The Zoom Calls
This website is the sister site to the Facebook group, Part-time or Trying out Life in France: Solutions for Staying 3 months-ish. If you’re not a member already, we invite you to join the FB group. In any event, all users of this site are cordially invited to join us on our live Zoom calls. (Find the date of the next call featured on our home page.) It’s a surprisingly fun group and we usually focus on one particular town, and invite a guest who has lived in that town (often having moved there from another country) to share their knowledge of the town and the story of their move. The atmosphere on these calls varies from practical details to easy camaraderie around the joys and challenges of planning for and adjusting to a French life.
We also record these calls and you can listen to them here:
The entire playlist is here
July 6th, 2024 – Housing for Part-timers at Tryer-Outers in France: Year-round Renting, Fractional Ownership and Purchase
Invited Guests: Jo Anna Carre, Ginny Blackwell and Dennelle Taylor Nizoux
July 21, 2024, Part 2: Great Websites for Finding Your French Town: villedereve.fr
August 4, 2024: Aix-en-Provence, Nimes, Uzes
Invited Guests: RyanGreen, Jeff Weihl, Paula Matos & Rich Stentons
August 17, 2024: Toulouse & Montpellier
Invited Guests: Lisa Hamilton & Dennelle Taylor Nizoux
BONUS: August 25, 2024: Am I too old to try to do this in France? (an unplanned conversation worth having & listening to)
Conversation at the end of our group call: Junko & Marilee
Sept. 21:
Towns around Toulouse + Marilee Reports from the Road
October 6:
Bordeaux & Environs
November 24:
Brittany and Normandy
December 15th:
Strasbourg, with Trina Burfield
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January 19th, 2025:
Angers!
February 16nd, 2025:
Renting in France:
- Jo Carre from Property Finder France
- 3 ‘civilian renters’ tell their “war storiies” on finding longer term rentals in France.
March 30th, 2025:
French Culture: 2 insiders & 2 (Francophile and culture nerdish) outsiders
- France Dubin (see her bilingual books at francedubin.com)
- Beatrice Nanty
- Linda Williams
July 21, 2024, Part 1: Great Websites for Finding Your French Town: Weatherspark.com
July 21, 2024, Part 3: Great Websites for Finding Your French Town: Latter portion
August 11, 2024: Dordogne!
Invited guests: Susan Thorington and Cris & Serge
August 25, 2024: A writer moves to Aix-en-Provence
Invited Guest: Jenny Van Stone. Read her wonderful blog at hexagon-home.com
Sept. 8: The city of Nice, with Paul Schrader (long time Nice/CA part-timer)
Sept. 29:
Antibes
October 20:
Mont-de-Marsan & Pau
November 10:
How To Do a Scouting Trip to France
December 8th:
The Best Towns and the Best Places To Rent (For Longer Stays)
January 4th, 2025:
Beziers, with Nicole Hammond
February 2nd, 2025:
A No Car Life in France
March 17th, 2025:
Finances & taxes in France:
- Jake Barber: Book a free call to hear more at Sjb-global.com
April 13th, 2025:
A Town Talk: Marseille
with Lisa Hamilton
