At the end of WW2I, the BBC used the opening lines of this poem to signal the start of D-Day operations.
The Château de Castelnou was also the base of one of the most successful Allied spies of World War II
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Do you worry about elderly parents living in France without family support, or in isolated areas?
Possessive adjectives are used to show ownership of objects and relationships between people. Do you know yours?
His stage name of Le Petomane (loosely translated as “the farter”) rather gives it away!
The “right to an account” , ‘le droit au compte’, ensures everyone’s right to have access to a bank account. But how does it work? What are the conditions? Click for the lowdown!
There is an old Provencal saying: “Plantez avant la Sainte Catherine et vous auriez de bonnes racines” – plant before 25 November to have good roots.
Gloriously rich and buttery (don’t think about the calories!) brioche is a versatile dough which can be used to make sweet rolls, burger buns, the classic brioche à têtes or parisiennes or the beautifully domed brioche Nanterre.
High above the village of Sorède, you will find the ruggedly impressive ruins of the Château d’Ultrera – the Castle of the Vulture
