English Expats In France
If you are looking to connect with English expats in France, then this page brings together all the latest expat blogs France written by English bloggers, any interviews, articles and news items we have here at ExpatsBlog.com.
Latest Blogs by English Expats Living in France
Lost en France
Buying a house in France, moving in and life thereafter
Frogs Legs for Tea
The comic musings of an expat family, from the UK to the south of France. Paul is from Yorkshire and doesn't speak French. Jen is from France and struggling with the level of admin to move back. Add baby and dog = instant sitcom!
Our Normandy Life
5 move to Normandy, France on a one way ticket. Teen, pre-teen, reluctant 7 year old, brexit, pound at an all time low, language barrier, schooling and a house to renovate. What could go wrong?
Hit The Aude Jack!
Moving to France, Parenting 3 children, missing her partner..
rustikatie - my escape to France
From BBC News journalist to publisher, writer and explorer of France. It's a fun, bizarre, hilarious, exciting journey, which I'd love to share with you.
Latest Expat Interviews/ Articles
Belgian Expat Living in France - Interview with Maya
Born to Belgian parents in the Middle East, Maya moved to Belgium when she was 3 months old and, except for a year spent in the US when she was 4, has lived all her life in Brussels. That is until...
Canadian Expat Living in France - Interview with Lillian
Lillian is a Canadian expat living in Paris for the past 2.5 years and blogs about her new life overseas at The Smalls Abroad, www.lilliansmall.com. She embraces life’s opportunities to find...
American Expat Living in France - Interview with Christy
The "What Up, Swags?!" journey began when Christy Swagerty, "Swags," left California in 2011 to chase her dream of playing volleyball professionally overseas. She was signed to a team in Belgium,...
American Expat Living in France - Interview with Katrin
Katrin first set foot in France in 1999 as an art history student at Southern Methodist University. After one semester abroad, she announced to her family that she had found her true calling in Paris...
American Expat Living in France - Interview with Marianne
Marianne is an American expat living abroad in France and working as an au pair. She enjoys traveling, bicycling, watching tv series, writing, yoga, and dogs. Marianne's expat blog is called...
British Expat Living in France - Interview with ema
Ema and her husband Peter moved to rural Limousin in South West France at the end of 2013. Leaving Brighton and busy city life behind. They are following their dream to live and run their business...
American Expat Living in France - Interview with Barb
Using an unusual moniker which resulted from a rather bad Shakespearean pun for the blog's title, Barb the French Bean is the coffee-addicted half of a blogging duo. She resides in France under the...
British Expat Living in France - Interview with Christopher
Christopher GJ Cooley has lived in Malta, Spain and the UK. After graduating from University of the Arts London with a BA Hons degree in Magazine Publishing he moved to La Línea de la Concepción in...
US Expat Living in France - Interview with Margery
Margery is a single mother of three children, living in a rural part of the South of France for a year to experience a different culture and travel as much as possible while in Europe. She loves to...
Expat Interview with Venetia, British Expat Living in France
Venetia came to France on a whim. It was an act of faith that changed her life completely. In the year 1999 she came to visit a friend and saw a house, which she then bought. Six months later she...
Expat Interview With Stephanie, US Expat Living in Paris
Stephanie spent years enhancing women's lives through coaching, yoga and holistic health care methods in San Francisco before leaving it all behind to take a chance on love! She moved to Paris,...
Renovation of a derelict house in Brittany, Expat Interview With Jenny
Jenny and John recently sold up in the UK and moved to a little town in France where they bought a semi derelict house which they plan to convert into a small B&B. With a background in building they...
Expat Interview With Jennifer - US expat in Bordeaux, France
Jennifer and her family live in Bordeaux, France. Formerly, a school guidance counselor, Jennifer now writes about her new life and how she is blending her American heritage with the French culture....
Canadian Expat Living in France - Interview With Crystal
Crystal is an anglophone Canadian expat in France who first came to teach English in a village in the north of France just after graduating university. A month after arriving, she met and later...
Expat Interview With Tim An Englishman in Bordeaux
Tim is an Englishman based in Bordeaux, south-western France. After moving to the country some 20 years ago, he has gradually worked his way into the system and today his day-job is corporate...
From Texas to Lyon - Meet American Expat Jessica
Jessica was born romanticizing gypsies and nomads, with a love of travel in her heart. This love has taken her on vacation to places like China, Central America and the Middle East, as well as having...
English Girl Living in Paris - Expat Interview With Emma
Emma, a English girl in her mid-twenties, living in Paris, makes it her personal mission to put her finger in and keep abreast of all the best restaurants, wine bars and cocktail establishments in...
England to France - Expat Interview With Sarah
Sarah Hague moved to France on a romantic adventure to join a Frenchman and found herself living in the glorious South of France. After 26 years there, she got things nicely organised - her kids,...
Irish Expat in France - Interview With Dermot
Dermot O'Shea was 22 years old, had been working in insurance/banking since leaving school at 17, the Irish economy ("The Celtic Tiger") was booming and, suddenly, he realised that he'd either stay...
America to France - Expat Interview With Rebecca Brown
You’d have to be crazy to quit a great job in San Francisco and leave all your friends to go burn through your savings, and live in a foreign country where you don’t know a single soul, right?...
Expat Interview With Naomi - Reading to Paris
Four years ago Naomi hopped on a Eurostar and arrived in Paris without an apartment or a job or any kind of concrete plan other than: speak French, drink wine, be happy. Her Parisian life has taken...
US Expat Living In France - Interview With Ella Coquine
Lisa (aka Ella Coquine) moves to Paris alone, falls in love, restarts her life…and then gets dumped! Ella Coquine and her Tales from the Chambre de Bonne (see listing here) follow the journey of an...
Australia to France - Expat Interview With Rosemary
Rosemary Kneipp knew from a very early age that she wanted to live in Europe. She learnt French at school and her university studies were aimed at achieving fluency in the language and getting a job...
Australian Expat Living In Bordeaux - Interview With Mike
In August 2004 Mike Foster left his home town of Sydney, Australia to begin a trip throughout Asia that was to last 8 months and which took him through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and India. After...
Australian Expat In Loire Valley - Interview With Susan
Susan Walter left Australia to pursue an interest in costume design in England, and ended up an entomologist in France. To find out how this could have happened you need to read her blog Days on the...
Expat Interview With Wendy Hollands - Australian Expat In France
Wendy Hollands said she'd be back in Australia in a year's time. Twelve years later, she's still telling family and friends she'll be back one day, but there are too many places she has yet to...
Latest News Relating to France or England
Popular FLYbmi carrier now under administration due to Brexit
The low-cost airline, popular with British expats as well as holidaymakers, was apparently taking bookings right up until its bankruptcy announcement became public. Based in the Midlands, the...- Are QROPS still an option post-Brexit?
Retirement – what about a post-Brexit QROPS? The freedom to choose another country for your retirement years is a romantic notion, but it’s now become far more popular due to ease of travel... - New French law allows Brit expats to stay but cartes de sejour are costly
The fast -tracked French law giving at least some certainty to UK expats terrified of the effects of a no-deal Brexit is on the statue books as of today. A new French law passed as an emergency... - New Europeans pushing Green Card as a solution for Brit expat free movement
Is a European green card the solution for Brit expats’ free movement needs? The idea of a European Green card as a solution to the Brexit removal of British expats’ free movement rights is... - Hints on helpful websites for new expat arrivals in France
Becoming an expat is a challenge, especially as regards the twin hurdles of bureaucracy and total confusion as regards getting everything sorted. France has always been a favourite destination...
