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Goodbye green vehicle insurance windscreen sticker

Kate 20/05/2024 0 Comments

From April 1, 2024, you no longer need to put the green vehicle insurance sticker on your vehicle’s windscreen.

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John Wayne and Old Yellow

Kate 18/05/2024 2 Comments

UPDATE. Sadly scrapped.

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Hunting for Treasure in the Pyrenees-Orientales

Kate 13/03/2024 0 Comments

Potential treasures around the region, just waiting to be found by an enterprising treasure hunter

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Napoleon and his Josephine

Kate 12/03/2024 0 Comments

We’ve all heard of the great love affair between Napoleon and his Josephine, but did you know that their marriage was actually annulled?

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Word Origins: Patriotic and Chauvinistic!

Kate 10/03/2024 0 Comments

We all know a chauvinist pig or two don’t we ladies – a gentleman who has a ‘prejudiced belief in the superiority of his own gender’?

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Crit’Air Anti-Pollution Sticker: don’t go to Paris without one!

Kate 06/02/2024 1 Comment

A little reminder that if you enjoy a stop-over in Paris on the drive down to the P-O, make sure you have your Crit’Air air quality sticker unless you want to risk a fine.

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The pharaohs – fun guys?

Kate 27/01/2024 0 Comments

Mushrooms were such a hit with the pharaohs that common people were banned from touching or eating them.

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QUIZ: Expressions with ‘PRENDRE’

Kate 23/01/2024 0 Comments

Can you find the English equivalent of these French expressions which all use the verb ‘prendre’?

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Filmed in the P-O: Rivière Perdue. January 11th

Kate 05/01/2024 2 Comments

Adapted by TF1 from a Spanish series ‘Monteperdido’, all 6 of the 52 minute episodes of ‘Rivière Perdue’ are filmed in the Vallespir between Arles-sur-Tech, Amélie-les-Bains, Céret, Prats-de-Mollo, and Le Boulou.

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WORD ORIGINS: Boudoir

Kate 15/12/2023 0 Comments

Did you know how the word ‘boudoir originated?

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