22 November 2011

Today there has been a real change in the weather, I fear the last of our warm sunny days are over and the arrival of winter is imminent. It is cold and wet today, not as wet as the rain storm in the Pyrenees a couple of weeks ago, but a lot colder. Many people will [...]
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11 November 2011

Today, 11 November is a public holiday in France. It marks the end of World War One in 1918. Every town and village in France has a war memorial to commemorate those who gave their lives for France. Out of a population of 39 million, 1,697,800 French people died in military action, 4,266,000 were wounded and an estimated 500,000 died of war related [...]
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