Tuesday 5th September I’m running out of superlatives to describe the weather so I’ll just leave it to your imagination. Suffice to say that it is unquestionably Mediterranean. The builders started back with a vengeance…
We were particularly excited about this visit – firstly because we were going to see what the builder had done with the ground floor – he had been working on it while we were in…
If you go down to the woods today… APRIL 2006 Four communes in the Pyrenees are to receive ‘delivery’ of five Slovenian brown bears, four females and a male, who will be…
Wednesday 1st February After several days of distinctly un-south-of-Francish weather, the sun is out, the sky is blue and Spring is in the air. It is quite amazing how the temperature can change so drastically…
Born in Barcelona in 1923, painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor, Tàpies is credited with introducing contemporary abstract painting into Spain. He is considered one of the great master artists of the 20th century and is perhaps the best-known Catalan artist to emerge in the period since the Second World War.
Thursday March 2nd Well, here we are in March and spring has nearly sprung, fairly warm with sunny periods and mimosa and almond blossom around every corner, still a little unsure of itself but growing…
If you are thinking of buying or already own French property via a French civil property-holding company (‘SCI’) now is the time to consider or review the effect of French law and tax. Don’t leave…
Ohm sweet ohm As with all the work we are taking on, we are attempting to do it using the knowledge and experience we have gained in the UK and trying to apply this to…
December has slunk sneakily in without knocking, bringing with it some strong winds and an undeniable chill in the evening air. Some rather macho looking clouds swagger across the sky from time to time, but despite their menacing appearance, when we set forth for our morning constitutional, well wrapped up in winter woolies, it really was not that cold!
Tuesday 1st November Lapins, lapins, lapins! It doesn’t really have the same ring in French but I’m not actually sure if it really exists in English either or whether I’ve just made it up in…