Owen Peery
Have you ever dreamed of moving to and living in France? Pinch yourself awake, pour that cup of coffee, and learn to embrace the papertrail! Can you say “carte de séjour”?
Laugh and cry your way through my France Tales, while gaining practical advice to begin yours. Do you know what a justificatif de domicile is? You will after 1 month in France or you may be forced to leave.
Whether your goal is to move to France, visit France, or live vicariously through those of us who do live here, France Tales can offer you a window to our world. Just don’t jump out of the window, you are not a trained professional.
As hard as some processes can be in France, we’ve all been through them, and there is a solution to every problem, even when each phrase begins with a weasly faced functionnairre indignantly repeating “Mais non monsieur!”
Do you romanticize the good life in France? Does this feel good daydream include the French bureaucracy? It better! Learn how to move and how not to move to France. Learn how to live in and how not to live in France.
Move to and live in France with effortless grace and efficiency. Keep your dignity intact, your papers in order, your verbs conjugated, and live like nothing makes you sweat, even if it is a lie. Learn to embrace the lie or the “lie”.
France Tales is a site dedicated to connecting expats and wannabe expats, sharing useful tips and practical advice, basking in the fine glow of the sometimes glorious days in France, while using humor and self deprecating wit to get through the not-so-glorious days. Embrace laughing at yourself and with yourself!
Bienvenue en France. Tout est possible!
Owen Peery is the writer, editor, and creator of France Tales. Contact me here, love notes accepted, hate mail makes me cry.
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Hello Owen,
I was surfing on the Internet and came across your website on the Expats’ website. Before having an in-depth look on it, I profit by this coincidence to say you hello. See you soon,
Caroline
Hello Caroline, I saw this awhile ago but didn’t realize it was you. We had a nice time at the party non?
hi owen, too long since I’ve been here … saw your note on my blog and I still think it would be cool to meet up.
maybe next time I’m down Alisa’s way for a visit we can coordinate something … St. Antonin was a very pretty place, is it very far from Toulouse?
hope you are doing well,
Kim
Hey Kim
Yes let’s meet up. I don’t know where St Antonin is but I don’t think it is that far. I’m sure I’ll be in the Dordogne sometime this summer as well. One way or another it would be fun to meet. Have a great summer.
Owen
Happy Thanksgiving, Owen!
Hello Owen, your article on reasons not to move to France made me laugh! Fortunately we are still enjoying life in Brittany but perhaps that is not really France?!!
Brittany, that is perhaps more French than Toulouse. Glad to have made you laugh, I am “enjoying” life too but we’ll see for how long in Toulouse. Your site looks interesting, I am going to take a closer look at it.
Hey KimYes let’s meet up. I don’t know where St Antonin is but I don’t think it is that far. I’m sure I’ll be in the Dordogne sometime this summer as well. One way or another it would be fun to meet. Have a great summer.Owen
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