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Spanish, French and British Triumph Hearing Fernando Alonso singing "We are the Champions" on his victory lap having just won the constructors Formula One Championship for Renault yesterday sounded good to me. Not only because my son helps to build the cars at the Renault F1 complex in the UK, near Oxford, (here is a picture of him last week having his hand shaken by world champion Fernando Alonso http://francevoila.com/f1/ Handshake ), but a great symbol of the best of Europe - Spanish flair, French engineering and British craftmanship - here are some earlier photos tony took from the pits at the Monaco Grand Prix http://francevoila.com/monaco/ Monaco . ======= Robbery at service stations and parking areas I have stories about incidents at French and Spanish service areas on motorways. Can anyone give me more information - what gas is used? can an alarm be put in (smoke alarm or something? how common is this? I got this mail last week. To read the rest of this article, please go to http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/266 Robbery at service stations and parking areas ======= Using your pension fund for buying overseas property - problems ahead I saw this feature in the Observer yesterday which reports some of the problems for people wanting to use their Sipps to buy property abroad from next April To read the rest of this article, please go to http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/265 Using your pension fund for buying overseas property - problems ahead There are over 1,200 articles in our archives at... http://francevoila.com/archives/ Archives Some Recent Articles http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/264 Advice on Treating Lead Paint http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/263 More on Car Registration http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/260 Channel 4 Needs You http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/259 Lead, Termites and Asbestos in French Homes http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/258 Inheritance in France - this can affect you http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/256 Out Of Date Passport - a Cautionary Tale http://www.fblog.com/?q=node/view/254 Using your Pension Fund to buy Property in France === Our holiday/vacation rental site is at... http://rentalsfrance.com/ RentalsFrance We advertise holiday villa and gite rentals in most parts of France, established in 1998 we are one of the most prominent and successful villa rentals sites on the Internet - and aim to stay that way. Do browse through our websites and please use the advertising links, they help pay for the site. I do try to reply to all mail, most is about property or living in France. I publish comments in this newsletter which I believe are of interest and may help find answers for people wanting to come to France. By linking the points I make to our weblog at http://www.fblog.com FBlog I hope readers will go to the adverts which help support our overheads. Our business is our advertising sites for property and rentals at http://rentalsfrance.com/ RentalsFrance http://francevoila.com/ France voila Please make use of these sites (and do visit the adverts). What's New, Comments and News http://Fblog.com/ The France Weblog |
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