They say what goes up must come down…..and so the same is true in reverse (depending on your point of view and whether you’re buying euros or selling). The end of last week saw a…
These juicy and plump anchovies make a great snack or apero.
Stag steals vegetables A stag has taken to coming into the village of Dorres in Cerdagne and helping himself to the produce in the local vegetable gardens. He’s been coming in for 2 or 3 years and is getting bolder and bolder. At first he just raided plots on the outskirts, now he comes into the centre of the village in broad daylight and fences have been built to keep him out. He takes off whenever anyone tries to approach him.
Our field, which hubby had been carefully tending and which had started to resemble a crown bowling green looked as if a drunk ploughboy on steroids had been let loose on it all night. As well as brown ridges all across the field, the drystone walls which bordered the garden had been knocked down.
Government website www.gov.uk have launched a new section with advice for British nationals travelling and living in Europe, following the result of the EU referendum. It states that the government will negotiate new arrangements over…
Awarded the prestigious «most beautiful villages of France » award , the medieval village of Mosset, 50 kms west of Perpignan, welcomes you to its charming “Tour des Parfums” , a small, round museum dedicated to…
A trip on the ‘Train du Pays Cathare et du Fenouillèdes’ (TPCF) with its bright red and white carriages is not just recommended for train enthusiasts. Along the way, there are magnificent views, oceans of…
By Ellen Turner Hall For fans of Fauvism’s audacious use of colour, this is the show for you. Joel Desbouiges in his series of paintings “Conversation avec…” has reinterpreted Matisse’s red beaches and orange hills…
EXHIBITION: 1st July – 28th August 2016. Les Collections de Saint Cyprien in Saint Cyprien village Born in 1959 in Bédarieux, painter-sculptor Patrick Chappert-Gaujal studied at the Academy of Art in Perpignan from 1975 to 1980, and…
The Museum of Modern Art at Collioure and the Walter Benjamin Centre of Contemporary Art have announced that anyone who buys a ticket for either of these institutions will get in to the other one free. The tickets also entitle the holder to reduced rates for guided visits of the two communes organised by the tourist office and the little tourist trains of Perpignan and Collioure.