This poem is hard to understand for those who have never lived in the Midi, or southern part of France, but once the hot summer days have been experienced, it makes perfect sense.
Blue-black peaks serrate the skyline on the Spanish side, the Roussillon plains sprawl all the way to the Corbière mountains, and the sea seems to stretch to the end of the world.
For 2021, Amélie les Bains Palalda Montalba is putting heart and soul into culture in all its forms – Covid permitting, of course!
If you’re lucky enough to have a pool, how can you make it more water efficient? Here are a few pointers.
In June you should be planting seeds for the coming year in both the potager and the flower garden
A shiny, blue-black merle is drinking from our terrace birdbath, throwing back his little orange beak and enjoying the cool water on this very hot day at the end of May.
French writer and poet describes the massacre as unspeakable, its wounds so deep that we dare not mention them, in this desolate poem, ‘Oradour’.
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
“If I had three words to describe myself they would be ‘passionate about food’. I am a chef, a baker and a Sourdough expert, and over time I have also become an author, a teacher and a food consultant. Seasonal produce is important to me and I like to incorporate this into my work.”
A Visit to La Chèvrerie / Fromagerie du Boulou to meet Nicolas & Marie Navarrete