Thursday December 2nd Strange kind of weather to herald in December. It was actually quite warm yesterday, but with low cloud so it felt as if it was drizzling some of the time. Quite decent…
[(I met Jenny Rhodes for the first time in 2008, in their deliciously cosy cottage in the heart of Les Angles, just a five minute walk from the ski slopes. Rosy, fun and delightfully chatty,…
Ryanair Agrees 5 Year Extension of its Barcelona Girona Base (taken from Ryanair website ) LAUNCHES SUMMER 2011 SCHEDULE 63 ROUTES, 8 NEW ROUTES TO COCHSTEDT, KARLSTAD, KRISTIANSTAD, PLOVDIV, RZESZOW, SZCZECIN, SKELLEFTEA &…
Parting Potpourri Basil Howitt welcomes the inauguration, at last, of the trans-frontier TGV link between Perpignan and Figueres. He also ties up a few loose ends left dangling from one or two of his earlier…
Bringing cigarettes into France from Spain Customs booths on the A9 motorway have been dismantled, and the physical border between France and Spain has been pulled down. However, beware! Despite the Schengen agreement of 1995,…
Thursday December 2nd Strange kind of weather to herald in December. It was actually quite warm yesterday, but with low cloud so it felt as if it was drizzling some of the time. Quite decent…
Taking a cure in France is a bone fida medical treatment. The French truly believe in the healing properties of their thermal waters and three week treatments are prescribed on the health system. This hilarious diary of a curiste explains exactly what is involved.
November Mumbles in the Mountain with Jenny Rhodes Early November 2010 November blasted in with high winds which whisked the last leaves off my one and only tree. The poor thing looks so forlorn. Most…
The show must go on! In spite of torrential storms during this year’s Fête des Vendanges at Banyuls-sur-Mer, the Fanfare Bands played on, à la Titanic. Basil Howitt reports. In our part of the world,…
Perpignan: Healthy Democracy or Banana Republic? Basil Howitt offers the first of two updates on Perpignan’s surreal smelly socks election saga that began a year ago last March. Following a final ruling by the Conseil…