If you’re lucky, once you get to the airport, there isn’t really that much to say: but sometimes it doesn’t all run quite so smoothly, particularly in winter, and its useful to have a bit of local lingo to find out what’s going on.
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
Ascension weekend 12th to 16th May. Heavy traffic expected on French roads.
We all know that the P-O is a wine haven with bottles to suit all palettes and budgets…. but did you know, one of our local wine domains, les Vignobles de Terrassous, is breaking new ground, having been awarded the very first “oenorandonnée” (wine walking) label in the département.
WALK THE REGION Le Coronat from Jujols with Mike Rhodes The spectacular walled town of Villefranche de Conflent is well known to residents of the P-O but above the crags that tower over this…
Painted in the Catalan colours of ‘sang et or’ (blood red and gold), le petit train jaune was built at the beginning of the century in order to link the towns and villages high up in the mountains with Perpignan and Prades, the principal administrative towns. It links Villefranche-de-Conflent with La Tour de Carol, is 63 km long, and made up of wooden compartments with bench seating.
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
I thought I would take a few minutes to explain a very odd call ( well three of them actually) from someone purporting to be from SFR.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish painter and architect, known around the world for his architectural designs—finished his life in near poverty.
The ‘contribution à l’audiovisuel public’ (TV Licence!), is to be abolished permanently from 2022,