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Things that interest me, and things that I hope other people may find interesting; in fact a multi-coloured mixture of things, or as the title of my blog suggests, a rainbow miscellany.

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Category: France

Saint-Martin-du-Canigou

To my shame I have to admit that in twenty five years of coming on holiday to this part of … More

Canigou, Casteil, Catholic Abbey, France, Pyrénées Orientales, Pyrenees, Rudyard Kipling, St. Martin du Canigou

Some words of wisdom from a table mat

Eating in a restaurant is nearly always a pleasure. Sometimes it is better than others, because it is not just … More

Canet-en-Roussillon, France, Restaurants, Sayings, Table mats, Toilet walls, Wisdom

The Château de Jau

(Part of the vast expanse of vineyards at Jau, can be seen beyond the hedge) On the southern foothills of … More

Château de Jau, Corbières, France, Restaurants, Roussillon, Wine, Wine tasting

The Little Yellow Train

(Our train awaits) Up in the mountains of the Eastern Pyrenees about forty kilometres from where our house is on … More

Catalan, Font-Romeu, France, Little Yellow Train, Pyrenees, Railway, Solar furnace, Travel, Villefranche

A special place in the Catalan hills

Over the years I have been to Collioure, that little gem of a town on the Côte Vermeille, many times, … More

Catalan culture, Côte Vermeille, Collioure, L' Ermitage de Notre Dame de Consolation, Pilgrimage, Sardana

Photo Album from Canet #2

Back in May, I posted some photos taken in and around Canet-en-Roussillon and promised that I would post a few … More

Canet-en-Roussillon, Photo blog

Photo Album from Collioure

Yesterday we spent the afternoon and evening in the town of Collioure, just down the coast from here in the … More

Collioure, France, Photo blog

Downpour to Heatwave!

(This is the view of Canet that we normally see on our approach to the airport in Perpignan – but … More

Canet-en-Roussillon, Perpignan, Review, Saint-Cyprien, Tapas

Photo Album from Canet #1

Before I go back home on Tuesday, I’m going to share some of the photographs that I took yesterday in … More

Canet-en-Roussillon, Photo blog

Liberation

Today, here in France, it is la fête de la victoire, or le jour de la libération. It is a holiday … More

President Emmanuel Macron, Traditions, World War ll

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