A useful site to help with understanding French rules and regulations is the English language section of the Notaires de France website.
From March 18th, 2025, all holders of the the credit card-format identity card (CNIe) can register their carte Vitale on their phone.
Although its origins are a little hazy, many believe that the tradition of April Fool’s Day was actually born in France in the 16th century.
Test Your French: Et Dieu créa Adam et Eve. A short story with French/English vocabulary at the end to help you to improve your French.
The Fortress of Salses was capable of housing 300 horses and 1,500 men. It needed 50 bakeries, sheep, pigs, and cows for milk and butter.
A teatime treat baked on rare rainy days by Kate’s husband, Olivier!
This is one of our favourite circuits that we have done fairly regularly in the last few years. Recently there have been extensions and improvements to the EV8 cycle path which passes by Sorède, so we decided to try them out.
Test your French and have a giggle with this cheeky story of when the Pope came to Perpignan (not based on true events!)
As winter approaches, watch out once again for bogus charity collectors, both in the streets and on your doorsteps. Last year, they called themselves SOS 116 and declared themselves to be linked with Emmaus of Perpignan.
Ticks are not insects, but tiny blood sucking parasites which live in woodland and grassy areas, closely related to spiders.