[quote]HelenI don't know what they did about registering. There was a follow-up on this couple and after the hit and miss start they seemed to be managing well. I think they admitted that it was a time cons...[/quote] Hello from Australia! I also saw this program on cable out here recently I thought they didn't seem to make much of a living if you considered the time it took to get up and running. I also wonder about those shows as much as I love them, is it pretty easy to just buy property and set up over in France? Don't you need to have a visa to own property there? My husband and I are wanting to go to France in a year or so to caretake or house sit for people as well as live and learn to speak French. Would this be difficult to do? I'm sure I can get Irish Citizenship through ancestry which I believe I can work as a member of the European Union? Is this correct? I would certainly appreciate any information you can give me or direct me to. Thankyou, Kind regards, marilyn