Have you ever tasted Billi bi, a soup of mussel stock, white wine, and cream?
Though undoubtedly an artistic genius Dali had some pretty unsavoury habits …..
We’re all so careful of scams and cons, that we may actually miss important information. Here’s Kate’s tale of woe regarding health rights in France.
We are undoubtedly spoilt for fabulous ‘stations balnéaires’ (seaside resorts) here in the P-O , but many of them are all about the beach and the sea itself – which means there’s not much going on in winter and early spring. Saint Cyprien however is an all-year-rounder.
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
Nature quiz
Pentecôte was a public holiday until 2005, when the French government, led by President Chirac, decided to cancel it!
Did you know that every year, hundreds of hectares of forest and brush land are destroyed by fire?
Did you know that the word ‘apéritif’ comes from the Latin ‘aperire’ meaning to open or uncover? As it is typically served before a meal to whet the appetite, (as opposed to a ‘digestif’, which is served at the end of a meal to aid digestion), it opens both appetites and a bottle or two.
WALK THE REGION WITH LYN AND ARTHUR SAVILLE Cassanyes to Belesta Circular This is a lovely walk, which takes about 31/2hours including lunch break (take a picnic) and an occasional pipi break! (pause pipi sauvage)…