Every month the British Ambassador to France, Ed Llewellyn, shares an insight into his role and all of the latest information regarding Britons in France. Here is his December column.
A whole host of interesting facts about the region and further afield for your reading pleasure. So, did you know…?
Covid 19 Update with CSF Languedoc To help keep English-speaking residents and visitors to the region informed, CSF Languedoc have been sharing bulletins of extremely useful information. Taken from verified government sources, this is a…
Simon Says – Each week Simon, a golf enthusiast, shares his thoughts and experiences of his own personal P-O Life. Grab a cuppa, and enjoy his quips, foibles and of course, successes!
The British Embassy in France appeals to British travellers to return home. Please note this advice is not for British Nationals resident in France who should stay at home and follow the advice of the French government.
So that’s it then! Three prime ministers, 3 and half years, a lot of fractious fighting… and finally Brexit has happened. We’re out!
The French Social Security site recommends that all French residents take a carte européenne d’assurance maladie with them when travelling to other EU countries or Switzerland. This card will ensure free or subsidized medical treatment (depending on the country visited of course) and is easy to obtain, assuming that you are already part of the great machine that is the French medical system.Resident in France?
An icy blast greeted me this afternoon when I stuck my head outside.
Scorched Earth! Well not quite. If you’re up among the massive, craggy limestone rocks in the gorges somewhere between Arles sur Tech and Saint Laurent de Cerdans
and take those roads which wind through the forests, it’s green and lush and full of birdsong.
After three years of driving back and forth to the South of France in my little UK car, I decided the time had come to buy a second-hand French car. Nothing special, a few years…