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Kate

POSTED: Wed, 05/27/2009 - 11:52am

Moving to France

I acn't believe it. But it is happening at long last. We are moving to France. We are so excited, we will be moving in July/August this year , so off to visit towns etc around Paris the next few weekends. Any suggestions would be great!!!!!

marie19

POSTED: Mon, 06/22/2009 - 6:14pm mais ou-ca? I live in France so I've been around fairly all of the interesting towns and can give you any tips you want, just ask me anything specifically. :) But which town are you going to live in? (Even the small ones have some great things, for example Grenoble, which is near Lyon, has one of the best fromager (cheese shop) in the whole country.)

Laurel61

POSTED: Fri, 05/28/2010 - 2:13am Marie 19, Bonjour, I have a Marie 19, Bonjour, I have a couple questions about a few places Im looking into. What type of town/village are they? What is the weather like(the good/bad)? Are they in relative proximities to transportation such as Metro/Airport? Crain- CHATILLONNAIS- VALLEE DE L'OURCE- Châtillon sur Seine- Coussac Bonneval- Saint Junien- I know there are allot of questions. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. you may e-mail me offline if you wish. cheflaurel at yahoo . com

Kate

POSTED: Tue, 06/23/2009 - 9:29am Marie Hi Marie, We are looking at Magny en Vexin. My husband will be working in Colombes (I think thats how you spell it) so we want to be no further than a 40 min drive or RER ride. I just wish someone would hurry up and buy our house as that is all we are waiting for now. The company are paying for me and husband to have one o one french lessons so hopefully I wont be lost in language for too long :) Do you have any other suggestions for towns within the desired distance. Keep well Kate xx

brownme4

POSTED: Wed, 06/24/2009 - 12:15am moving to Paris I have always loved the Gertrude Stein quote by the way, Mette. I am also moving to Paris in August, but I am moving there to go to school. The university will help me find a place to live, but I think I have a little bit of a say in where I actually end up. Marie, do you have any advice for particularly safe/nice arrondissements that I should try to live in or any unsafe ones that I might want to avoid? Merci mille fois!

mireille

POSTED: Mon, 06/29/2009 - 11:25am Paris for student, Bonjour, The best is to find out where you'll be studying 5th, 6th or 7th probably all safe and wonderful left bank locations (I'm obviously biased living in the 7th and 6th as a student and now in the 6th), but my suggestion would be to try and find something where you can walk to school (or at worse bike or take a bus) preferably in the same arrondissement.  It will save you money, subway and many other headaches...and I hope to run across you somewhere this fall. Bonne chance, Mireille

brownme4

POSTED: Mon, 06/29/2009 - 1:31pm moving to Paris Thank you both for the helpful comments! I really want to do my best to live within walking distance of the university so that I can save money and get in a little bit of extra movement during the day. When I was getting my undergrad degree, I really liked when I had the opportunity to walk to class. I feel like it forced me to wake up a little bit earlier and get my thoughts together for the day instead of rushing into class half awake. My only challenge with walking to class will be to not stop at the patisserie every day on the way! See you in Paris, Mireille! Merci et à bientot!

Mette

POSTED: Wed, 06/24/2009 - 4:17pm suggestions Hi Brownme4: what luck you have in getting to study in Paris! This will be the best thing ever, and you will really enjoy it. As for safe and nice arrondissements to live in, I would suggest the 5th foremost. It is afterall the Latin Quarters and the 'old' student arrondissement. As for not so nice places to live alone, the 13th, 15th arrondissements are not so nice, in my humble opinion. If you don't mind living 30 minutes by RER outside Paris, you will have a LOT more choices. I lived in the town called Antony just south of Paris directly on RER A. It is a wonderful little town, rich on history and easily accesible. Or you can look at the RER-B (toward Disneyland Paris). So many places to chose from. Good luck!! Mette

Mette

POSTED: Fri, 06/19/2009 - 5:23pm So jealous :) Congratulations!!!! moving to France, WOW. Well, when I lived in France, I lived in the Marne-la-Vallee area, which is really nice, about 45 minutes by RER into Centre Paris, and close to Disney, which is nice if you have kids. I lived in Bussy St. George, but had friends shattered all over that area. Check it out :) Mette

St.TropezChic

POSTED: Mon, 06/22/2009 - 12:17pm Bienvenue, Mette I join Jean in welcoming you! My daughter loves Copenhagen so much, she wants to live or go to school there some day. Are you currently in Denmark? Lorraine

Mette

POSTED: Wed, 06/24/2009 - 9:51am Thanks for the welcome, Lorraine No, I currently live in Nashville, USA. How old is your daughter, and what does she want to study? I will be happy to suggest places, etc, for her, IF I can remember any. It's been about 20 years since I last lived in DK :)

Vintage1944

POSTED: Sat, 06/20/2009 - 7:18pm METTE WELCOME Have read your postings and am delighted to see you here.Living in paris had to be an incredible pleasure.tell us more,Please.Jean

Mette

POSTED: Tue, 06/23/2009 - 5:07pm thanks Thanks Jean. It was an experience that I hope my daughters will have one day. In fact, I am planning on taking them to Paris on their 16th birthday, kind of a mother-daughter thing. They are 9 years and 3 years now, so plenty of time :). My husband and I dream of moving back one day, and talk about Paris every day (I kid you not). Like Gertrude Stein said: "America is my country and Paris is my hometown" :). I could write a book of my experiences from Paris. Mmmm, maybe one day :). But for now: any questions, worries, or other concerning moving to, living in Paris, I will be happy to help out.

Marilyn

POSTED: Sat, 06/20/2009 - 9:47am Even more jealous My OH and I have often toyed with the idea of moving to France but the best time would have been when he retired from HMRC 15 years ago but daughter was 13 and well settled in school getting ready for exams so we unfortunately decided to stay put. Still think about it but in these days of credit crunch combined with losing pension increases if we moved will have to manage with French and Italian holidays. Enjoy your new life.

Anna	POSTED: Mon, 06/01/2009 - 9:27pm Best of luck! I'm very jealous! I'd love to have the chance to live in France one day. Hope everything goes well with the move and settling in.

frenchy

POSTED: Mon, 06/01/2009 - 5:38pm Please?! Oh, I want to go too!

msmrw

POSTED: Sun, 05/31/2009 - 6:51pm ¡Muy Chévere! Very cool! All the best to you for a smooth relocation. :)

Vintage1944

POSTED: Wed, 05/27/2009 - 1:00pm France Rebonjour Kate;Have emailed my friend who lives in Paris and asked her for suggestions.When she gets back to me(sometimes she's slow)I will let you know her ideas.Be well.Jean

Kate	POSTED: Thu, 05/28/2009 - 4:11am Thank You! Hi Jean, Thank you so much! It looks as though we will be going much sooner than expected! There is so much to do. I will keep posting on our progress though. Bien cordialment!

Vintage1944

POSTED: Thu, 05/28/2009 - 8:56am France You are welcome.Still awaiting her reply.How soon are you going?This is thrilling.I hope,even though you will be madly busy that you will keep us up to date on your progress and adjustment to your new life.Jean

Kate

POSTED: Fri, 05/29/2009 - 3:22am Magny en Vexin Hi Jean, We have been looking at properties in Magny en Vexin. It looks a beautiful town. My husband came back from Paris yesterday after his business meeting, to inform me that the company what us to move there as soon as we can. They are going to rent a propety for us for three months to give us some time to do some house hunting. I had the removal company round to quote for furniture removal etc. Its a complete blur that our dream is finally coming true!!! Keep well.

Vintage1944

POSTED: Mon, 06/01/2009 - 10:16am KATE!!!! Hello;My friend in Paris would like to talk to you.If you want to do this ,reply here and give me your email address.I promise to delete as soon as I get your info. and won't leave it up here long either,if you feel uncomfortable about that.Jean

Vintage1944

POSTED: Fri, 05/29/2009 - 9:20am WOW Hi Kate;How exciting that you are moving so quickly.Stressful,too.Bonne chance.Be well and keep in touch.I will have to look up Magny et Vexin.Jean