The This is join us in France episode 49 for the first week of January 2015.

Hello, I'm Annie, and I wish you a wonderful and happy new year.

I hope you enjoy that little ditty,

and thank you to my father-in-law, David Sargent, who put that together. little serious music but he also loves to do little funny didies so that's that's great

thank you very much today I'm recording this episode solo for the first time

and I'll answer a question from Matt from Somerville, Massachusetts about traveling to

friends with children, which is a big question that I've wanted to talk about for a long time,

so I'll try to do it justice.

So it's a new year. I have not made any personal new year resolutions because I'm a

realist and I know it's probably futile but I do want to improve the show in a few ways, and let me tell you how.

There are some things I'm going to bring to the podcast on a regular basis.

Okay, so the first thing I'm going to do differently this year with the show is that I'll answer

questions on the show. I always answered questions on Joinisin France.com, the website, but some of you

listeners never really visit the website

shame on you but this is primarily a podcast so it makes sense to answer on the

show rather than only on the website.

So I promise I will answer more of your questions on the show.

And also, you, the listener, know best what's useful information to you and some of you are really not shy about asking which is wonderful and I want to encourage that

So please continue to ask away in You can use any of the comment areas of Joining in France.com.

I get notified no matter where you write it.

Or on the Facebook group, it's called Join Us in France, Travel Podcast, or you could even email me,

it's Annie at join us in France.com. And I will collect all the questions and answers in an FAQ, frequently asked question that you will find

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