Used regularly in the media since Covid, ‘une quatorzaine’, was previously a legal term.
When the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659) decreed that Spain hand over Roussillon and 33 communes of the Cerdagne to France, the small town of Llivia, in the Cerdagne, somehow managed to remain Spanish. It remains to this day, a little…
Departments with a notable fall in sales were Charente Maritime (-22%), Gironde (-23%) and Pyrénées-Orientales (-23%).
The British Ambassador to France, Menna Rawlings, shares her festive thoughts on French-British relations in the December Embassy newsletter, Voisins Voices.
Riverchurch is a community of English speaking Christians in the P-O. Their current pastor is set to retire in May and so the congregation are looking for another place of worship.
Since Monday 2nd December, foreign tourists must provide operators of hotels, campsites and car rental services with information such as their identity, gender, home address, telephone number and means of payment, including expiry date of the card.
‘Tis the season to be jolly, but also to be kind to those around us, and the planet! After a year particularly affected by conflict, the displacement of people, poverty and the spread of disease, French disability charity, Handicap International are running a festive campaign that’s easy to support.
Bûche de Noël – Suzanne Dunaway shares her PO-inspired recipes in this weekly blog.
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? Why not have a go at singing the French version?
Oysters! Not everybody’s tasse de thé….but this recipe for Huîtres Gratinées au Champagne might just change your mind.