Several fraught phone calls later it seemed that our furniture was making slow progress through France in our direction. On the appointed day we received a phone call to say it was on its way up our hill. We ran outside to be confronted by two grumpy blokes sitting in a tiny van on the drive outside the house.
Join Marian Thornley every week as she shares the ups and downs of her move to, and life in Céret Settling in France We woke up for the first time in our new home, realised…
by Marian Thornley How not to move to France Our cycling/house-buying adventure was taking place only a few weeks before the first of various financial crashes hit the world. Luckily for us, we managed to…
So it was that a couple of days later we cycled into Ceret town centre and collapsed onto a bench outside the Mairie in the shade of the huge London plane trees.
In 1911, Picasso and Braques arrived in Céret and began experimenting with Cubism, a painting style that was to revolutionise art.
Villa Fleurie is a 3 bedroom property with it’s own large heated pool, set in the heart of breath taking scenery. Its location offers the peace and beauty of the country combined with the convenience…
How to get to Céret Assuming Perpignan as a central point, head towards Le Boulou and from there, take direction Céret. If you are coming from Perpignan on the motorway, Le Boulou is a well…
with Marian Thornley In June 2007, my husband Bill and I cycled to France. Actually, that’s not strictly true. We put our bikes and ourselves on a special coach that takes cyclists to France and…
UPDATE The Museum of Modern Art in Ceret has been chosen by the Miró estate as the home for one of his famous sculptures, a head sculpted in 1974 , a tribute to…
14 March to 31 May 2015 Dani Karavan at Ceret By Ellen Turner Hall Dani Karavan is best known locally for his brushed steel Walter Benjamin memorial slicing through a cliff above…