Category Archives: Before you go
France’s ‘Skills and Talents’ visa
In a previous post, I mentioned the Skills and Talents visa (visa compétences et talents) as one way of coming to France without a job lined up. It seems that many of you are interested in it, so I decided to look further into it.
Finding a place to rent in Paris
I’ll give you a rundown on housing in Paris’s neighbourhood, and try to give you an idea of where you might be able to get the most for your money.
Is Paris for you? Now the bad
This is the second part of TresFrench’s look at Paris. Read yesterday’s article on the good side of Paris.
Paris is a great city to live in, there’s no doubt about it. However the fact that it draws so many people to it leads to its major drawbacks.
Housing in Paris is expensive
Paris is an expensive place [...]
Is Paris for you? First the good
All this week, I’ll be exploring life in Paris from a practical point of view. We all know Paris as a city of bakers and hairdressers, a city of museums where history seeps from every stone. But what is it like to really live here?
5 things I did to practice my French before I came to France
If you’re taking French lessons outside of France, one of the most difficult things to do is to put it into practice. In order to become completely fluent, you need to start thinking in French and using common expressions that the French use every day. So what did I do?
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