Walking the GR10 Trail in the French Pyrenees with Patrick O’Connell
In these days of Email, Facebook and Instagram, many of us have relaxed our formal writing style – in many cases little TOO much.
A collection of P-O inspired haiku poems.
A new three-part documentary film on the “Disparues de la gare de Perpignan”, is due to be broadcast in early 2024 on TF1’s Grands Reportages program.
Jane Mann describes her visit to the olive and bean festivals in southern Catalonia…..
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
Adapted by TF1 from a Spanish series ‘Monteperdido’, all 6 of the 52 minute episodes of ‘Rivière Perdue’ are filmed in the Vallespir between Arles-sur-Tech, Amélie-les-Bains, Céret, Prats-de-Mollo, and Le Boulou.
First created during the reign of Louis XIV, these candied glazed chestnuts are eaten around Christmas time in France, a fairly costly luxury as true marrons glacés take several days to cook from start to finish.
Great news, travel junkies! The powers that be have given the go-ahead for cross-border transport, and at just 1€ per journey you can border hop as often as you like this summer.
Scams. A general rule of thumb: if it looks too good to be true, it probably is!