Usage Tips & Recipes. Note: Be careful using peppermint in the evening, as it is known to increase alertness. Decongest: Fill bathroom sink with hot water, add 10 drops of peppermint oil. Place a towel over head, lean over, and breathe deeply.
Some 3,000,000 other people speak Catalan as their second or third language, with 2 million more understanding but not being able to speak it. Catalan, with all its variants, is spread over 68,000 Km2. It's the official language of Andorra and co-official with Spanish in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.
With the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659), Spain ceded the northern part of Catalonia to France, and soon thereafter the local Catalan varieties came under the influence of French, which in 1700 became the sole official language of the region.