The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque

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Showing posts with label Hemingway Ernest. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 4 July 2018

257. Summer's here.. at last!

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31st July. We're back to a steaming Bayonne after escaping the Fetes de Bayonne for a few days. We stayed near Capdenac Gare in the Av...
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Monday, 2 April 2018

254. Spring has sprung..

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30th April. I've been aware, almost subconsciously, for some time that the most prevalent car colours here differ from those in the UK....
Tuesday, 7 June 2016

231. Into summer

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1st July . I'm not one of those slightly obsessive fans of all things railway - but I must admit that the " Jacobite " train ...
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Thursday, 19 April 2012

182. Rain-fuelled rant!

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18th April 2012 . I came across this old map (below) the other day in a document someone sent me. I would say it must date back to pre-war...
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Thursday, 7 July 2011

155. San Fermin - Hemingway's legacy..

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7th July 2011 . In Pamplona, down in the Spanish Basque country, it's San Fermin time again!! ("What..?") Yes, it's tha...
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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 here. 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 around 2018. I was delighted to receive it a couple of years later as it meant I was no longer a 'bird of passage' and my position here was secure.
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