‘Wangiri’ is a Japanese word meaning ‘one (ring) and cut’.
His hidden accomplice managed to get our two rucksack/handbags whilst he bamboozled us with horrific tales of the sparks flying from our rear end in loud Spanish and we thanked him prolifically for his time! What a mess.
A reminder from our local gendarmeries on just some of the scams doing the rounds in the Pyrénées-Orientales.
Can’t find a doctor or a dentist because no one seems to be taking on new patients?
The Winter sales 2025 have been set by the préfecture for a period of 4 weeks.
School holidays in France are organised according to three “holiday zones”, A, B and C, in order to manage the flow of French holidaymakers.
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.
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.
With Christmas just around the corner, many of us will be starting to think about presents, and while we are all supporting local businesses where we can, it’s likely that we’ll need to do some cross-border posting at some point. Unless you’ve a direct line to Père Noël, things can get pricey.