's largest beech forest and one of France's most beautiful villages. :thumbsup:
Just being curious,don't you want to go back to where you...
Forum: France
Jul 11th 2010, 7:08 am
Replies: 8
Views: 2,947
Posted By busby

Re: Anglophone community/groups around Compiegne (Oise 60) OR Evreux (Eure 27)?

Louviers is a nice town ,just the right size. Church in middle ,little shops around it. My sister in law grew up in Louviers. The hospital is very good and there's a brand new fire station (...
Forum: France
Jul 9th 2010, 8:34 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 2,947
Posted By busby

Re: Anglophone community/groups around Compiegne (Oise 60) OR Evreux (Eure 27)?

Hi Ballac, I have been chatting to people tonight about Evreux. ( Compiegne being further out we know less about it, but it does have a free bus service in the town!)There is an air force base in...
Forum: France
Jun 28th 2010, 8:54 am
Replies: 12
Views: 4,495
Posted By busby

Re: English speaking doctor needed

Most doctors speak English. How about taking a translator with you?There are loads of bilingual people about.
Forum: France
Jun 28th 2010, 8:44 am
Replies: 8
Views: 2,947
Posted By busby

Re: Anglophone community/groups around Compiegne (Oise 60) OR Evreux (Eure 27)?

Hi, I'm an hour away from Evreux. As soon as you're settled in people will be telling you about other english- speaking families that live in the area. Don't worry about that. We have a very small...
Forum: France
Jan 20th 2010, 8:13 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,505
Posted By busby

Re: uk drivers licence

My French husband has had lots of ups and downs with his licence. While living in GB he exchanged it in England for a "european" one! Then when we moved back to France the gendarmes were knocking...
Forum: France
Jan 20th 2010, 6:52 pm
Replies: 1,512
Views: 271,675
Posted By busby

Re: Introduction Thread (Somewhere to say Hi)

Hi, are you planning to move here?
Forum: France
Dec 8th 2009, 7:40 pm
Replies: 1,512
Views: 271,675
Posted By busby

Re: Introduction Thread (Somewhere to say Hi)

Hi Penny, Haute Normandie is a big place, actually bigger than the whole of Belgium!!! I am just outside Lyons la Foret, 45 mins from Rouen, about an hour from Paris. Where are you? Janet.:)
Forum: France
Nov 3rd 2009, 11:50 am
Replies: 9
Views: 3,152
Posted By busby

Re: Water meters

hi, average water consumption is estimated at 3 cubic metres per person per month including all washing, machines and cooking. Water in my village is less than 1 euro the cubic metre. How much is...
Forum: France
Aug 23rd 2009, 7:28 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,589
Posted By busby

Re: Help

There are loads of places to rent on "Leboncoin." Brilliant site.
Forum: France
Jul 19th 2009, 11:08 am
Replies: 23
Views: 2,370
Posted By busby

Re: Build a House

1000 euros a square metre.
Forum: France
Jun 28th 2009, 12:47 pm
Replies: 1,512
Views: 271,675
Posted By busby

Re: Introduction Thread (Somewhere to say Hi)

Please do. The forest of Lyons is over 100sq km of beech, France's largest. We are lucky to live just on the edge. You can walk, ride , mountain bike........ Lyons la Foret is one of France's...
Forum: France
Jun 25th 2009, 2:09 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,935
Posted By busby

Re: Gite? Bar? Help please...

As mentionted on other threads "Le Bon Coin" is not bad. You can type in Bretagne, then Bureaux et Commerces and you'll find several pages of bars and creperies for sale.
Forum: France
Jun 24th 2009, 1:32 pm
Replies: 1,512
Views: 271,675
Posted By busby

Re: Introduction Thread (Somewhere to say Hi)

Hi Hawthorn, I am interested in your timber frame restoration business! Tell me more. What do you mean by this? Carpentry, restoring barns , houses. Sometimes you can't get permission to build a...
Forum: France
Jun 18th 2009, 11:35 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,935
Posted By busby

Re: Gite? Bar? Help please...

I run my own bar in Normandy and it ain't easy. If you're "auto-entrepreneur" or "micro entreprise" you'll be paying social security contributions. You can rent out up to 6 rooms on b'n'b and...
Forum: France
Oct 11th 2008, 8:52 pm
Replies: 93
Views: 120,739
Posted By busby

Re: How long did it take you to learn french ?

I thought I knew everything but everyday I learn something new. Running my own bar I've learnt some new slang.

"Un mongolfière" replaces "un ballon" the name of the glass = a glass of wine
"Un...
Forum: Canada
Oct 11th 2008, 8:15 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 899
Posted By busby

Re: Goodbye

Please don't get me wrong, I did like Canada, but was disappointed. I was expecting more. I don't want to emigrate to a country that doesn't have more to offer than this one. I was hoping Quebec...
Forum: Canada
Oct 9th 2008, 12:40 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 899
Posted By busby

Goodbye

If this is the place to say hello it must be the place to say goodbye. I spent three weeks in august in Canada, Quebec and Ontario, and was disappointed . Sorry, I am saying goodbye, will try...
Forum: France
Mar 12th 2008, 1:16 pm
Replies: 66
Views: 5,999
Posted By busby

Re: What do you miss from the UK?

Married to Frenchman.
Speak French.
Cheap houses, quiet roads and all those other things people are always mentioning. Would you order a pastis in an English pub?:beer:
Forum: France
Mar 12th 2008, 10:03 am
Replies: 66
Views: 5,999
Posted By busby

Re: What do you miss from the UK?

I have had to open my own pub. Such a shame. Am preparing St Patrick's Saturday. 60 or 70 people expected. There will be beef in guinnesss, that awesome brew of course, whiskey tart and guinness...
Forum: France
Mar 12th 2008, 9:45 am
Replies: 11
Views: 607
Posted By busby

Re: elections

I turned up to vote on Sunday with my purple and white card (not blue, white and red).I wasn't on the list. HAHAHA Funny, funny, funny................. so what do we do now?
I waited 30 mins for...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 12th 2008, 9:34 am
Replies: 46
Views: 3,139
Posted By busby

Re: Teenager

When looking up old school friends on a well-known site I found that my friend Louise who emigrated to Australia when she was 13 had been pack in the UK for 18 yrs. She had not been unhappy in OZ,...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 12th 2008, 9:15 am
Replies: 36
Views: 1,592
Posted By busby

Re: Anybody else see the Northern Lights tonight?

The suburbs here in Paris are often "lit" up too!
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