Experience

‘Stressful, nightmare, positive’: readers describe French visa process

Criticism includes long UK waiting times, unclear application instructions and inconvenient passport collections. However, some report a simple and easy system

We have space, time: Why we are hosting Ukrainians at our French homes

France is preparing to welcome up to 100,000 displaced people from Ukraine. We speak to two separate British women living in Normandy who are getting involved in accommodating them

The good, the bad and the ugly of customer service in France

After having a traumatic experience at a French supermarket, Tamara Thiessen compares customer service in France to one in her home country of Australia

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Meet the woman who inspired Netflix’s 'Emily in Paris'

Critics have dubbed this new show as clichéd and “frankly misleading” but Rebecca Leffler, the real American in Paris, tells how it's really quite true to life

'We downsized our French property and won back our time'

Mike and Susie Griffith's sprawling property in Lot that they bought in 2004 was 'extremely time-consuming'. After 12 years they downsized to a more modest 155m² property in a neighbouring village