We (me and my husband) are in the process of making the decision to move to France, it will prpbably nest summer. Is there anyone who can pass on advice or let us know where to go for up to date info on moving such as books or internet or personal experience, incl as Tax issues, medical, finding Dr's dentist etc and anything else that we should know!! We plan to move to the Charente area and are currently renovating a property there.
The best advice I can give is to brush up on your language skills. It will make your life so much easier. Trawl the internet for all info web sites and links to France and its traditions. Read about other people`s experiences on here and other web sites. I don`t know of one book to recommend. Any amount of preparation will help only to a certain extent. The reality of living in a different country often does not match up to the ideals and dreams.
Hi Annette - I'm with Andrew on this - stuff changes on a daily basis *sighs* so crowd-sourcing on site like this is the way to go! Good luck with it all and shout if you need anything. Cx
Books just aren't reactive enough for the obvouse reason that it takes time to research and write them, then print and distribute them... even the "latest updated" editions are already out of date as France, like all other EU countries is having to take so many austerity measures that things change from one day to the next :-O
A lot of the various books etc are well out of date, have a trawl back through the various forum topics and you'll find loads of information or ask specific questions as and when they crop up - you'll come across more up to date info from members on this site than in all the books on amazon put together ;-)