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Author: Carolyn
Whether one is designing a home for the first time or simply redecorating, there are a lot of options to choose from. One of which is with the use of French home accessories.
These are the perfect pieces needed to create a lovely balance of the rustic and elegant feel. One can indeed spice up any parts of the home with just the right kind of ornaments.It might be hard to come up with a distinct French flavor. This is because the basics of French styling involve a combination of elegance and a primal look.
One can see a lot of copper, wrought iron, ceramics and earthenware when it comes to French homes, but they are all with different designs.Two of the most common elements of French styled homes are wrought iron and earth tones. Furnishings made of wrought iron create the perfect rustic appearance of French home styling. Soft earth tones, on the other hand, bring an additional touch of uniqueness to the French style.
For the living room, a stone fireplace would be a great addition to create that French feel. One can have cabinets with wrought iron handles and magnificent details. Rustic flooring is also a nice addition. It can be made to appear like it is made of actual bricks or stones.
An old French look is not hard at all to achieve in the kitchen. With lovely French home accessories all around the room, one can end up feeling like a French cook while creating special dishes any time of the day. Storage jars that look old are going to blend well with the French-style kitchen. A corkboard also feels more French than the modern magnets do. One can also have a wooden bread box and some canisters of the same make.
Hooks and racks made of wrought iron as well as cabinets with wrought iron handles can bring the French feel to the bathroom as well. This can be further embellished with the help of ceramic flooring or one made of polished stones. It is also possible to find French-inspired soap dishes and dispensers, but this might not be that easy.
The bedroom can greatly benefit from the use of warm tones in its accessories. A metal valet stand would create a sense of luxury that is pertinent among the rich ones of France.
Floral lamp shades, canopy beds and iron hooks in the cabinets and door handles are all so French indeed.In addition to all that, the dining area can be adorned with the right upholstery to maximize the French feel for the entire house. Tableware and silverware can benefit a lot from French designs. Even the salt and pepper shakers can come in a design that is distinctively French from all points of view.With all the right things in mind, it is easy to make use of French home accessories and completely utilize the effect they have to bring to the rest of the house. It might involve an additional cost here and there, but it is definitely going to be visually enticing to have around.
About the Author: Boutique Provencale offers a huge range of French Accessories including French pottery which will give any home that French country style decor your after.
Student accommodation is a real concern for many students in Lyon, the second largest university town.
However, flats to share, appartments in residence halls near the universities and rooms are quite cheap student accommodation compared to Paris.
CROUS is the official institution that offers many services to the students, especially students accommodation. You may find a flat for the 2010-2011 school year if you register on a waiting list from 20 August and fill in the Accommodation Reservation Form, then send it to logement@crous-lyon.fr.
A single room in a residence hall is about 146 €, a small flat will cost about 330-430 €.
You may also contact the estate agencies and the HLM (low rent appartment): go to LYON.fr to get a list.
see Higher Education in Lyon
Student Life in Lyon
The French School System
International Schools in Lyon
Cyclists can practise their favorite sport in and around Lyon, especially in the regions of the Pilat, the Mont d'Or, the Dombes and the Monts du Lyonnais. However, they should always respect the French highway code. You must respect all the general rules of the Highway Code: 1. Always wear a helmet 2. Have a well-equipped bike 3. Have an insurance policy 4. Adapt my way of driving to the traffic conditions 4. Keep a safe security distance from the cyclist in front of me 5. Do your best to be seen on the road all the time 6. Choose an itinerary that corresponds to your level 7. Drive without endangering the others’ security and your own 8. Know what to do in case of a road accident (emergency units telephone numbers) 9. Respect the environment 10. Respect anybody using the road 12. Respect the rules stipulated by the organizers of any biking event 1. When over passing a vehicle or a bike, make sure you have 1 m distance in town or 1.50 m distance out of town from the over passed vehicle or bike. 2. Cyclists or motorcyclists without any side-car or trailer must drive in two on the road. Once the sun has fallen or if another vehicle wants to over pass them, they must follow in one queue. In case you witness somebody falling out of his bike: Do not forget to protect yourself and the victim, keep any danger away from the victim, put a safety road sign 150 m up and down the danger area. Call the emergency services (n° 15, 18 or 112) : 1. Give them your name and telephone number 2. Tell them about the place where you are 3. Describe what has happened and when 4. Give information about the victim: age, his physical state: does he answer questions, can he move all his body parts, does he suffer from hemorrhages, injuries, bleedings…, is he weakening? 5. Give information about any dangers of fire, collision… and wait for the orders of the emergency unit The victim is unconscious: If he is still breathing, lay him down in a fetus-like position, take off his helmet if you can and put away any obstacle that could prevent him from breathing, cover him up. If he does not breathe, move his head in the back, open his mouth and take off any dentals or earth… Close his nose with your thumb and forefinger, breathe in and then out in the victim’s mouth every 2 seconds. If he is conscious, keep talking to him and stop any bleeding, do not try to move his body.
The highway Code for Cyclists
Drivers and cyclists must respect the safety rules of the Highway Code as they are stipulated in 414-4 I and IV 431-7 articles.
Many people dream of living in France in a lovely, charming house. Imagine having your morning coffee in a French café au lait bowl or waking up in a calm bedroom decorated with elegant, white linens in the Monts du Lyonnais, the countryside southwest of Lyon.
American stylist, Carol Neiley, owner of New York boutique Basic French, believes that your dream of a beautiful French home can come true just as hers did.
Her Lyon-based business, Basic French Home, has a unique, eclectic vision and design concept. Basic French Home is a home style consulting firm offering services such as the selection of local artisans and professionals, the purchase and arrangement of furniture and accessories, project management and budget supervision. Carol can assist you with a wide range of interior design projects from a simple “relooking” to a complete interior restoration.
Basic French Home also provides a fully bilingual and culturally-familiar partnership for expatriates or newcomers who want to integrate into French culture in Lyon.
Carol, a gifted buyer and antique furniture lover, believes that by making a few simple aesthetic changes, you can transform the place where you live into your own dream "HOME" here in Lyon.
Contact Basic French Home:
(06) 76 90 55 12
basicfrenchhome@gmail.com
www.basicfrenchhome.com
www.basicfrenchonline.com
Home Attitudes is a property search consultancy in the beautiful Beaujolais region near Lyon and the South Burgundy. With many years of experience and a perfect knowledge of the region, the agency can help you buy the most suitable property for you.
Situated between Burgundy to the North and Lyon to South, the Beaujolais offers a panorama of spectacular rolling countryside, with vines to the east and massive fir tree forests to the west; not to mention the striking ‘Golden Stone Region’ to the South, fittingly a likened to Tuscany.
Home Attitudes helps you find your property according to your requirements. The agency also organizes a discovery tour of the Beaujolais region so that you can see by yourself your future home region and get all the local information you need.
At Home Attitudes, the property search services fees are absolutely free.
In addition, Home Attitudes helps you move in your new home region by giving you legal and financial assistance. The agency provides you a relocation package (connecting water, electricity, internet…, recommending builders and surveying renovation work etc) and gives you all the advice you need to succeed in living your new expat’s life. These services are submitted to a written estimate.
Do not hesitate to contact Home Attitudes if you want to find the best place to live in the beautiful Beaujolais region.
Contact: Amanda Bouet-Cook
contact@home-attitudes.com – www.home-attitudes.com
Phone: 00 33 474 038 367 – Mobile: 00 33 663 532 170
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Taxes(taxes) and social benefits (aides sociales) always increase in January and July in France.
Since January 1 2010, the retired, the poor workers and the people living under the poverty line (seuil de pauvreté) have been the great beneficiaries of the social benefits to rise.
The retired widows who have less than 800 € a month and who receive a reversion benefit (pension de reversion), have their retired allowance increased of 11%.
The workers on a minimum wage are going to earn 8.86 €/h, i.e. 1,343.77 € gross salary per month.
The 24 month CUI (Contrat Unique d’Insertion) will replace all the existing employment contracts that gave work for a long or short term. The CUI is a long-term employment contract to help the workers to integrate the employment market more easily.
Those who live under the poverty line can now receive the RSA, a minimum solidarity benefit, which is 460.09 € per month for a single person without any children.
However, taxes and fees in transport and health are going to rise. TheTGV high speed train fares will increase by 1.9 % and the taxi fares by 1.2 %.
Of course, the social security taxes are also going to increase, especially the fares of the mutual insurance companies by 5 % and the daily cost of your stay in hospital from 16 to 18 €.
In the French Health System, you can choose private or public medical services.
Public medical service by public hospitals for those who benefit from the compulsory minimum medical cover (couverture sociale) (student's health insurance scheme, the CMU, etc.) on presentation of your medical insurance card.
Some General Practitioners (docteurs généralistes) give treatments in hospitals without an appointment in a "public sector" or with and appointment in the "private sector".
But most GPs work in town (privately). You are free to choose your doctor.
Most specialists can be consulted at the hospital on recommendation of your usual GP.
For minor medical problems you should consult a pharmacist (pharmacien), then a GP if it is necessary.
For medical assistance on weekends or in the middle of the night, you may call SOS Médecins: 04 78 83 51 51 or dial one of the other emergency numbers.
Home visit by a doctor (only General Practitioners), chemist expenses, especially at night, on Sundays and Public holidays, are at supplementary rates.
The standard fee for a GP is 21 euros. The doctor will give you a reimbursement sheet (feuille de remboursement) that you have to send to your social security center.
The French Health System
1. It provides a large choice of GPs and specialists
2. It is funded by French employees (20% of their gross salary) and by the State (Social Security, la sécurité sociale)
3. To be reimbursed you must subscribe to the Social Security and have your Social Security Vitale card
4. To qualify for full reimbursement, you must register with your usual GP
5. You personally contribute to the system by taking out an insurance policy (mutuelle) to cover the difference that is not reimbursed.
You may have more information about the French Health System, the affiliation to the system, insurance policy and a glossary of terms by reading Peter Owen’s guide, Healthcare in France. A Guide for the Expatriate.
The French Health System is one of the best in the world. However, it is still difficult to find local doctors. Many foreigners or international expats do not know where to go in Lyon when they are sick, or need medical help.
What is more, some of them would appreciate to find English-speaking doctors English-speaking doctors in Lyon (see the list below)
Medical resources in Lyon
The US embassy gives further details about English speaking medical services and doctors available in Lyon.
General Number for Public Hospital, 69000 Lyon Tel: 08 20 08 20 69
Bron Hospital femme et enfant (for babies and their mothers): 59 bd Pinel, Bron, 0 820 0820 69
Clinique du Parc, 86 Blvd des Belges, 69006 Lyon Tel: 04 72 44 88 00
Eugène André Hospital , 107 rue Trarieux, 69003 Lyon Tel: 04 72 68 40 00
La sauvegarde Hospital, 42 avenue Ben Gourion la Duchère Tel: 04 72 17 26 26
69009 Lyon
Saint Anne Lumière Hospital , 85 cours Albert Thomas Tel: 04 72 13 67 67
69003 Lyon
Clinique Saint Louis, 100 rue de la Bourbonnais, 69009 Lyon Tel: 04 72 19 29 29
Cardio Vasculaire et Pneumologie, 28 av. Doyen Jean Lépine, 69500 Lyon Tel: 04 72 35 73 52
Neurology Neurochirurgical, 59 Bd Pinel, 69500 Lyon Tel: 08 20 08 20 69
English Speaking Doctors in Lyon
Dentists (dentistes)
Emergency medical assistance (les urgences)
SOS Doctors, 10 Place Dumas de Loire, 69009 Lyon Tel: 04 78 83 51 51
Give your name, address, phone number.
General Practitioners (médecins généralistes)
Faysse (Dr) Dominique, 25 Rue Garibaldi, 69006 Lyon Tel: 04 78 93 13 25
Frankel (Dr) Patrick, 1 Quay Raoul Carrié, 69009 Lyon Tel: 04 78 43 45 40
Gaillard (Dr) Alain can speak English fluently, 30 rue des Remparts d'Ainay, 69002 Lyon Tel: 04 78 38 00 31
Rouach (Dr) Ruth can speak English fluently, 25 rue Bugeaud, 69006 Lyon Tel: 04 78 52 25 48
Robert (Dr) Corinne can speak English fluently , 46 rue des Eaux Claires, 38100 Grenoble Tel: 04 76 48 36 00
Orthodontists (orthodontistes)
Tartaix (Dr) Philippe H., 23 rue Centrale, 38230 Pont-de-Chéruy Tel: 04 72 02 33 23
Lung Specialist and allergist (pneumologues et allergologues)
Payot (Dr) Francois can speak English fluently, but he 143 rue de Sèze, 69006 Lyon Tel: 04 78 24 85 09
Pediatricians (pédiatres)
Goldberg, (Dr) Michel can speak English fluently , 55 avenue Alsace-Lorraine, 38000 Grenoble Tel: 04 76 46 38 41
Stagnara (Dr) Jean, 46 Cours F. Roosevelt, 69006 Lyon Tel: 04 78 24 47 68
Lafont (Dr) Marc, Commercial Center, 20 rue de Chavril 69110, Tel: 04 78 25 65 70
Ste Foy Les Lyon
Psychologist (psychologues)
Cain, Karen (Ph.D.) can speak English fluently, Cabinet Brac de la Perrière, 122 rue Bossuet, Tel: 06 84 54 22 73
69006, Lyon
Psychotherapist (psychothérapeutes)
Webb, Diane can speak English fluently
Tel: 04 72 24 11 61
18F residence Rose l’Haye, 90 av. Clémenceau, 69230 Lyon , St Genis Laval Fax: 04 72 31 04 87 10
Lyon in Snow and cold (Lyon sous la neige et dans le froid).
Road and rail transport (les transports routiers et ferroviaires) has been disrupted in the Rhone-Alps region since Friday when 11.8 inches lay on the ground.
In Lyon, snow started to fall January 7 late in the morning bringing chaos as many buses and most school buses stopped their services due to dangerous driving conditions.
About 3.9 to 7.9 inches of snow fell in Lyon as trucks over 7.5 tonnes (les poids lourds de plus de 7 tonnes 5) were not allowed to drive and the 18 vaccination centers were closed.
However, if the main roads were salted in advance, the driving conditions ( les conditions de circulation) have remained dangerous today on the side roads covered by 4 inches of snow in Lyon.
Fortunately, the planes have been allowed to leave since 11 a.m. at the Saint-Exupéry airport after about 1,000 passengers spent the night at the airport last night since many flights were cancelled.
Even if the snow stopped falling this morning in Lyon, many local people (beaucoup de Lyonnais) may have some trouble tomorrow to go to work if they cannot move their cars trapped in snowdrift (des congères).
Swimming and Aqua Activities for adults, children and babies
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