House Practical Details

FIRE, EMERGENCY NUMBERS

  RENSEIGNEMENTS                     dial 12

 DERANGEMENTS/SERVICE        dial 13

FRANCE TELECOM                       dial 14

  SAMU, AMBULANCE                  dial 15
POLICE                                            dial 17
POMPIERS, FIRE                            dial 18
Fire Extinguisher in upstairs hallway
Medical kit in bathroom

GENERAL GUIDELINES, IMPORTANT!

Limit grease in kitchen sink, use sink in barn for cleaning heavy and greasy pans!

Compost vegetable while disposing bones and fat in trash!

No Abrasives or harsh chemicals on porcelain and counters.

When cool, absent or with storms; shut shutters.

Please don’t move furniture!

Please conserve water.

Don’t encumber traffic in alley, park off the lane.

“Eau non-potable”, “non-potable water” for the garage, well and garden water!

No open flames; cigarettes and candles, upstairs

OTHER PRACTICAL CUES

Garbage: Across bridge, at intersection with D83. Sacks in kitchen pantry.

Glass: Must be kept separate from garbage. May be deposited in large green bins in all towns or left in sack in barn.

Clothes washing: The wash cycle is approximately two hours. The ECO cycle is adequate. Soap is added to the dispenser marked II in the machine’s loading lid. Laundry can be hung inside the barn or on the line north of the barn.

Towels and linens in bedroom dressers.

Neighbors

Yvette Christen, across river, south of florist, family friend
MarieRose & Jacque Dindinaud, west on asphalt road, 300m’s

Marie and Thierry Donovan, at entrance , on corner of the ‘hameau’
Mr & Mme Mazeau, west on rural road 1 km, fresh milk and friends
   Pierre Ferrand & Paulette Brion, immediate neighbors and friends
   Christian & Renee Prato, immediate neighbors to the south, reside in Lille

Telephone company's access no.’s
  France Telecom Information dial 12

Les trains, Les gares, Les Vols, Louers Voitures, etc:

SNCF Périgueux
    Accueil, Reservation, Tickets    05 53 08 23 00 or 08 36 35 35 35
    Schedule    05 53 09 50 50 or 08 36 67 68 69
  SNCF Angoulême
Reception, Accueil, Reservation, Tickets     05 45 69 61 65

CFTA Train & AutoCar Correspondences

05 53 08 43 13 

Angoulême to Brantôme 

tba...

Brantôme to Angoulême

Lundi                            06:50

Lundi au Samedi          13:00

      Lundi au Dimanche     17:40

Taxi Champagnaçois...

(please use when feeling indulgent, consequences strict...)

Champagnac-de-Belair  05 53 04 04 51

Car Rental
AutoEurope (Europcar in United States) 800 223 5555, Angoulême 05 45 92 02 02
Hertz    Angoulême 05 53 53 88 88

Renault Eurodrive (800) 221-1052   (212) 532-1221, Paris; (0)1 40 40 33 68 Roissy; (0)1 48 62 37 53

http://www.eurodrive.renault.com/anglais/a-livraison/aindex.htm

Airports
Orly Information 01 
    Charles de Gaulle Information 01 48 64 99 11 or 01 48 62 12 12
Airlines
    KLM 08 02 80 29 02 (Holland)
    American 01 69 32 73 07
    Air France 01 56 00 03 03
    Northwest 01 42 66 90 00
    Continental 01
    Air Inter 01 56 13 10 10
    TWA 01 49 19 20 00

BOOKS AND OTHER… 

Syndicats d’Initiative:

    Like chambers of commerce, excellent local resource  restaurants, fetes, etc., found in most villages.

   Maps and Books:
    Regional map, Decourvertes Regionales, Dordogne.
    Guide Michelin, Dordogne, Perigord-Quercy, Excellent all around guide book
    Perigord par Coeur, Reference on local history, activities, schedules.

Three Rivers of France, by Freda Wite, republished by Pavilion.
Dordogne, by Joy Law, published by Macdonald.
    Villages of France, by Joanna Sullam, Charlie Waite and John Ardagh, Weidenfeld Paperbacks