One of the first French words we learn in school is ‘bic’, for ballpoint pen.(Qu’est ce qu’il y a dans ta trousse?)
Whether you’re for or against the hunt, its presence is inescapable in the P-O.
In 1860 Abbé Rous, the new Curé at the Chapelle de la Rectorie, first tasted the naturally sweet wine of Banyuls and found it so good that he decided, through his network of Catholic contacts, to make it the communion wine of France.
Els Segadors (the reapers) was declared the national anthem of Catalonia in 1993 by the Catalan Parliament.
Did you know that most of us probably haven’t been eating ‘real’ pukka paella on our Spanish sorties?
What are the origins of l’Assomption on 15th August in France.
British residents in France must now have a carte de séjour but this is not a substitute for a passport.
Although France has been laïque (secular) since 1905, there are a huge number of festivals and traditions based around the lives, accomplishments or remarkable events that happened to various saints.
Car rental in France! A helpful list of dos and don’ts to help you dodge last-minute panic and post-holiday financial shocks
Only 13 kilometres away from the Spanish border, this walled town is a delight of narrow cobbled streets and ancient mediaeval architecture….