A few months back, I wrote about the construction at Les Halles, the transportation hub in the center of Paris. For an update on what the new center is going to look like when completed, take a look at this video.
It’s a long road, and while not set to be completed until 2018, the bulk of the work should be done by the end of 2016. Stay tuned!
I've added something to make winters evenings in Paris just a little bit cozier. Home Sweet Paris Home from Paris Weekender on Vimeo. January and February are lovely times to visit Paris. Average temps are in the 40s so it's perfectly pleasant to walk around and the...
A couple of weeks ago, I moved out of the house I'd been renting the last seven years in Brittany. Moving out of a rental in France, it turns out, is a bit more work than moving out of a rental in the U.S. I spoke of some of the bureaucratic challenges in my earlier...
In France, there are two types of property tax, taxe foncière, which is paid by the property owner, and taxe d'habitation, paid by the resident as of January 1 of that year. View from my front door After seven years, I am moving out of my rental in Brittany. I still...