Week-end in Septimanie

That title will for sure irritate my friends from Languedoc Roussillon.
For some bad reasons, the politics want to change the historic name of Languedoc Roussillon to Septimanie (ugly word...).
Anyway... we had a wonderful week-end in the Perpignan area.
Perpignan is a city lying between the Mediterraneen sea and the Pyrenées, next to the Spanish border. The proximity of the mountains and the sea give to the region some beautiful attributes. The coast is also known as the Côte Vermeille on the French side and the Costa Brava on the Spanish side.
We're in Catalogna ! The regional (still well alive) language is catalan (same spoken in Barcelona).
Catalans are very proud of their region (and they ought to !), supporting their well-known rugby team USAP, and fiercely showing the blood and gold colors of their flag.
You can find some very good wines like Collioure or Banyuls.
And artists like Picasso, Dali, or Matisse knew about these place.
Dali even made the center of the world from the Perpignan railway station.
Perpignan's architecture shows lots of pink marble, from pavement to walls.
History is everywhere in the area, beautiful castles and royal residences.
Nature is not left behind either, we, for example, visited the Big Canalettes caves, wonders of water, rocks and time in Villefranche de Conflent, which is also a medieval city.

Being so close to Spain, we should definitely learn the language !!
A big thank you to our friends and their families where we have been wonderfully welcomed.
Gracias !!