The Chemin de la Liberte, a 50-mile trek, sets off over the Massif de Couserans in Ariège, one of the most difficult and treacherous escape routes over the Pyrenees,
Sugar not so sweet for your health by Marion Thornley One of the first tools of living a yogic lifestyle is to treat the body with respect, and of course this…
Saturday 8th – Sunday 9th March 2014 CRAC66 (Club Retro Automobile Catalogne 66) CRAC66 are holding their annual “Bourse” on the 8th/9th March in Amélie les Bains. It will run from 9.00…
Saturday 7th March 2015 Expo Joie de Vivre – Come and play with us! What is Art? This is a question that has stimulated debate and even anger for centuries, but has…
Me and my girls – Alpacas in the P-O Celine Peniston-Bird and her husband, Simon, moved from Surrey to the P-O, delighted to have found sun, sea and mountains so perfectly packaged…
AL REC Restaurant-Epicerie-Café Welcome to this old-fashioned mixture of a small restaurant/café and grocery where you can also purchase local produce and meet the natives! Run by Yvon, who delights in speaking English as well as Catalan, you…
A study carried out by French investment bank Natixis estimates that there will be 750 million French speakers and suggests that French will be the world’s most spoken language by the year 2050. Most…
With the rest I made ‘marmalade’, technically a confiture d’orange if you use these oranges instead of the bitter Seville variety, and I much prefer it. The spicy heat of the chillies balances the sweetness very nicely. Makes about 6 jars, depending on the size of the oranges.
Sunday 1st March 2015 Calçotada St Jean Pla de Corts The traditional calçotada’ in St Jean Pla de Corts will take place on Sunday 16th February, when you can down as many of these…
Saturday 28th February 2015 Le Grenat, Théâtre de l’Archipel, Perpignan ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE BARCELONE ET NATIONAL DE CATALOGNE directed by Andrés Salado ProgrammeEduard Toldrà (1895-1962) Empúries. Invocació a L’Empordà (sardane symphonique)Camille Saint-Saëns…