It seems that the French want their own ***EXIT. In fact, over 53 per cent of the French voted in favour of a referendum on the country’s membership of the EU. As June looms, and…
France continues to bring in new initiatives in an attempt to cut down the mountains of paperwork involved in pretty much anything official. Whilst it has been possible to pay parking and speeding fines online…
UPDATE Coco is back!!!! She arrived half an hour ago, dirty and tired but alive and home!! I’m so happy, this week has been awful! A huge thank you to everyone who gave their support…
French Tax return dates 2016 This year’s deadline for the “paper” version of your tax return is Monday, May 18, 2016 (midnight). From Tuesday, April 13th, 2016, taxpayers can declare their income on www.impots.gouv.fr, in which…
By Ellen Turner Hall People absorbed in the simple pleasure of eating ice cream on a hot summer’s day. These are the subjects of Emmanuelle Jude’s new show “Un après-midi à Collioure” at Galerie Odile…
Christmas 2008 was to be our second Christmas since moving to France and we were determined that it would not be a repeat of the previous year’s disaster (in brief: sandwiches, rain, Bournemouth).
he very heavy hail storm on Sunday in Céret and elsewhere in the department didn’t affect the cherry blossom as the trees are mostly still in bud….
Restaurant Review Spring 2015 With Kate and Mates I am no gourmet ‘foodie’ but I know what I like. Fresh, tasty food, good and friendly service, clean cutlery, crockery and loos, and prices that…
by Eugene Barter (Reviewed by Katja Willemsen) Take two dollops of Peter Mayle, add a generous measure of Julia Child, drizzle with red wine then simmer slowly under sunny skies for seven years. The…
The white-hot, eleven-year love affair between Louis XIV and his second Maîtresse en Titre, Athénaïs, Marquise de Montespan. Among her many nicknames were La Reine Sultane, The Diamond Marquise, The Beautiful Enchantress, The Torrent, and Quanto.