The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque

France's best-kept secret

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

198. Post card from the Pays Basque

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21st November 2012 . Another wodge of work has arrived in my intray - 27,000 words-worth of technical French-to-English translation - ouc...
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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, 2 November 2012

196. Spanish slippers of Spanish leather *

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* with apologies to Bob Dylan for the song he almost wrote!  Avenida de la Libertad, San Sebastian 1st November 2012. A few days a...
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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 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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