Apr
08
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
08
It wasn’t on the scale of the festivals we’d just experienced in Perpignan, but we were delighted to return from the city to our little village of Ceret to find the French Catalan community out in full force …
Apr
07
Price Check is a series of posts from every destination we visit that could serve as a shopping list to stock the kitchen at the start of your stay, as well as a cost of living index in a way. We’re including some basic items to get you started plus a local specialty or two …
Apr
04
In the region of France where we’re currently staying, many people speak four languages: French, Catalan, ‘Spanish’ (Castilian or castellano), and English. But there is a sporting language that everyone speaks here and it’s not football (soccer) – it’s rugby (union, not league). France loves ‘the beautiful game’ as football is so often called, but …
Apr
01
The petite Catalan village of Ceret, or Céret in French, in the foothills of the French Pyrénées, not far from Perpignan, is the location of our latest ‘home away from home’ for two weeks. A quaint village of tiny squares with cafés and fountains, and narrow streets lined with lofty plane trees, Ceret is famous …
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