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French language classes while here and pre-inscription at a school is required anywhere between 18.00 and 19.00, depending on the company, your level in order to get the visa. and responsibilities. There are several language schools that cater to au pairs and their schedules. They include La Clef and Academie des Langues, both located in St Germain How to find Anglophone companies in France? en Laye. Fortune 500 lists the top 500 American public corporations. The FUSAC magazine could also help identify job openings reserved for English speakers • Declaring au pair to URSSAF or natives www.fusac.fr. Once your au pair has arrived, immatriculation is required under the French Social Security system with URSSAF within 8 days from the start of their work How to sell a foreign experience? as a Stagiaire Aide Familial. You will be required to pay social charges for Such an experience might enhance your adaptability, allow you to become your au pair during the length of their work contract with you. bilingual and multicultural by learning about another culture. • Getting medical coverage through the Caisse Primaire d’Assurance Maladie As their employer, you also need to sign up your au pair at the Caisse 7 Out and About Primaire d’Assurance Maladie (CPAM) for their medical insurance coverage. They will be assigned a temporary Social Security number. a Dinner out - Restaurants in the area FAQs: Children Friendly What is the best time to look for a job? Hippopotamus (www.hippopotamus.fr) in Louveciennes. The beginning of a fiscal year is generally a favorable time (companies have approved their budget). The summer vacation period (July/August) can be Chez Clément (www.chezclement.com): in Bougival is an excellent place for good to get interviews since people can be less busy, but decisions are not lunch with young kids, especially on Saturdays as there’s a ‘babysitter’ with generally made during that period. Other school vacations are not good timing colouring-in activities and bags of sweets when you leave. either, as everything tends to slow down. Courte Paille (www.courtepaille.com). How long does it take on average to find a job? Restaurant des Ibis, on Ile des Ibis in Le Vésinet: the kids can play outside It can vary dramatically (3 months, 6 months, a year…). The recruitment (www.pavillondesibis.fr). process in large corporations is generally longer than in small companies. Les Rives de la Courtille sur l’Ile de Chatou (www.lesrivesdelacourtille.com). Where to find employment or training events relevant to your sector? How much do I tip the waiter in a restaurant? The APEC and ANPE as well as the job search websites advertise most A 15% tip is already included in the bill. However, depending on the quality of employment events in France and keep up-to-date calendars. You should the service you may leave an additional tip. consult them regularly. See also the “Chambre de Commerce” (for example in Here are a few examples to be used as a guideline only: Paris or Versailles) for training events. In a café (coffee and croissants) you may leave a few cents What about part-time work in France? In a café (bill totals about 30€) you may leave about 1.50€ In a restaurant (bill totals about 80€) you may leave about 4 to 5€ Working part-time is possible in France but usually not compatible with high In a nicer restaurant (bill is about 230€) you may leave about 7 to 12€ profile jobs with high responsibilities. Depending on the sector, employers are more or less open to part-time work. It can be negotiated. There is no general What should I bring when invited to dinner by a French colleague/friend? rule. The same comments apply to home-based work. When you don’t know the person well, flowers are always nice (except for When does a typical day of work start and finish in France? chrysanthemums which are used for funerals, and carnations which are as- sociated with bad luck), a box of chocolates or a chilled bottle of champagne. An average day of work in France starts at 09.00 or 09.30 and can finish 36 Working in France Out & About 37 b Tourist Tips (Tourism) All (all ages), M (Maternelles), P (Primary), S (Secondary) 78 Yvelines The local Tourist Office (Office de Tourisme) is a good place to start when you first arrive in a town. Here you can get maps and lots of valuable information All: Museum P: Theme Park and leaflets. St Germain en Laye Elancourt Museum Départemental Maurice Denis Le Prieuré France Miniature Departmental Tourist Office: www.ot-saintgermainenlaye.fr www.musee-mauricedenis.fr. www.franceminiature.com Info. Tourism Paris-Ile-de-France: Tel. 08.03.81.80.00: www.paris-ile-de- All: Museum P: Farm - pick your own fruit and animal farm france.com. St Germain en Laye Saint-Cyr, Ferme de Gally Pariscope www.pariscope.fr and l’Officiel des Spectacles, weekly guide to Museum of National Antiquities www.gally.com what’s on in Paris and suburbs. www.musee-antiquitesnationales.fr Parigrammes guides in French and English written by and for Paris lovers M-S-A: Museum All: Museum, Animal farm www.parigramme.com St Germain en Laye Rambouillet Park, Museum Claude Debussy Bergerie Nationale, train museum 78 (Yvelines) www.ot-saintgermainenlaye.fr www.bergerie-nationale.educagri.fr Routes Touristiques en Yvelines: La Route des Ecrivains/des Musiciens/des S-A: Museum All: Forests St Germain en Laye St Germain en Laye Peintres www.jedecouvrelafrance.com Museum Vera Marly-le-Roi www.ot-saintgermainenlaye.fr Rambouillet All: Museum, Castle All: Museum Marly le Roi Croissy-sur-Seine Museum Château de Monte-Cristo La Grenouillère www.chateau-monte-cristo.com http://pagesperso-orange.fr/grenouillere/ pages/french.htm M-S-A: Painter’s house All: Museum Chambourcy Vicq La Roseraie, Maison André Derain Musée d’Art Naif www.yvelines.fr/culturel/musees/3_musee.htm www.midan.org All: Castle All: Museum and Park Choisel Marly le Roi Le Château de Breteuil and Park Musée promenade www.breteuil.fr www.marlyleroi.fr All: Castle All: Museum Maisons Laffitte Jouy en Josas Château de Maisons Museum of printed fabric www.maisonslaffitte.net/chateau.htm www.jouy-en-josas.fr All: Castle, Park, Museum All: Museum Versailles Poissy Château de Versailles, Trianons and le Petit Hameau Toy museum www.chateauversailles.fr www.ville-poissy.fr M-S-A: Museum All: Wind Surfing Lake Versailles St Quentin en Yvelines Musée Lambinet Base de Loisirs www.musee-lambinet.fr www.bases-loisirs-iledefrance.fr All: Animal Park All: Wildlife Park La Queue les Yvelines Thoiry La Serre aux Papillons, butterfly aviary Parc de Thoiry www.infoparks.com/flashfr/r_parcs/france/parcs/ www.thoiry.net F78003/frameset.htm. 38 Out & About Out & About 39 All (all ages), M (Maternelles), P (Primary), S (Secondary) All (all ages), M (Maternelles), P (Primary), S (Secondary) 75 Paris 94 Val de Marne P: Bateaux Mouches All: Museum + botanical garden All: Castle P: Park “Croisière Enchantée & Les Lutins Musée d’histoire naturelle (evolution gallery) Vincennes Vincennes Parc Floral Parisiens” www.bateauxparisiens.com Jardin des Plantes Château de Vincennes www.parcfloraldeparis.com www.mnhn.fr www.chateau-vincennes.fr All: Aquatic Park P: Animal Park P: Zoo Aqua Boulevard/Forest Hill Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes Vincennes www.forest-hill.eu/aqb/ www.hominides.com/html/lieux/menagerie- Zoo de Vincennes zoo-jardin-plante-paris.html www.boisdevincennes.com/site/zoo.php3 All: Museum All: Mosque 95 Val d’Oise La Villette, Cité des Sciences and music Mosquée de Paris (+ tea-room and ham- www.cite-sciences.fr mam) M-P: Castle www.mosquee-de-paris.org La Roche Guyon P: Museum All: “Mme Tussaud” Château de la Roche-Guyon Musée de la Poupée (dolls) Musée Grévin www.chateaudelarocheguyon.fr www.museedelapoupeeparis.com www.grevin.com 28 Eure et Loir P: Museum Musée de la Curiosité et de la Magie All: Castle All: Chapel www.museedelamagie.com Anet Dreux P: Theme park Château d’Anet La Chapelle Royale Jardin d'Acclimatation Bois de Boulogne www.chateaudanet.com www.ot-dreux.fr www.jardindacclimatation.fr All: Chartres Town + cathedral 92 Hauts de Seine www.chartres-tourisme.com Malcolm Miller, expert guide 02.37.28.15.58 M-P: Castle All: Park and Circus Rueil Malmaison Villeneuve la Garenne Josephine’s château Chanteraines park 60 Oise www.chateau-malmaison.fr Journée au cirque http://www.villeneuve92.com/cadre-de-vie All: Castle All: City M-P: Museum P: Theme park Compiègne Beauvais cathedral + town Chatou Jardin d’Acclimatation Bois de Boulogne Museum du Château de Compiègne www.cathedrale-beauvais.fr Maison Fournaise www.jardindacclimatation.fr www.musee-chateau-compiegne.fr www.chatou.fr/chatou/ch060603.asp All: Museum All: City All: Indoor rock climbing Chantilly Senlis Pantin and Issy-lès-Moulineaux Musée Condé Cathedral + picturesque town MurMur www.chateaudechantilly.com www.ville-senlis.fr www.murmur.fr All: Museum All: Theme park 93 Seine-Saint Denis Chantilly Parc Asterix Horse museum www.parcasterix.fr All: Stadium All: Museum www.museevivantducheval.fr Saint Denis Le Bourget All: City + art P: Theme park Stade de France Air museum Auvers-sur Oise Ermenonville www.ville-saint-denis.fr www.mae.org van Gogh’s town Mer de sable All: Church www.auvers-sur-oise.com www.merdesable.fr Saint Denis www.chateau-auvers.fr Basilique de Saint-Denis www.ville-saint-denis.fr 40 Out & About Out & About 41 All (all ages), M (Maternelles), P (Primary), S (Secondary) Bike Tours • Paris à Vélo c’est sympa! 01 48 87 60 01, 22 rue A.