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Mobile Phones and Roaming from India

Posted by Ira on April 20, 2009

Coming from India, roaming services are extremely costly and sometimes charge arbitrarily!

We have been very satisfied with our experience with Matrix Phone, and I would heartily recommend it!

These are the mobile service providers in France:

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Just arrived? Or planning to move to Paris?

Posted by Ira on April 20, 2009

A general site for finding information on miscellanous queries is

This Site

It is a great site to get an initial idea of what you need and how you can go about it. 

To give an example of the vast amount of information available on this site:

Metric and Imperial Conversion Charts and Tables

Public and School Holidays in France 2009/2010

French Clothing & Shoe Size Conversion

Driving in France & French Road Driving Rules

French Emergency Numbers and Information Websites

Learn More about France

Regional Weather and Climate Info

The Job Market in France

Table Etiquette and Restaurant Manners

Restaurants in France

French Food, Gastronomy of France

Glossary of the French Regional Food  

The Best French Wine Vintages  

Taxation in France

French Shops & Shopping in France

French Newspapers

Television in France 

Phone in France, Mobile Phones and Operators

Travel and Transport

Accessible/ Disabled Access Holidays

Vacations

Sightseeing in Paris, do a Paris Break!

French Hotels – Accommodation in France

French Riviera

 

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These are the best of other miscellaneous information sites

(will be updated regularly)

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Interesting and Useful Blogs in France (will keep updating)

Posted by Ira on April 20, 2009

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Online Supermarket and Cost of Living!

Posted by Ira on April 20, 2009

This is a great site for online shopping for groceries.

Don’t have time? Unable to make a trip to the local supermarket for whatever reasons?

Want Home delivery of your groceries?

Online Shopping Grocery

And I used this site before I came to India to estimate how costly things are, to get an idea about the cost of living in Paris!

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