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Ode to Amélie-les-Bains

Kate 06/06/2025 0 Comments

Marc Anfossi , Parisien writer, wrote this poem when he came to Amélie-les-Bains to take the waters in January 1912.

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P-O LIFE SPRING/SUMMER 2025 IS ONLINE…AND ON THE STREETS

Kate 26/05/2025 3 Comments

Where to pick up your P-O Life mag….

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Collioure Defensive (in English)

Laura McLellan 24/05/2025 0 Comments

Collioure defensive – (re)discover the emblematic coastal town. Whatever your native language, you can enjoy the content and test your foreign language skills too!

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Collioure défensif (en français)

Laura McLellan 14/05/2025 0 Comments

Collioure défensive – (re)découvrez la ville balnéaire emblématique. Quelle que soit votre langue maternelle, vous pouvez profiter du contenu et tester vos compétences en langues étrangères !

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Test Your French. How well do you know Amélie-les-Bains?

Kate 27/01/2025 1 Comment

Test your French and Catalan language skills.

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Bon Marché & Useful French Phrases for a Bargain

Kate 12/01/2025 2 Comments

One of the world’s first real ‘department stores’ was ‘Au Bon Marché’ in Paris, designed by Gustav Eiffel.

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Unbelievably Bad Joke….but good for your French!

Kate 05/10/2024 1 Comment

Un médecin est convoqué devant le conseil de discipline de l’hôpital de Perpignan pour avoir insulté une infirmière.

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Améliorez votre anglais – summer 2023

Laura McLellan 24/07/2023 0 Comments

Check out our language exercises to improve your English

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A Year in the Life of P-O Life – the Book !!!!

Laura McLellan 07/02/2023 2 Comments

All that eggnog must have gone to our heads ‘cos we decided to write a book! Don’t worry, we haven’t gone all Shakespeare on you… it’s the same cheeky style and P-O content that we’re known for, just available on your Kindle in one neat little package, youpi!

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Améliorez votre anglais – summer 2022

Laura McLellan 31/08/2022 0 Comments

Check out our new look language exercises to improve your English

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