Bringing cigarettes into France from Spain Customs booths on the A9 motorway have been dismantled, and the physical border between France and Spain has been pulled down. However, beware! Despite the Schengen agreement of 1995,…
Thursday December 2nd Strange kind of weather to herald in December. It was actually quite warm yesterday, but with low cloud so it felt as if it was drizzling some of the time. Quite decent…
Taking a cure in France is a bone fida medical treatment. The French truly believe in the healing properties of their thermal waters and three week treatments are prescribed on the health system. This hilarious diary of a curiste explains exactly what is involved.
November Mumbles in the Mountain with Jenny Rhodes Early November 2010 November blasted in with high winds which whisked the last leaves off my one and only tree. The poor thing looks so forlorn. Most…
The show must go on! In spite of torrential storms during this year’s Fête des Vendanges at Banyuls-sur-Mer, the Fanfare Bands played on, à la Titanic. Basil Howitt reports. In our part of the world,…
Perpignan: Healthy Democracy or Banana Republic? Basil Howitt offers the first of two updates on Perpignan’s surreal smelly socks election saga that began a year ago last March. Following a final ruling by the Conseil…
October mumbles in the mountain 3 With Jenny Rhodes in Les Angles 3 Monday 4th October OK guys I accept that summer has gone and is now just a distant memory as we have had…
FURTHER UPDATE October 2010 Oh Jesus! Despite opposition from the mayor, Jésus Moreno will go ahead with the official opening of the ‘biggest brothel in Europe’ on October 21 in La Jonquera Since its legalization…
Maurice Matieu: Shadows By Ellen Hall The Museum of Collioure stands among terraces of pines and olive trees rising to the restored mill, its arms wide open to the wind. In the current exhibition of…
FURTHER UPDATE October 2010 The dismantling of the police booths on the A9 motorway began this week. The whole border is to be pulled down, but beware! There is talk of retaining a speed limit…