Crit’Air Criteria – in order to reduce urban pollution, petrol cars, vans and motorhomes first-registered before 1997 and diesels prior to 2001 are banned in certain areas of several major towns, with more to follow.
Hands up if the vocabulary and acronyms associated with the French Education System leave you standing outside the classroom door!
School holidays in France are organised according to three “holiday zones”, A, B and C, in order to manage the flow of French holidaymakers.
The UK ETA is a mandadory travel authorization issued by the UK to nationals of countries who are exempt from obtaining a UK visa.
British residents in France must now have a carte de séjour but this is not a substitute for a passport.
Its a scenario that none of us want to be in, but considering the recent events in the Aude region and various wildfires over the last few years, we need to consider how to keep safe if caught unawares.
Regular updates on water restrictions across the Pyrénées-Orientales.
It can come as quite a surprise just how much water is lost from a swimming pool via evaporation, due to heat, humidity and wind.
Summer is a great time to be in the P-O but it does also seem to bring out ill-intentioned people trying to ‘arnaquer’ (take advantage of) others.
Who to call if you have a medical emergency in France…