The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque

France's best-kept secret

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Sunday, 4 December 2016

237. In the almost bleak midwinter..

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31st December . Well, here we are again, waving goodbye to another year that's passed by all too quickly. It's been a mixed year fo...
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Friday, 16 December 2011

172. Saint-Jean-de-Luz out of season

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16th December 2011 . Yesterday Madame thought it would be a good idea if I took a break from my PC and so we drove down to Saint-Jean-de-Lu...
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Friday, 12 November 2010

96. Distant snow

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11th November 2010 . Now that the monsoon of the last 3-4 days appears to have blown itself out, we decided to nip across the border to Iru...
Friday, 29 January 2010

41. Basque specialities

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29th January 2010 . I was walking through Saint-Jean-de-Luz the other day listening to snatches of conversations from passers-by (as you do...
Thursday, 28 January 2010

40. Cheesed off..

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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...
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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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