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  Day 3295 (Tuesday) 16 th June 2026 This is Menton and this is between Nice and Villefranche.   It was another gorgeous day and Huw had to go to Ken’s to cut back the bougainvillea, his favourite hate job. There was another cruise ship in the bay so I’m assuming town was going to be packed. The rade (bay) is getting busier every day. When he got home late morning we went to Nice for our weekly kebab. It’s getting warmer every day, the summer has arrived alongside all the tourists, there were so many English speakers in the park. We couldn’t find a bench in the shade and it was quite hot in the sunshine – not unbearable yet but getting there. Saying that I love the sunshine and rarely find it unbearable. On the way home Huw stopped to take a photo of these lovely trees in Place Garibaldi. I looked them up when we got home and found out that they are Persian silk trees. I found this article about Nice last week when I posted the entries for Villefranche and Beaulieu.  Nic...
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  Day 3294 (Monday) 15 th June 2026 This ship is called the Royal Clipper and it’s in Nice Old Port and this is Antibes.   As always on a Monday here’s What’s happening in France this week. The Local France. The philosophy paper kicks off baccalaureate exam season. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP) The 2026 baccalaureate exams get under way, G7 leaders meet in Evian, airport workers in Paris are scheduled to go on strike, there's some football and of course it's the Fête de la musique. Monday International –  France hosts the leaders of the Group of 7 – bringing together the Heads of State and Government of France, USA, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Germany) – in Evian, near the Swiss border. Exams –  The 2026 baccalaureate exams for students in their final year of lycée kick off with the Philosophy paper. Speciality papers follow on Tuesday 16 th , Wednesday 17 th , and Thursday 18 th June. Those studying for their brevet have another 11 days to cra...
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  Day 3293 (Sunday) 14 th June 2026 This is La Turbie and this is one of the many staircases in Villefranche.   Today there was a state meeting between Macron of France and prime minister Modi of India in the town next to ours. Emmanuel Macron has taken off, and Narendra Modi will follow suit: from Nice airport to Beaulieu-sur-Mer, a summit meeting without a hitch or chaos Under tight security, the official visit of the French President and the Indian Prime Minister on Sunday, June 14, 2026, did not have a major impact on traffic, despite a delay of more than an hour. Emmanuel Macron took off again shortly after 5 p.m. On one side, riot police vans, officers with long guns, and territorial intelligence on high alert. On the other, gendarmes deployed in large numbers along the route of the official procession. As expected, a vast security operation was deployed from Nice Côte d'Azur Airport to the port of Beaulieu-sur-Mer on Sunday, June 14, 2026,From Nice to Beaulie...
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