This week we talk to French Connections HCB client, Mark. He has just returned from his first trip to the UK since moving to France and is surprised by how happy he is to be back on French soil.

“France feels like home, which is a bit strange considering we have only been here since the beginning of August!”

A couple of years ago, living in France was only a pipe dream for Mark and his partner, Rachel, but a nasty bout of Covid changed all that and gave them a new perspective.

Mark explains, “During the first Covid lockdown, Rachel and I were in discussions with our friends about doing a family holiday. We don’t have any kids but our friends have three, so we booked a fairly large house to accommodate everybody, with a pool, a decent sized garden and a BBQ, that sort of stuff.”

That holiday didn’t turn out as planned because UK’s Covid rules changed overnight.