Welcome to the Marchese French Connection!

This site has been setup to share our new life and experiences in France.

It was a big decision to move here as you can imagine, but we are enjoying the new challenges each day brings and feel very settled and happy.  We have been welcomed and accepted by our french neighbours and shared many an evening with them.

In our first few weeks we faced the difficult task of buying our french left hand drive car, opening a bank account, enrolling our daughter at school and introducing ourselves to our local Mayor.  These tasks may seem very easy and simple but with the added factor of our minimal knowledge of the french language - communciation is our biggest hurdle.  We have just enrolled in french lessons and hope that our weekly tuition will open many doors to us, especially with regards to work and increasing our social circle.

Our first visit to the doctor happened sooner than expected, after Kate participated in a drink-driving session - the driver (Kate) and the micro-scooter had different views in the direction of travel.  It all ended in a horrible bloody mess on the lounge floor followed by a trip to the hospital.   At least we can confirm that the french health care system is as good as they say.

We hope you enjoy browsing our galleries, we aim to update them regularly.