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Ex-Scouse my French

Ex-Scouse my French

By Ex-Scouse My French

After 17 years of living in Liverpool, Han and Dan and their kids have moved to France. Follow the highs and lows of their adventures in a foreign land. With useful tips about moving into a new culture, plus learn completely useless French phrases in their weekly feature "French for maniacs".
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Immigration office

Ex-Scouse my FrenchNov 28, 2022

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Immigration office

Immigration office

It's the season finale and in our opinion the funniest and most surreal episode. Hannah has a lot of laughs at the immigration office. We decide who gets what if we divorce, and Hannah gives some essential tips for space travel in French.
Nov 28, 202255:54
Hobbies

Hobbies

We all try out new hobbies with varying success. As a French exercise, Dan challenges Han to complain to a butcher that her meat is actually a live Cow. And Dan meets the racist hairdresser of the village.
Nov 21, 202250:53
French Party

French Party

We went to a wild french family party where for some reason Hannah taught some French people the word “inbred.” We also chat about visiting Toulouse and Andorra and Dan’s desire to buy a campsite.
Nov 14, 202244:54
School

School

We interview the kids about school, chat about bastille day, and Hannah shares a very embarrassing story about when a neighbour knocked at the door and translator Dan was unavailable.
Nov 07, 202244:55
Visa Problems

Visa Problems

A major issue with the visa results in Hannah having to go back to England on her own for a month. Dan works hard having the kids in france while Hannah gets drunk in a caravan in liverpool. We also discuss forest fires and how to stay cool in the heat.
Oct 31, 202245:27
Exploring

Exploring

This episode we talk about our local area and how we chose it. Hannah shares a few french fails, we talk about a few people we've met and in "french for manics" we translate British song lyrics from 2008. 

Oct 24, 202243:16
Moving Day

Moving Day

We've arrived in France but due to a major problem with Hannah's Visa she has to return to England on her own for a whole month! We also chat about the stress of moving, the least relaxing leaving party and how much money it costs to move countries. This weeks "french for manics" is was inspired by Dan's very rude french grandma.

Oct 17, 202250:04
Dan finds a house

Dan finds a house

It's March 2022 Dan's Back from his recce and he's found us a house! We chat about how that happend and what our next steps are now, including how we get our kids into school. Hannah is working on selling almost everything she owns, and shares her most embarrassing facebook market place fails.

Oct 10, 202242:21
The Consulate

The Consulate

This time we begin with Hannah's existential crisis, then chat about Dan's almost disastrous trip to see the consulate, and just for laughs we role play what it would sound like if Hannah went to the doctor to get the pill using her current level of French.

Oct 03, 202240:06
The Plan

The Plan

On this first episode we talk about why we want to move to France along with our biggest fears about the move. We teach you some french you'll never need to know in our feature "french for maniacs" and Dan shares a genuinely useful tip on how to get an appointment with the French consulate.  

Sep 26, 202246:01
The Advert

The Advert

A little teaser of what you can expect in our new podcast.

Sep 21, 202202:56