| Wine Vintages | At last - and straight in at number one! THE definitive list of French vintages, by kind permission of Pim van Ravesteijn. |
| Dialling Codes | The "new" telephone dialling codes are still causing problems for some of our readers. Basically, the breakdown is as follows: Paris and environs - 1 (unchanged), North-West France - 2, North-East France - 3, South-West France - 5, South-East France (inc Corsica) - 4. Remember to add a zero before the new code if calling from within France. |
| Buying a House | Don Montague very kindly offers the experience gained from his own experiences negotiating what can be a mine-field. Click here. |
| Restaurants | By popular demand, we have now started a section of reviews of restaurants, both in France and abroad, offering food which is either French or has a regional link with France. If you have a review to contribute, please e-mail us. |
| Departments | A favourite game while driving in France, and elsewhere, is spotting the departmental indicatif of passing cars. It is also useful to have a list when viewing property ads and so on. Note that we have not included the "off-shore" departments. Click here for a full listing. |
| House Insurance | Like us, you may have blanched at the rates charged by some French insurance companies on maisons secondaires. If you have tried to find foreign companies to insure with, you may also have been struck by how rare they can be. One we have found is this UK-based specialist: Holiday Homes Insurance, Scottish Mutual House, 27/29 North Street, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 1RS. Tel:01708-458222 - Fax:01708-453555. (Don't forget you must have Public Liability cover) |
