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Food for Thought: Spring Soup Velouté


Suzanne Dunaway LOVES to cook. Some might say she LIVES to cook. Having cooked, written and painted around the world, here she shares her PO-inspired recipes in this weekly blog.

16/05/2022

Le Racou, Pyrénées-Orientales


It’s 1946. War is over. On the sandy tracks of the Racou beach village, amidst fishermen’s huts and makeshift shelters thrown together in darker days by Spanish refugees, people, laugh, drink, share a pastis....

15/05/2022

Réserve Naturelle at Nyer


If you want to discover wild landscapes, full of delights, with a rich and diverse flora and fauna, look no further than the Nyer Reserve.

15/05/2022

Present Tense Conjugations Quiz


There are two forms of the present tense in English - I play / I am playing. In French, there is only one. How well do you know how to use it?

15/05/2022

Another Scam Warning


In this scam, the caller, a woman spoke French with a foreign  accent, and said she was from the EDF.

14/05/2022

Théâtre de l’Etang, Saint Estève


Théâtre de l’Etang in Saint Estève- have you been? If not, you’re missing out on great entertainment at prices that make regular theatre-going easy.

14/05/2022

Walk: Chapelle St Laurent, Argelès


This is a moderately easy walk up to and round a circuit in the wooded hills above Valmy Chateau, peaceful,…

13/05/2022

Notre Dame de la Merci, Planès

Is it a church? Was it a mosque? Does the curious clover leaf shaped Notre Dame  de la Merci in…


Test Your French…..with a smile

Another silly joke with French English vocabulary at the end.


TEST YOUR FRENCH: SING IT! Ne me Quitte Pas

There are loads of different ways of improving your French. We all learn differently, and as we grow older, one…


High Pollen Count

The P-O is on red alert for pollen allergy. According to the RNSA (National Aerobiological Surveillance Network), responsible for the analysis…


Walk: Tour de Massane Circular

with Tim and Chris Parker This is a very good circular walk from the Chateau de Valmy near Argeles. Total…


WHO TO CALL IN A MEDICAL EMERGENCY IN FRANCE

The SAMU is the French hospital based emergency medical service, providing round-the-clock phone support, and swift and appropriate emergency call…


Vide-greniers (car boot sales)

Everyone loves a vide-grenier! Check out these dates and let us know if we've missed any.


P-O Life Arts Anthology : Travel

A reminder of lockdown - lest we forget!... times of hardship give rise to great creativity We publish here with…


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