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  Day 3285 (Saturday) 6 th June 2026 This is the Japanese Garden in Monaco   and this is the Negresco Hotel on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice. After doing our weekend chores we had a lovely few hours relaxing in the glorious sunshine. There was yet another cruise ship in the bay. Our new flowers are looking good, they are a beautiful colour.   Ever thought about pairing wine with appropriate food? Even after reading this guide I still wouldn’t have a clue but it’s an interesting read. Wine and food pairing guide to enhance food appreciation. Wine is frequently paired with food to delight palates, with culinary experts and sommeliers dedicating their careers to discovering what wine goes with what food. In this wine and food pairing guide, we share: How to pair food with wine. Factors to consider when pairing wine and food. What wine goes with what food. Introduction to wine and food pairing Wine and food pairing includes finding suitable wines to accompany stand-...
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  Day 3284 (Friday) 5 th June 2026 This is at the end of our street where we park the scooter, it is now a private house. and this is close to Place de la Paix. It was another lovely day but that chilly wind is still blowing, which is really annoying. We went up to La Corne d’Or (the Golden Horn) for lunch and the view was as wonderful as ever. 'I have a wooden face': All the ways to say you're drunk or hungover in French File photo dating back to 1993 of people sitting at a terrace in Paris. (Photo by MICHEL GANGNE / AFP) There are almost as many ways to say you’ve had one too many in French as there are wine producers in France. For a country that has a reputation for moderate drinking, French certainly has a lot of ways to describe being drunk. Starting with the basics, any one of these describes the mood and the moment perfectly well: [used with  être ]  éméché, saoul, soûl, enivré, ivre, bitteré, bourré.  For example  je suis bourré  (I'm drunk),...
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