Welcome to LIVING IN FRANCE

This is where you will discover the unvarnished truth of what life is really like for those who decide to come and live in France.

There are plenty of sites dedicated to the nice things, the wine, the bread, the summers and the special events but nothing exists that concentrates on the other side of life for English speaking people who have chosen to live and shape their lives in France.

This website is dedicated to offering a wealth of understanding based on the testimonies of hundreds of people who have actually lived in the country full time. Not holiday makers and not those who have a 'second home' they visit a few times a year and not those who pretend to live in France but in reality are registered in their home countries and just play the system choosing the bits that suit them.

No. This is all about those who took the real plunge and settled in France on a permanent basis year in year out. The French residents, the French tax payers. The one's that live and breathe France 24 hours a day seven days a week 52 weeks a year. The REAL ex pats.

Read on and hear their stories and take their advice based on life experience.