Sunday 8th June 2014 –from 9h30 Olive festival and parade of the Giants Place Méditerranée, Canet Plage Olive festival and local produce market where the ‘oléiculteurs’ (olive growers) get together to bring…
Guide to French Wine For people coming from the UK, French wines can pose a bit of a conundrum. Many British wine drinkers are used to New World Wines which name the grape variety on…
Sunday 1st June 2014 FÊTE DU PASTORALISME Ferme De Decouverte, St André In order to help ADPRL (Association pour la Défense et la Promotion des Races Locales Catalanes des P.O) to create different projects,…
In 1845, the Pacha Mehemet Ali was king of Egypt. He was surrounded by advisers from France, notably one Doctor Clot. The doctor was treating the king’s son, Ibrahim Pacha, who suffered seriously from bronchitis.…
Fixed speed cameras are on the decline, believed to be less efficient than mobile ones (radars mobiles de nouvelle génération) which are on the increase, as France makes plans to double mobile speed traps…
Monday 23rd June 2014 – Argelès Fête de la saint-Jean in Argelès FROM 19H30 – PLACE GAMBETTA – VILLAGE ☆ Gran Vetllada Catalana☆ Concert de la Chorale des classes billingues de l’école de…
Saturday May 24th 2014 LATINO Pop into Perpignan for a day in an Argentine village! Popular entertainer Violeta DUARTE brings together her two homelands, Argentina and Catalonia for a day of ‘LATINO’ on…
AND HERE IS THE NEWS…. a weekly update of the local news WITH CAROLINE HILL Man killed by train at Banyuls-sur-Mer – Police are still trying to discover the identity of a man who…
31st May – 1st June 2014 Fete de la Belle Epoque Vernet-les-Bains CANCELLED FOR THIS YEAR AND REPLACED WITH A VIDE GRENIER (SUNDAY) AND A ‘FÊTE CATALANE’ ON BOTH DAYS WITH DANCING AND…
Dinosaurs in Catalonia by Simon Newman Imagine a land of steaming swamps, belching bogs and forests full of ferocious F………. With that cheesy alliteration read in a gravely Hollywood baritone it could easily…