The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque

France's best-kept secret

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Thursday, 11 May 2017

242. The swallows are back..

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27th May. While Madame was out at the market buying some sardines (among other things) this morning, I was heaving our trusty plancha ( rig...
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Friday, 12 August 2016

234. Back in town..

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31st August. "It gets earlier every year" Dept! This morning, I received an email from a Christmas card company showing their lat...
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Thursday, 7 January 2016

226. Step forward 2016

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31st January . We went to see "45 Years" this afternoon at Biarritz.. Reading the reviews ( The Guardian , the New York Times an...
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Monday, 12 November 2012

197. Days of wine and roses

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8th November 2012 . We decided to have lunch out in Bayonne yesterday and we had in mind a place on the banks of the Nive . It was so war...
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Friday, 25 May 2012

187. Bayonne and the plancha both sizzle..

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25th May 2012 . Summer's here! Yee-haar! Forecast is for ~28° today. Shorts and t-shirt weather. Other signs of summer? Bayonne'...
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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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