New family for Pimpon
Pimpon, the parrot that was left in Perpignan airport has found a new home.
A Study of the Mineral Waters of the Pyrenées Orientales, Anglada, Montpellier 1833. (Traité des Eaux Minérales, Anglada , Montpellier 1833. Available on Google Books.
The day arrived and a group of well-coiffured ladies in their sixties and seventies climbed out of their hire cars. Each had a suitcase large and heavy enough to contain a dead body. After hubby and I had lugged these monstrosities upstairs we welcomed their owners with nibbles and wine and I thought I would take the opportunity to explain a little about Mas Pallagourdi and the area.
If you own, or are buying, a property in France and spend time here each year, you need to understand the rules about residency in France and the UK, so that you comply fully with the correct tax regime. Getting it wrong could cause problems with the taxman later, or result in you paying more tax than you need to.
29,347 more flashes in the P-O
The number of people caught by a speed camera doubled in the year from May 2015 even though the number of cameras did not change.
The next day we ventured forth to check our new trap and found it had been disturbed but not detonated. I was in the process of trying to disarm it when it went off with a huge bang and puff of smoke. For a few seconds we both thought we had been blown up. Hubby had actually been propelled across the lawn.
The bright and varied colours of many of the houses in coastal Catalan fishing towns and villages (Collioure, Port Vendres…) began with the fishermen using up paint left over from decorating their colourful Catalan ‘barques’.…
by Elaine Koerner Ceret Tourist Office Opens Its Doors at New Location The newly-relocated Ceret Tourist Office sports everything a traditional tourist office offers plus some impressive new high-tech bells and whistles. Opening day was…
There is so much more to the Pyrénées-Orientales than a beach and mountain holiday.
The rich heritage and history of the Catalan culture, in war and peace, has left its mark on the architecture, culture, and way of life in the Roussillon.
Whether you are interested in sport, architecture, art, singing and dancing, scenery, shopping, water parks, theme parks, there really is something for everyone.
When we’d first taken over the house the previous owner had explained to us that there was a ‘source’ in the mountain above us, that this was shared with our neighbours and that it was useful for watering the garden. Of course, we were pleased to hear this, especially considering the somewhat naive and idealistic, eco-friendly haze that we walked around in at that time.