We often have springtime rain here in the P-O, but none to match the 20th May 1868 in Molitg les Bains when 313 mm fell in one hour.
Who invented the Rousquille? Was it Touron in Arles sur Tech or pastry chef Marius Séguela of Amelie?
Beware the Oleander shrub, popular in the P-O for its evergreen qualities and delicate flowers and planted in quantity to jazz up roadsides, and gardens.
Did you know that the English word ‘cherry’ is believed to come from the old French word ‘cherise’
On a plateau of the Corbières, near Salses, with panoramic views of sea and lagoon, visible from the A9 motorway and the N9, stands the “Porta dels Països Catalans”, or ‘Gate to the Catalan Countries’.
Get out and about this year around Amélie les Bains and (re)discover the many pretty little villages and hamlets that often get overlooked
We all learn differently, and as we grow older, one of the greatest blocks to learning is memory. And yet many of us can still sing along to new songs – and remember the words!
Marie-Thérèse Figueur (1774 – 1861), nicknamed Mademoiselle Sans-Gêne (without shame), was one of the few French female soldiers to enlist in the French Revolutionary Army and fight in the Napoleonic Wars.
No matter on which side of the Spanish war people may be, they all agree on one thing — that the French border is closed up and airtight.”
This year, 2024, marks the 79th anniversary of VE Day, the formal acceptance of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender to the Allies.