November 2006 Newsletter
December 4th, 2006 at 10:59 amFrom www.americansinfrance.net Thanksgiving in France The family and I celebrated another Thanksgiving in France. Due to working Thursday, we celebrated during the weekend following the official holiday. This year was rather special; we traveled to t ...
November 2006 Newsletter
November 4th, 2006 at 3:36 amNew Business After much investigation and a few false starts, I have finely set up my business in France. My business is registered as an Entreprise Individuelle - individual proprietorship. I've gone the 'micro-entreprise' route and can't sell more ...
October 2006 Newsletter
September 28th, 2006 at 10:09 amOctober 2006 Newsletter From www.americansinfrance.net Employment in France Below is an extract from Braunstonian's Blog, a blog by John LR Nelson, a UK Expat living in the Essonne, south of Paris. It\'s based on his experience of searching for emplo ...
September 2006 Newsletter
September 7th, 2006 at 4:50 amFrom www.americansinfrance.net Upcoming French Events: Journées européennes du Patrimoine (European Heritage Days): This two-day event is held every September throughout Europe; this year it takes place on September 16th and 17th. The basic idea ...
August 2006 Newsletter
August 4th, 2006 at 3:52 pmFrom www.americansinfrance.net Heat Wave July saw very hot weather in France. Many people thought there would be another heat wave similar to 2003. As of this writing the heat wave seems to have broken. Where we live near Geneva in the French Alps th ...
July 2006 Newsletter
July 4th, 2006 at 3:53 pmLa Bénite Fontaine About a mile from where we live is La Bénite Fontaine, or Holy Spring in English. We recently visited La Bénite Fontaine. It is located just above La Roche sur Foron in a small valley of pine trees. Not only is there a spring th ...
June 2006 Newsletter
June 5th, 2006 at 1:10 pmFrom www.americansinfrance.net Up Coming French Events: Fête de la musique June 21st 2006 - Yearly music festival that takes place throughout France, when I say throughout I mean throughout. Just about every city, town and village will have some typ ...
May 2006 Newsletter
April 26th, 2006 at 4:11 amFrom www.americansinfrance.net Muguets Here is one tradition in France that does not involve food: collecting Muguets (Lily of the Valley) on May 1st. I've known about this tradition for years but two years ago was the first time I collected Muguets ...
April 2006 Newsletter
March 31st, 2006 at 9:02 amFrom www.americansinfrance.net Apartment Buying (continued) It looks like all systems go, for buying our apartment. We are just waiting for the paperwork from the bank. In France nothing is final until you have a piece of paper that says so. We hope ...
March 2006 Newsletter
March 1st, 2006 at 5:13 amFrom www.americansinfrance.net Upcoming: It's the time for traditional France to shine: the 26th Salon international de l'Agriculture (International Agricultural Show) takes place from February 25th to March 5th. For more info there is a site in En ...