Dali Museum, Figueras, opening hours (31/12/2004)
Great news, the new bridge over the TARN on th A75 motorway is now open to traffic. It opened on schedule on the 16th December 2004. Bye bye 5 hours of traffic jams to get through the town of Millau. Have a closer look on the official site http://www.viaducdemillaueiffage.com/ (21/12/2004)
THE INFOPACK Years of experience and wisdom compressed and compiled into our very own free guidebook. (PDF FILE) UPDATE 2016 : Oh dear, be warned, there is still a lot of relevant material here but pick and choose carefully, it hasn't been updated for more years than I care to admit.... sorry
Hire your bike in Argelès sur Mer. WebSite in English here.
Louer votre vélo à Argelès sur Mer. Cliquez ici.
Maguy Ferrer, Laroque's own Watercolourist here.
Go to the Days Out and Excursions Page..
Saturday 31st July 2004 New law in Spain. When driving, you now need to carry 2 warning triangles + a reflective jacket (you can buy them everywhere in little packets) which must be kept in the glove compartment (because you must not have to get out of the car to get it out of the boot) + plus a spare pair of spectacles
Negotiating BARCELONA HTML file (Sunday 15th May 2005).
Negotiating CARCASSONNE PDF file, WORD file (Sunday 23rd May 2005).
Negotiating TOULOUSE PDF file, WORD file (Sunday 23rd May 2005).
PLAN of the Albères in English (2010)
PLAN des Albères en Français (2010)
You have been warned (13/03/2016)
A friendly word in your ear about French plumbing
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List of MARKET DAYS (PDF) in the Departement. Also, over the border, you have, on Tuesday, Girona, on Thursday Figueres and on Sunday, Roses (for full ES Catalan list, click HERE
THIS MAY MAKE YOUR TEENAGE CHILDREN MORE INDEPENDENT.... Thought that would catch your eye.... Frogbus, which used to run from Girona Airport to Perpignan is now defunct but this has sort of replaced it. It will dump your roaming offspring at the Motorway exit at Le Boulou where it's really easy and close and not a lot of bother to pick them up. If you learn anything useful about using it please tell me. Click HERE.
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