@sailyne
French citizen
Forum
79 posts
About me
French
Lives in Avignon
Speaks French, English, German
Registration: 02 April 2006
Activity
getting internet connection in France- HELP! by e-nina-j
I have recently purchased an apartment in nice and urgently need to get internet connection. Extensive research in internet is sending me in circles, as info numbers are only for calls within france (am in CH right now). THere is no phone line in ...
You should get a chat access using your "compte abonné" (client access/intranet) http://console.aliceadsl.fr/?link=assistance Otherwise try http://assistance.aliceadsl.fr/login/login.php?link=assistancemail Good luck. Read More
New to Toulouse by jamienoelle
Hi, I'm Jamie! I'm 26, and will be teaching English at one of the universities in Toulouse for the next two years. I've been here about a month, and would love to meet francophone and anglophone friends alike. Toulouse is such a lovely city, it ...
Hi, If you're looking for English speaking friends, they is a huge international community in Toulouse (thanks airbus for this one). I guess you should be able to find people soon. I don't know this club, but may be worth to have a ... Read More
getting internet connection in France- HELP! by e-nina-j
I have recently purchased an apartment in nice and urgently need to get internet connection. Extensive research in internet is sending me in circles, as info numbers are only for calls within france (am in CH right now). THere is no phone line in ...
Hi, I believe that if you go with SFR (SFRbox http://adsl.sfr.fr/ and http://adsl.sfr.fr/offres-adsl/internet/ouverture-ligne/ouverture-et-construction-de-ligne/) or with Free (Freebox http://adslcgi.free.fr/subscribe/NDI0_indexnewline.html) you ... Read More
expenses by szad
i may be moving to London with family to do a job in the financial industry. What is the average monthly expense in London including rent? for South Asian where is the best place to live (preferably mixed locality), best primary schools? office ...
I'm going to answer the same as always for the salary. It's difficult to say if it's a good pay or not if we don't have your background :-) Years of experience, diploma... £40/50k is the salary given to junior in finance. So it's a really good ... Read More
Internet in UK ? by dgoize
I'll relocate to London next month. I would like to suscribe to an Internet + unlimited phoning offer for my flat. Someone can explain to me the different existing offers. Does-it exists a pack which include unlimited phone + Internet and how much ...
To choose, one website http://www.ispreview.co.uk/ Really good! Read More
Loneliness when you're abroad by Julien
Do you often feel lonely when you're abroad? I personaly suffered on week ends while I was in the UK. Even if I had several friends, I often missed my family and friends (from home). So I walked, visited museum, went to concerts, worked more... ...
I found it difficult to me people when we work and live in the Greater London Area (I mean zone 3 to 6). We always have to travel to go from one place to another. It takes 1hours at least. So yes, I used to feel lonely especially during the evening ... Read More
Introduction by Lisax
Hi Everyone my name is Lisax and I live in Hampshire UK. I would like to introduce myself to you all and look forward to reading the forum and adding posts from time to time.
Hi Lisax, Welcome! What are you doing in UK? Where are you coming from? Read More
Easiest and Best countries for expatriates by jadarite
1. What are the easiest countries to become an expatriate in? 2. What are the best countries to become an expatriate in? 3. How do you make sure the government of the country you move to doesn't deport you to your birth country?
Except its difficult to have a working visa, isn't it? Read More
insurance in the UK by marin
hello, I will live and work in the UK for 8months, my french insurance refuses to cover me in the UK, they tell me to find a insurance in the UK. Can someone help me? I need an insurance for me and my dwelling...
Insurance for what? car? flat? health insurance? Read More
American going to university in France by psychichearts
I'm looking into going to Paris to do a year of language classes, preferably at a university, to prepare me for taking the DALF. After taking the DALF, I want to stay on to do my MA at a uni in Paris. It's still early days, but I couldn't find ...
Hi, Great, American who wants to learn french. I love that :-) I want to congratulate you, you made a good choice !!!!!! 1) It depends on the university you attend to. In mine it was 300 per year for everybody. The explanation of that is that ... Read More
US citizen w/ carte de sejour francais and job offer in london, HELP! by Mike
Hello all, bonjour a tous, Je m'appelle Mike, je suis marie avec une francaise et je vis a Paris depuis deux ans. Je viens de recevoir une offre d'emploi a Londres super interessante et on est pret a partir mais je n'ai aucune idee de la procedure ...
Je ne pense pas qu'avec une carte de séjour francaise tu puisses aller en UK sans VISA. Il me semble que lors de mes voyages universitaires, les non ressortissants européens devaient payer un VISA pour aller en Grande-Bretagne (100 de mémoire), ... Read More
New french in Bremen by Agali
Hello, French (from south), i work in north of Germany since 3 years. :cheers: I'm new in this community, but if i can help for anything (Hamburg, Bremen or Toulouse), no problems... Hope i will se you soon PS, i'm in germany, but my german is ...
Yeah Toulouse is a great place :D (I come from there too!!!) Read More
Living in Mauritius by Julien
Has anybody been to Mauritius? I've received an interesting job offer for working in Port Louis but I don't know anything about Mauritius, appart from the wonderful beaches there. I read that it's a multicultural island, that they're investing a ...
Congratulations!!! What kind of position is it? What are you going to do? Read More
Movies and books relating life in a foreign country by Julien
Hi, We've all seen Sofia Coppola's "Lost in translation", and I think expatriates liked it :) Would you advice other movies or books which relate life and experiences in a foreign country? Thank you, Julien
I will say "A year in the merde" by Stephen Clarke. It's not exactly a very good novel, but I find his perception of french's life really interesting. I read this book when I was abroad and it permited me to understand some french practices like ... Read More
ERASMUS by Julien
Hi everybody, when I was a student I would have liked to participate to the ERASMUS program. Can anybody explain us (in any language) what the ERASMUS program is? What do you think about it? Is it a good program? How to participate, and which are ...
Hello everybody, I spend one semester in Germany (Dresden) as erasmus student... I was so great ;-) Erasmus Program is an exchange student program for european student in european university. It's a part of Socrates Program which is I think for ... Read More