The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque

France's best-kept secret

Showing posts with label Maj Bloodnok. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Maj Bloodnok. Show all posts

Tuesday, 26 April 2011

140. Maj Bloodnok

26th April 2011 . Next month sees the arrival of Maj and Mrs Bloodnok to these parts. A larger than life character, he's been mentione...

Thursday, 28 January 2010

40. Cheesed off..

28th January 2010 . Here in France, cheese is a serious subject - as you might expect from a country that has n cheeses (where n is a numb...

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

33. Christmas countdown..

25th November 2009 . With the erection of 40 or so wooden chalets (aka garden sheds) in front of the Hôtel de Ville in Bayonne - ready for...

Sunday, 13 September 2009

18. The run-up to Completion & Christmas 2007

29th November 2007. Today as we drove over to Spain to do some shopping in Irun, we passed through the most south-westerly town in France –...

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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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