Book Club: The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery. I would thoroughly recommend it, particularly to anyone with a French connection.
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
Book Club: Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver. Having now finished the book, I can say I think I enjoyed it but it took me a while to get going.
There are many perks to working chez P-O Life, but one of our favs is sampling the wares provided by our partners. This week, we were invited by the lovely Wendy, personal trainer and Pilates instructor at Fit 66, to join one of her weekly classes.
A Céret institution for more than 40 years, Alma of Alma Couture keeps her stock bang up to date with twice yearly visits to Paris fashion shows.
A geometric puzzle of improbable shapes. Such is Patrick Jude’s vision of the vine-sculpted terraces of his native Banyuls sur Mer.
Do we really need more “grandes surfaces” (out of town shopping malls) in the P.O? I ask after watching with disinterest the completion of yet another “shopping experience” by the side of the Route Nationale…
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
Recent excavations carried out by the Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives (INRAP) have unearthed a treasure trove of artefacts that should now make it possible for historians to reconstitute the medieval Jewish quarter of Perpignan
The iconic building of the Dames de France has been bought (once again) by the Mairie de Perpignan for 3 million euros.