Etienne Conte: Eye Witness By Ellen Turner Hall For someone who describes himself as shy, Etienne Conte overcomes his natural reticence when talking about photography. A native of Roussillon, he describes himself as a “flaneur”,…
Comparing French bank rates online From 1 January 2011, French banks have committed to showing a list of rates for 10 standard services on their websites, to allow consumers to compare like with like…
Warning: Beware of the ‘Loi Nome’ Beware of a new law that threatens to cause your electric bill to sky-rocket: the Loi Nome (Nome Law). It will pass in January 1st 2011 and applies to…
Tuesday 4th January Happy New Year! And dare I add that I’m so glad it’s all over? At the risk of sounding like Madame Bahumbug, I have to admit that it hasn’t been the most…
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…