Archive for the 'Living in France' Category

Lulu, a character from the popular Astrapi children’s magazine in France, has a popular blog

July 14th, 2008

A nice initiative from the writers and illustrators at Astrapi, a leading children’s magazine for the 9 to 11 year old crowd, in the country that invented the concept 30 years ago: France, with Bayard Presse Publishing. Lulu, one of the star characters in a cartoon in the magazine, now has her blog!
Its truly fascinating […]

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Buying a house in France: not easy!

June 3rd, 2008

As with most things in France, other than buying a baguette and going to the restaurant, buying a house is much more complicated than in North America.
FEES:
There are fees of course:

Homes are not all listed in all real estate agencies. I know of one network, ORPI, that lists its properties through all its network’s […]

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