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The taxman cometh 🇫🇷🇬🇧

The French tax portal is open enter at your own risk.

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Total eclipse of the sun

What happens when the quiet Moon steals the spotlight from the blazing Sun? In a fleeting cosmic moment, shadow meets fire—and the universe delivers a spectacle you’ll never look at the same way again. Click to witness the celestial photobomb … Continue reading

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Carcassonne 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Some cities get lucky. Carcassonne got strategic positioning. The result was two thousand years of invasions, crusades, and general unpleasantness—interrupted only by brief periods of prosperity and the occasional flying pig. Click here to find out more…

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Canal du Midi 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Before the TGV, before the motorway, before even the steam engine, one obsessed Frenchman carved a 241-kilometre waterway through the south of France using nothing but a battered compass, 15,000 workers, and his entire family fortune. The Canal du Midi … Continue reading

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The week that was 14/2026 🇬🇧

Another week in the south of France where nothing happened — except a road trip to Sète, lunch in Carcassonne, a skirmish with the tax office, a friend escaping Iran, a rocket launch, and an epic supermarket bill. You know. … Continue reading

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A poolside meditation 🇬🇧

What starts as a simple mission to clean the pool ends in a humbling, sun-drenched reckoning with the body’s limits — and one man’s very reasonable decision to treat the afternoon’s dizziness as a medical prescription for rosé. Equal parts … Continue reading

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Chronicles of everyday tech life 🇫🇷🇬🇧

When your ultra-connected smart home runs at 10 Gbps, you expect cutting-edge problems. What you don’t expect is a full-scale rebellion… from two-euro batteries. This week: alarms failing, shutters dying, technicians queuing — and a quiet realization that the weakest … Continue reading

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March 2026: The month that tried its best 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Ten days of Spanish sunshine, a maritime lunch in Sète, St Patrick’s Day navigated with remarkable restraint, and enough flights booked to Southeast Asia to confuse a travel agent — March had no shortage of plot. The clocks stole an … Continue reading

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Escale à Sète

Sun-soaked canals, salty breezes, and a town that hums with raw Mediterranean charm—Sète isn’t just a stopover, it’s a feeling. In this story, dive into a place where fishing boats sway beside colorful facades, locals linger over long lunches, and … Continue reading

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