The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque

France's best-kept secret

Showing posts with label cheese. Show all posts

Showing posts with label cheese. Show all posts

Monday, 23 May 2011

145. Saint Pée and Hondarribia

21st May 2011 . Had an outing this morning in an VIII - usually we take an VIII sculler out (with 2 sculls each), however this time we had ...

Saturday, 20 November 2010

98. View from the grassy knoll..

20th November 2010 . Brace yourself for another update to the saga of my long-suffering lawn.. The far third of the lawn was looking pretty...

Friday, 12 November 2010

96. Distant snow

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...

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...

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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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