This weeks podcast is all about why you should move to France. I’ve come up with mine but give it a listen and please feel free to add yours, because yes, there’s definitely more than ten!!
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Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley. OK you don’t technically need to move to France to get hold of this, but all wine and food is best consumed as close as possible to its origin. 
(Digression: Years ago I brought back a bottle of retsina from a trip to Greece - we had it with a Sunday roast and it tasted disgusting. )
It would have tasted disgusting if you had it in Greece too
Not at all, it works well with souvlaki or grilled octopus.
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Then why did you open it for a Sunday roast?
Oh, you have a podcast… I’m a bit slow to be fair. Where can I find it, please?
So, I’m lucky in that I had no expectations when I moved to France. I’m not that blown over by the food and wine. I wasn’t really sure if I’d enjoy the French countryside. Still not sure after a decade here.
What sticks out for me is the “bonjour” that most people give everywhere. I love this part of French culture. I’d say, for me, that’s one of the best things because it’s something you experience whenever you go out or you see a fellow walker, cyclist and so on.
EDIT: I’ve found the podcast - France Made Simple 
Because I was young and foolish. 
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Well done you with your prudence - I brought back an effing carton… 
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A wine expert would suggest partnering it with sunny weather
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One of the reasons we chose to live in France, aside from the weather, was because there is rule of law in which we can trust. It may sound funny to some but having lived many years in countries where corruption and money ruled, we know that is not a world we want to be in.
And, from France we can travel anywhere in Europe by road or rail with dogs!
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The Sarkozy affair is an interesting example of corruption in French politics and its (some might say light-handed) eventual comeuppance.
But what I don’t understand is why le Pen’s case is taking so long to come to .trial.
At least in France there is legal oversight! 
It’s probably a happy coincidence, but 3 days before the courts issue their verdict on Le Pen, the Constitutional Court is due to rule on a very similar issue of an elected politician being deprived of the right to present themselves for future election, involving a Mayotte élu. It’s presumably wiser for the courts to await a definitive decision on this very principle, than to opine in advance, then risk being overtaken by a subsequent ruling from on high.