The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque

France's best-kept secret

Showing posts with label gîte. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gîte. Show all posts
Sunday, 20 September 2009

21. Farewell to the gite

›
I’m glad my stay in hospital is behind me.. I’ve just got to go back on 28th January for a final check-up. The staff were really friendly a...
Wednesday, 2 September 2009

12. Heavy date!

›
In mid-October we went to Biarritz for another lunch at Bar Jean , the place by the market in Biarritz we like very much, but when we got t...

5. Life in the Gîte

›
The windows open wide in the gîte so in the morning fresh air breezes in and we can hear the sounds of Madame D conducting a conversation...

2. Arrival in the Pays Basque

›
Two days later on a sunny Saturday afternoon we found our gîte just outside Villefranque, a very Basque village that's about 8km inlan...
Tuesday, 1 September 2009

1. Moving to the Pays Basque - the countdown

›
Tuesday, 1st September 2009. I realised this morning that it's two years to the day since Madame and I finally moved to the Basque coun...
Home
View web version

About us

My photo
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.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.