Have you tasted syrup of pine cone à la Canigou yet?
Did you know that “La Marseillaise”, France’s national anthem, was actually composed in Strasbourg in 1792, not in Marseilles as we might assume?
According to legend, around about the tenth century, the infamous Simiots, ‘bêtes féroces assez semblables à des chats et même à des singes’ terrorised Arles-sur-Tech.
The word ‘terrorist’ actually sprung up around 1795 during the French Revolution.
Want to know how much your new neighbours paid for their house?
A ‘Proof of Accommodation’ document that your UK visitors could be asked to produce when entering France.
Many are the stories of ‘encantades’ or ‘bruixas’, (witches) in the history of the P-O..
Originally named Paladdanum, meaning ‘Dan’s Palace’, Palalda is a pretty medieval pedestrian-only village with bar, 10th century church and a sprinkling of artists/craftspeople
The original model used internationally for the teaching of C.P.R. (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) and colloquially known as “Resusci Annie’ was based on an anonymous drowned French girl sadly pulled out of the River Seine in the late 1880s.
Did you know that Marmite was named after a French cooking-pot?
