Gangs of thieves are constantly developing new schemes to rob and mug.
UPDATE Exchanging a UK driving licence for a French one – do you need to do it and how is it done? Find out more here.
Back in the UK, we all know, or have used, the Citizen’s Advice Bureau for situations in which we feel our rights have been impinged. But here in France, if you want to make a complaint, do you know how to go about it?
If this happens to you, remain in your car with doors locked and DRIVE OFF WITHOUT REMOVING PAPER
A whole host of interesting facts about the region and further afield for your reading pleasure. So, did you know…?
Crit’Air Criteria – in order to reduce urban pollution, petrol cars, vans and motorhomes first-registered before 1997 and diesels prior to 2001 are banned in certain areas of several major towns, with more to follow.
Summer is a great time to be in the P-O but it does also seem to bring out ill-intentioned people trying to ‘arnaquer’ (take advantage of) others.
Learn this useful vocab to tell the scammers to get lost – with varied degrees of politeness!
Despite widespread relief that the predicted electoral victory for the extreme right did not materialise, they made substantial gains, and there are choppy waters ahead for France.
A new scam with the more pricey parcels goes as follows.