The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque

France's best-kept secret

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Wednesday, 2 January 2019

263. What will this year bring?

31st January. Still strong winds and rain here.. I took advantage of a pause in the rain to go out to the garage yesterday evening to bring...

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

162. The archetypal Basque village

13th August 2011 . Another 'Bismarck' moment down on the river this morning as we had a coming together with a submerged log or som...

Tuesday, 28 June 2011

154. Lunch in the Pays Basque..

28th June 2011 . Just back from a very pleasant lunch to mark the passing of another marital kilometre stone. We returned to 'our' ...

Thursday, 30 September 2010

87. Strangers in town!

Friday 24th September 2010. This time last week I was picking up three of my relatives at Bordeaux airport who were going to be stay...

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Pipérade: Bayonne, France; Madame and I experienced a 'coup de foudre' the first time we visited the Pays Basque (aka the French Basque Country) together - so much so that we started planning our next holiday there as we were driving away. After a few more visits, we concluded that this was where we were going to live one day, once the necessity of having to earn a living was a thing of the past. In mid-2007, we sold up in the UK and we finally realised our long-held dream to move to the Pays Basque. It's everything we ever hoped it would be and it's probably the best decision we've ever made - we've absolutely no regrets. As I can't see myself ever returning to England, I thought I should become part of society here (eg, the right to vote in local and national elections) and so I applied for French citizenship about 5-6 years ago. I was delighted to receive it as it meant my long term stay here was secure.

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