November 9th, 2009
The Great Things About Living In France
It seems common today for many British people to consider going to live abroad. And France, the Number One tourist destination, is an extremely popular country for those leaving Britain. Even in these times of continuing “financial crisis”, many U.K. citizens are still considering French Life.It may be because France is our closest foreign country and so we believe we know it quite well. It’s a popular British holiday destination and certainly it’s easy to be charmed by the various beautiful regions, the great food and wine and that “joie de vivre”.And the language? Well, of course there’s been a tradition of learning French in British schools. While this has produced some real lovers of the French language, many British people still almost boast of a national weakness in foreign language learning.Others believe that they will be visited by an ability to speak French once they live amongst the French. In fact some French people also believe it and this can give rise to many difficulties for English speaking ex-patriots in France. I find it very frustrating that some French people quite clearly believe that I’m rather stupid in every aspect of life because I don’t speak perfect French! Of course, these are usually people who have never had to learn any foreign language.
