Caroline
Coles and Peter
Shield have lived in the Midi for five years now. We have created
this site to bring together the services we provide along with all
the information and knowledge we have built up about the area.
The Aude Department
of the Languedoc is becoming more and more popular with English
speaking expatriates, not just as a retirement location but also
as a place to live and work. The high quality of the education and
health provision, the relatively low cost of living, the climate
and the pace of life all make the Languedoc and particularly the
Aude Department a very attractive destination. The mountains and
plains, ancient stone villages, wildlife and the Meditteranean combine
in a beautiful environment in which to live.
The Aude is
easily accessible either by road along the well maintained autoroutes,
by rail on the TGV,
or increasingly popular by Air either via Toulouse or with Ryanair
to Carcasonne or Perpignan, and the ever growing Gerona airport
in Catalonia.
This site is
to help you make the most of the Aude and help you enjoy your life
or visit to the true heart of the Languedoc.
As a friend
of ours says, "The Gods make Provence, afterward they learnt
from their mistakes and made the Languedoc". |
The
other purpose of the site, of course, is to drum up business for
ourselves and our friends.
When you first
arrive here the system can seem a bit bewildering, as indeed it
is. Having fully relocated ourselves we are in a great position
to help you with all aspects of relocating, from finding a house,
dealing with the relevant legal processes, registering yourselves
and your car in France, obtaining the correct insurance for vehicles,
houses and health. Getting the all important Carte de Sejour, exchanging
your driving license. Getting planning permission for external alterations,
setting up a business, paying taxes. It all takes time and paitence,
with our help we can take away the pain and let you get on with
enjoying your first year here. It only has to be done once you will
be pleased to hear. Click the link if you want to know more about
our dome buyers assistance
programmes .
We are happy
to link with all sites that are about the Aude, we will place any
gites or small businesses on the site free of charge.
We hope the
site is useful, any suggestions for improvement, or new areas greatly
appreciated. If you have anything you would like published about
the Aude, your business or your writing just drop us a line at |
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