LIVING IN FRANCE AS AN AUSTRALIAN - Vanessa #b&bowner #renovating

Thanks Janet you did an amazing job editing our chat. Bravo

I want Vanessa to go back in time and start a YT channel from the beginning of their journey! How interesting that would be to watch 🥰 Australians would be happy to pay the extra costs for things if the value was there, but we pay such a lot of money (and have for a long time) for pretty much everything but don't see that value. Eg. To see a GP for 10 minutes, it's $95. Unlike Denmark, they pay such a lot in tax but can see the value and where their money goes.

Absolutely brilliant interview, so informative and clear. I really like this lady.

Hi Jan x really enjoyed the video chat and nice to see you interviewing x spot on with the questions and very informative and interesting good job x cant wait for your next one thank you x

I found this interview very interesting and I like this new idea of yours to visit people who have moved to France from other countries & find out why and what they will be doing there for a living or retirement or both...I just cannot understand why anyone would go through all the work, expense and trouble to be legal there and live there for years, only to say that eventually they see themselves going back home? WHY? If you are going to put in a good deal of time in the "new" country at a certain age isn't that where you see yourself spending your elder years too? I truly don't believe it's so easy (unless you have money to burn) to just pack it all up at 70 or 80 years of age just to go back where you came from originally. I do believe I you are becoming the new Barbara Walters....you go girl!

Well done on your first interview Jan ,very enjoyable and interesting x

Love this video Jan, very informative.

By far the best and most informative interview I’ve seen on YouTube. I’ve been spending a lot of time researching as my husband and I are looking to move to France from the UK. Thank you both.

Fascinating conversation with lots of insight but I think I'll take a pass on the Vegimite 😅

Thank you so much Jan and Vanessa, that was so interesting to learn of your journey moving to France. Vegimite and butter go in everything quite nicely in my book, as a child growing up in London I hated Marmite but the last 50yrs living in Australia I can honestly say Vegimite is so yummy and leads hands down. I can understand now why a lot of people have chosen to move to France, it has a lot going for it. It is expensive here in Qld, Australia but the food quality is good, grass fed beef and lamb also totally free range eggs. Great vegies that do vary with the season, but for the young growing families now it is hard. Thank you both, I enjoyed this plus the sound was great Jan. Take care 💕🇦🇺

What a fascinating and highly informative conversation! I really enjoyed Vanessa's Aussie perspective on life in France. It seems that she and hubby are quite happy and settled. I would love to see photos of her house or the BnB website! Jan, the questions were great! You knew exactly what to ask Vanessa to satisfy subscriber curiosity. I'm so thankful that we plan to RETIRE. Running a business sounds like a lot of headaches and red tape!

As an Aussie looking at retiring in France in the next few years, I found this interview really informative and has helped convince me I'm on the right track. Thanks very much

Question of maiden name in France : there is only one legal name in France, your birth name. You can be known, called by your spouse name, men can do that too ! You're not obliged to add your spouse name on your legal paper, but it can be useful. It's normally in form Mrs A B spouse X. As my former husband has a foreign name people found difficult to say, I took it out my voting card ( you vote on you birth name) wedding, divorce, death all is added on your birth certificate in the "book" of your birth place town hall.

Very interesting to listen to Vanessa’s Australian view of France.

Lovely interview with Vanessa. Watching from PORT STEPHENS NSW AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺. I love my Vegemite 😋❤️🇦🇺

An interesting account from Aussie Vanessa. Somehow missed what niche her Chambre d'hôte fell into.... must have been taking the recycling out! Looking forward to coming over again on Monday. X

Thank you so much for this very interesting interview. The questions were well prepared and the answers were thorough and sincere. I am French, living in Région parisienne, and I wonder whether you have fresh markets in Mayenne. I enjoy cooking and I go three times a week to my « marché ». I love it because products (veggies, fruits, fish, meat, charcuterie, cheese, eggs, flowers) are very fresh and less expensive than in shops. Some products are sold directly by the producers or are produced locally. I don’t like supermarkets so much (too much packaging as Vanessa said, low quality in general in my area, products coming from far away). I also regularly go to an organic shop or two. Our farmers struggle a lot, their problems deserve to be taken into consideration.

Il semblerait que vous connaissiez très mal les fromages de France, le fromage " Président " n' es pas du tout une référence, les touristes d 'ailleurs trouvent nos fromages trop forts......il existe en France plus de 1200 variétés de fromages.... cherchez bien