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 …
Apr
06
“The town is alive – there’s always something going on,” Carl, our host in Perpignan, had told us when we met him for a coffee shortly after we arrived.“I’ll hear a trumpet and drums from my window and I’ll stick my head out and there’ll be a band and crowd moving down the street, so …
Apr
05
GETTING YOUR BEARINGS Our bus (one euro) from Ceret to the regional capital Perpignan dropped us at Gare Routière, closer to the centre ville (town centre) than Gare SNCF, which is where you’ll arrive if coming by train from Paris or Barcelona. From Gare Routière it’s a five-minute walk along Avenue Général Leclerc to Place …
Apr
05
“Walk, just walk,” was the advice we received from Carl, the owner of our petite weekend pad in Perpignan, when we asked him what we should do. “Oh, and eat and drink…” We had escaped sleepy little Ceret for the Easter weekend, on the pretext of attending the spooky Procession de la Sanch, Perpignan’s Good …
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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