If you arrive like I did, on a winter’s night iduring, you are in for quite a surprise.
Following our recent articles on la Retirada, a P-O Life reader very kindly contacted us with photos and memories of a hike that they undertook back in 2017.
Exploring the rocky plateaux of the Corbières at Caves, a circular walk at low level with 200m of gentle ascent on rocky paths.
You are required by law to produce the following reports when your French property is sold. The DPE (Energy Performance Certificate) has to be provided when the property is advertised for sale.
Any time is a good time to pack a picnic and head for the majestic Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes that overlooks Port de la Selva in Spain.
Meaning ‘if you go away’, the original French lyrics are simple and lovely.
Fire damage resulting from a chimney fire is one of the most common insurance claims in France.
You would think that the shameful, over crowded camps on the P-O beaches would be unlikely places for art to flourish….READ ON
These are in fact caterpillar nests, constructed by the pine processionary caterpillar (chenille processionnaire) larva, who live in large ‘tents’ and march out at night in single file (hence the name) to feed on the pine needles.
1939 was a difficult year for France. Not only did it experience the indignity of an invasion on its North East border from Hitler’s hordes late in the year, the country suffered a very different incursion in its far South-West in the early months of the year.