Traditional Calçotadas take place in March (occasionally late Feb too!).
You would think that the shameful, over crowded camps on the P-O beaches would be unlikely places for art to flourish….READ ON
These are in fact caterpillar nests, constructed by the pine processionary caterpillar (chenille processionnaire) larva, who live in large ‘tents’ and march out at night in single file (hence the name) to feed on the pine needles.
1939 was a difficult year for France. Not only did it experience the indignity of an invasion on its North East border from Hitler’s hordes late in the year, the country suffered a very different incursion in its far South-West in the early months of the year.
French journalist and fiction writer Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (1868 -1927) is best known for writing the novel ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ (Le Fantôme de l’Opéra), first published in 1909
I adore you, my little flea. The French language of love!
French/Catalan humour at its weirdest?
For some time now, SMS scams have been on the increase….
Saint Valentine worried that soldiers would abuse their Christianity by indulging in the sin of extra marital nooky
Test your French with this funny story about parsnip pie.