Mar
04
Aimed at helping travellers staying in holiday rentals and settling into a place for a while, Price Check is a series of posts in which we reported every two weeks on the prices of groceries (no, not only beer) at each destination we stayed on our yearlong grand tour. This post is a comparison of …
May
23
Angels are said to have ploughed the fields of Saint Isadore, the patron saint of farmers, who could apparently work miracles when it came to the land, which explains why, on May 15, Catholic farmers around the world celebrate the Feast of Saint Isidore or Festa di Sant’ Isidore in Italian. In Spain, and especially …
Apr
13
Take-Homes is a series of posts from each destination in which I recommend mementos to buy. My suggestions, and my own purchase choices, are based on sustainable travel criteria: they must be things that are authentically local, that are traditionally made by locals, or things locally produced that are used on an everyday basis by …
Apr
10
In the interests of bringing the fine season of Spring on with a rush – after all we’re already a few days into April – I’ve decided that this egg dish should be a message to the weather gods. While checking out the markets and supermarkets here in Céret and Perpignan, Spring could be felt …
Apr
07
Good Friday, or Vendredi Saint, is marked in no small way in the town of Perpignan with the Procession de la Sanch. This slow, somber march through the streets of the old town opens the Easter Holy Week, or La Semaine Sainte, celebrations, and even when we arrived a few hours before the march, the …
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