DUers in FRANCE

[Bushfire]

will be traveling to France in Aug or Sept, and would like leads to rent an apartment or room in a house if possible for two weeks. I'm fluent in the language, and would be traveling on my honeymoon. We certainly wouldn't be around much, as we both want to do as much sight seeing as possible. Any websites that specialize in rentals for foreigners also would be appreciated, but would prefer to meet a DUer who has a local connection to Paris. I don't expect we would spend the whole time in Paris either.

A Bientot!

[cyclezealot]

1. WE are Democrats who live near Perpignan.

We have met lots of UK Socialists, not so many American Democrats down here , near Spain.

[GoneOffShore]

2. Here are some links to help you out

Added on edit - Sorry, I didn't read the date right. I'm still in 2006 and hungover from my birthday on Sunday. So, this is out of date for you. Hope you had a good trip. I'm not going to delete though because someone else might be able to use the links.


Believe it or not Women of the American Church in Paris http://www.woac.net/

http://www.demsfrance.org/

http://www.democratsabroad.org/

For apartment rentals.

http://www.ilparisapartments.com/a_mazarine1.htm We've stayed in one of their apartments, very nice - It's the Cherche Midi property.

If you want a cheaper - ie 85/90 US Dollars a night you can do much worse than this place http://www4.ncsu.edu/~leila/Parisstudio.htm
We've stayed there and love it. But because it has an Ikea futon and we're getting older we've moved on to places with beds.

A little more upscale in Paris http://www.parismarais.com/

We haven't rented flats outside of Paris, but have stayed in chambres d'hotes, and gites. Try http://www.gites-de-france.com/fr/gites_ruraux

If you want recent restaurant reccomendations for Paris, Loire, Burgundy, I can post them as well.


http://thinkparis.com/index.cfm

[cyclezealot]

3. TODAY is election day in France.

and ROussillon is one of the most leftist areas of France.

[reggie the dog]

4. The Var

Being on the left in the Var means being part of one third of the population. Oh well. The manifestations are still nice though.