How and when to update your Carte Vitale
Did you know that the word ‘vaccine’ originally came from the Latin word vacca, or more common to us, the French word vache, meaning cow?
Celebrating the autumnal produce available at the P-O markets, Hilary Cacchio shares her mouth-watering recipe for saffron pears
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.
Cemeteries are busy on this day of remembrance and chrysanthemums are on sale on every street. Don’t offer them to your hostess when invited out for dinner! They are for the dead
October 2025 – Current rules, main exceptions, and upcoming/future changes for carrying liquids in hand luggage when travelling to and from the EU ✈️ Current Rules for Carrying Liquids on a Plane (France → England,…
Contact details and info here if you know of any of these massive nests needing destroying. Now is the time…and it’s free.
Toussaint, Castanyadas, Armistice 1918 and how The Unknown Soldier was chosen, and poor old ladies of over twenty-five….
Wonderful walk with views of Le Massif de Canigou. Very interesting industrial and cultural heritage.
If your spouse is becoming more and more reliant on you and unable to look after themselves, or you are looking after an elderly relative, then you are a carer or “aidant familial” in French.