Posts

Image
  Day 3159 (Saturday) 31 st January 2026 This is Saint Paul de Vence and this is Nice.   It was a bit overcast again this morning, this is the longest spell of bad weather we’ve had since we’ve been here but apparently the sun is going to shine again tomorrow so we can go out for lunch. As promised yesterday here’s the article about Riviera wines. French Riviera Wines The French Riviera is one of the least-known wine producing regions of France. Its production is limited to a few very specific areas. However, the French Riviera has been producing wines since the dawn of time or shortly afterwards, with the arrival of the Greeks. Vines arrived here around 600 BC, brought by the Massaliotes (a Greek population who occupied what became the city of Marseille) who built a fortress in Nice. The Romans, masters of the art of wine-making, continued the tradition. Then, during the Middle Ages, Provence, of which Nice was a part until 1388, developed the wine trade. Let’s take a tour of...
Post a Comment
Read more
Image
  Day 3158 (Friday) 30 th January 2026 This is Petite Afrique beach in Beaulieu   and this is Beaulieu town. I found this article about Riviera wine and food, today I will post the food section and tomorrow I’ll do the wine. Mini Food and Wine Guide of the French Riviera How can you do an overview of the art of living on the French Riviera without talking about its gastronomy? It’s impossible. But above all, we are going to try to be very precise, because French Riviera gastronomy, and especially Nice cuisine, has its aficionados, ready to do anything to defend the integrity of the original recipes. French Riviera cuisine is rich and delicious. Its foundations are olive oil, aromatic herbs, garlic and certain spices. In this list of French Riviera food are some of the most appetising specialties of Nice whose mere mention should tickle food-lovers taste buds. This list will certainly not be exhaustive, but it will allow you, at first, not to make a « Parisi...
Post a Comment
Read more
Image
Day 3157 (Thursday) 29 th January 2026 This is Villefranche-sur-Mer and this is the old station in Beaulieu and the new one. It was a beautiful day today, at last, the sun was shining and the sky was bright blue again – hooray. Huw went to do some work on the villa and came home at lunchtime and took me into Nice to go to my lesson, but first we had our weekly kebab in the park, it was so good to sit in the sun again.  The beginning of my French class was very difficult but it got a bit better, but by 3.15 my head to ready to explode. I walked to Place Massena where they are building the stands for the carnival and it’s all happening soon. There was a delay with the trains and it took me a while to get home. The light over the bay was beautiful in the later afternoon. Here are the rest of the books recommended by Leyla Alyanak   60 Million Frenchmen Can’t be wrong by Jean-Benoit Nadeau Published in 2003, this book is a bit outdated, because even in France, things change. We ar...
Post a Comment
Read more