Jazz en Tech 2024 – after the incredible summer festival, the music continues through all 4 seasons! Next up: Palau del Vidre in November.
Test your French with an extract from a classic, autumnal poem by Jacques Prévert
In addition to being an advertiser supporting this dynamic and vibrant magazine, Spectrum advisers – Philip, Sue and Derek – have agreed with P-O Life to produce articles on a quarterly basis. For our first article, we are going back to basics and providing an overview of some French bank accounts.
Here in Catalonia, All Saints’ Day and the evening before are known as the Castanyada, (’Fête de la châtaigne’ in French) meaning Day of the Chestnut.
Traditionally, ‘castanyes’ (roast chestnuts) are eaten along with ‘moniatos’ (roast sweet potatoes) and ‘panellets’ (small almond balls covered in pine nuts).
Look out for the fun theme trains like the Scary Halloween Special on 31 October…..
The latest scam doing the rounds sees fraudsters pose as drivers in distress, asking for help after having broken down. In most cases, the scam is even further disguised by the con artist being accompanied by a woman and children, the perfect family!
How and when to update your Carte Vitale
Did you know that the word ‘vaccine’ originally came from the Latin word vacca, or more common to us, the French word vache, meaning cow?
Cemeteries are busy on this day of remembrance and chrysanthemums are on sale on every street. Don’t offer them to your hostess when invited out for dinner! They are for the dead
They might not all be a pulsing whirl of excitement – some are only small gatherings scantily attended – but it’s a great way to support the local producers.
