Scams. A general rule of thumb: if it looks too good to be true, it probably is!
A round-up of all the airports which are accessible from the Pyrénées-Orientales. Airports at Carcassonne, Béziers, Montpellier, Girona and Barcelona are all possible choices for getting to the Perpignan area by air.
If you have a supermarket loyalty card, don’t forget to cash it in before its ‘date limite
Where a Bank holiday falls on a Tuesday or a Thursday, many small businesses will ‘faire le pont’ (make a bridge) and take Friday or Monday off too to ;make a long weekend. This rarely applies to large shops, supermarkets etc, many of whom no longer close for most of the public holidays.
Last year, numerous cases of individuals posing as calendar sellers to gain entry to homes were reported to the gendarmes.
Learn this useful vocab to tell the scammers to get lost – with varied degrees of politeness!
The ‘Père Noel du Secours Populaire’ doesn’t hand out presents, he collects them.
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.
As the drought (secheresse) continues across the Pyrénées-Orientales, water restrictions have been extended after a prefectoral press release issued on 25th July
We are looking for someone with a bubbly personality, able to communicate in both English and French, to join the P-O Life team.