Cadogan Guide Working and Living France ("Sunday Times" Working & Living) - Softcover

Monica Larner has lived in Italy and France (she currently resides in Biot, near Nice) for 13 years. She is a guidebook author, freelance journalist, and photographer specializing in travel, food, and wine. She has also written Buying a Property: Italy for Cadogan

If your heart is set on moving to France, this essential book not only tells you where to start, but guides you through every step. All you need to know about living in France and finding work is outlined in reassuring detail, from obtaining visas and permits to tax and employment law, renting or buying a home, finding schools and learning French. Whether you're heading for Paris, Provence, or Perpignan, it helps you fit in fast, with invaluable background on food, etiquette, politics and media, and tips on the hot topics of the moment. Engaging, readable and peppered with case studies and expert advice, this is the only guide you need. Live the dream!
Inside you will find: expert guidance on tackling red tape; everyday life explained banking, shopping, health, education, home utilities and transport; how to find work and keep it, or start your own business, with useful contacts and bags of ideas; complete profiles of the regions; what to do on arrival initial problems solved; 16 pages of color photographs; 18 pages of maps; scores of anecdotes and personal stories learn from the experience of others.