Help with Utilities - English speaking contacts for all requirements (Banking, Insurance....)
English TV installation
Holiday Home / Gite Management, Reservations, Websites (15 years experience in the UK Travel Industry and agent for www.TotstoFrance.co.uk for the South of France.)
Making friends - Helping with schools, Creches, Nannies
I charge an hourly rate or part thereof.
My overall aim? To get you independant as quickly and painlessly as possible
Telling you how it is, no rose-tinted spectacles here.
Monday, February 08, 2010
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Leeds Bradford flights to Montpellier
Posted by Wendy Johnson at 8:26 PM 0 comments
Monday, February 01, 2010
The price of having a French bank account
THE post has just arrived and in amongst the envelopes is one from my bank, Crédit Agricole, outlining the fees I was charged in 2009.
At the beginning of the year French banks send a similar breakdown of costs to their customers highlighting the price for such things as having a debit card, possible insurances and money transfer fees.
Posted by Wendy Johnson at 6:15 PM 0 comments
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Kids and the Montpellier area
- Fun things to do with the kids on holiday
- Shopping for kids
- English education for kids near Montpellier.
Posted by Wendy Johnson at 6:06 PM 0 comments
Languedoc uncorked
Like all the villages of the Languedoc-Roussillon, Montagnac is surrounded by vineyards. For more than a century this sweetly rolling region of southern France made its living from pumping out millions of litres of vin de table every year.
Now, however, demand for its wine, cheap and cheering though it was, has fallen behind the classier competition from the new world.
Posted by Wendy Johnson at 3:44 PM 0 comments
Friday, January 29, 2010
British Screen / Ecrans Britanniques - Nimes
REMINDER : SALE of MEMBERSHIP CARDS 2010
This weekend 30/31 January
As already announced, we will have a presence at a stall in the foyer of Le Semaphore for the sale of membership cards on both the Saturday and Sunday of this forthcoming weekend : the 30/31 January between 1.30 pm and 6.00 pm.
AND IN ADDITION, on SUNDAY 31 January, from 10h45 am – 1.30 pm.
The benefits of the membership card include a lower ticket price for festival screenings at the Semaphore. Tickets for certain screenings can bought in advance – but by no more than exactly 7 days - at the Semaphore. On presentation of the membership card, the price is reduced to 4 euros..
Posted by Wendy Johnson at 4:03 PM 0 comments
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Interior Design in the Gard area
Creation, Renovation, Staging, Advice, Building, Shopping...
In your villa or your charmful property, your wish is to have a comfortable, stylish interior where life becomes easy.
Why not ask a professionnal for advice on how to highlight your house?
Fed up with the inside layout ? Just change everything!
You are away from home, you need a French speaking person to talk with artisans and direct the project ?
You feel like going shopping and you want to find the best places to go, advice, or simply someone to drive you around ?
The Interior Designer manages your project in its overall, ideas, plans, administration, and realization. But not only, a good Interior Designer will listen to you and your needs in order to create an atmosphere that belongs to you.
Employing an interior designer will save you time and money. How? By choosing the best artisans around, supervising time schedule and dealing prices in respect of the actual market.
Read more... http://www.desliens-design.com/topic/index.html
Posted by Wendy Johnson at 7:17 PM 0 comments
Family friendly gites near Perpignan
Posted by Wendy Johnson at 4:52 PM 0 comments
Friday, January 22, 2010
France is World's Best Place to Live, U.S. Drops to #7, Says International Living
Posted by Wendy Johnson at 6:57 PM 0 comments
Montpellier - The Independant's Guide
GET YOUR BEARINGS: The heart of the city is the Écusson quarter, so-called because of its shape, like an escutcheon, originally created by the old city walls. This pleasant, mainly pedestrianised, area is where visitors spend much of their time. The Tourist Office (3) is on the edge of the Écusson,
Read more: http://travel.independentminds.livejournal.com/265830.html
Posted by Wendy Johnson at 6:52 PM 0 comments
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Gite - Village House in Aubais
Walk to your every necessity! Or, take the short 25 minute drive to the beaches, or stay home by your private pool. It is your choice! This old stone home benefits from a sunny location and is situated in the heart of a preserved French village in the Gard, Languedoc Roussillon region of the south of France.
Posted by Wendy Johnson at 6:32 PM 0 comments
France to push women into the boardroom
The French version of the glass ceiling has just been cracked open by parliamentary vote. With the backing of President Sarkozy's administration, the National Assembly last night passed a bill that aims to force big companies to appoint women to 40 percent of their seats on the board.
Read More: http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/2010/01/france-pushes-women-into-the-boardroom-.html
Posted by Wendy Johnson at 4:07 PM 0 comments
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
2 Hamlets for sale in the Cevennes
Arguably the most sensational property I have had to sell in a long time......
Read more: http://www.lotthemarshall.com/
Posted by Wendy Johnson at 5:37 PM 0 comments
2 of the top 20 beaches in Europe are in the Languedoc
Sunday Times lists Europe's best beaches
British travellers planning a beach holiday this year need look no further than nearby European countries for some luxurious seafront hotspots, according to the Sunday Times.
In a list of Europe's top 20 beaches for 2010, the newspaper recommended Plage Conguel in Brittany, France, which is reportedly ideal for families.
Other French entries in the list include Lac de Mondely in the Pyrenees region, Collioure in Languedoc and Piemanson in Camargue....
Read more: http://news.opodo.co.uk/NewsDetails/2010-01-18/Sunday_Times_lists_Europe_s_best_beaches
Posted by Wendy Johnson at 3:43 PM 0 comments







