Why retire in France?
The Earful Tower: Paris
Oliver Gee
4.8 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2018
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
This week I met with Kev Hay, a Brit who moved to the French countryside ten years ago for his retirement.
What's retired life like in rural France? Was it difficult to do? What are the obstacles?
Listen to Kev as he walks us through his journey.
And as usual, there's a lot more on Patreon. Kev hung around for a live video to answer questions from subscribers. Join the fun here.
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| 0:00.0 | Ear, full-tower listeners, it is a Thursday in the French countryside. You're listening to, well, |
| 0:04.5 | myself, Oliver G. and Kev Hay, who's a retiree from England. He's been here about 10 years, |
| 0:11.1 | and he's lived in countryside France since he retired. So he's going to talk about how to retire in France, |
| 0:16.8 | why retire in France, and also some of the pros and cons of choosing to move to France after you finish work? |
| 0:22.6 | If you think you hear the sound of birds in the background for this recording, |
| 0:26.6 | that's because I'm sitting on the patio of a lovely Airbnb in Vertui-sur-Sheront. |
| 0:33.6 | Maybe I can't pronounce it, but I do enjoy the tiny little village that I'm in in. So here comes Slim and the Beast, a bit of music to get you started |
| 0:40.3 | and then it's going to be Kev Hey and me talking about retirement in France. |
| 0:43.3 | Enjoy. |
| 0:44.3 | Enjoy. So, keep on my back, hold on tight. |
| 0:59.0 | Let's do it together. |
| 1:03.0 | Let's go for a ride. |
| 1:06.0 | Let's go for a ride. |
| 1:12.3 | So Kev Hey, welcome to the Eiffel Tower. |
| 1:14.7 | Thank you. |
| 1:15.3 | It's not every day that I sit on the patio of the French countryside with an Englishman |
| 1:19.6 | talking about retirement, but it's a pleasure to do it. |
| 1:22.6 | That's great. |
| 1:23.3 | So, as I said in the intro, you've been in France for a good, almost 10 years now. |
| 1:27.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:28.3 | Let's take it back to the beginning. |
| 1:30.3 | I know that you were thinking of not even coming to France. |
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