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  Day 3389 (Saturday) 19th September 2026 Both of these photos were taken in Ile Saint Honorat, off the coast of Cannes. Huw had to work on Ken’s house again this morning and when he came home we went down to Bobbie’s for lunch. The regatta started today and we watched a lot of boats from the balcony - it was lovely. I found this article with facts about France, it’s a bit long so I’ll post it over two days… Top Facts about France by Luka Payras Did you know that the French invented the metric system? That more than half of the world’s roundabouts are in France? What about how France got its name from a Germanic tribe? France at a Glance Before the deep dive, here are the headline numbers and the essential ID card of the country — everything you need to know about France in one look. 300k+ Roundabouts — more than half of the world’s total 1,200+ Types of cheese made in France 40,000 Châteaux across the country 15 Nobel Prizes in Literature — a world record France — the essentials C...
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  Day 3388 (Friday) 18th September 2026 This is Villefranche-sur-Mer and this is Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat The weather was perfect for sunbathing today - no humidity and lovely and warm. We did a few chores around the flat and then had a lovely lazy day. We’ll go to Le Phare later so hopefully there will be some friends there. Here are the rest of the funny phrases… Other Funny Phenomena in the French Lexicon 1) Words ending in three Es words ending in three e’s such as the feminine past participle of the verbs créer, agréer, suppléer Thus, we would write the following: J’adore les robes que Gaultier a créées. (I love the dresses Gaultier created.) Les expressions agréées sont une forme de politesse. - (Standard phrases are a form of politeness.)   Il faut que ces tâches soient supléées par les ressources plus           vastes. (These tasks must be supplemented by more extensive resources.) 2) Words that are feminine in the plural and masculine in the...
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  Day 3387 (Thursday) 17th September 2026 This is Nice from the sky The white trails that planes leave behind are condensation trails, or contrails, which are artificial line-shaped clouds made of tiny ice crystals. We walked down to La Darse because Huw had read somewhere that there was a regatta there and all sorts of entertainment. When we got there it was very quiet and it turned out that it’s all happening at the weekend for the 43rd European Heritage Days. We should have noticed this yesterday when I posted the Heritage Days article but we didn’t. Ah well we can always come back at the weekend. It’s a lovely walk down to La Darse along the citadel which is still covered with buoys as a work of art - it is rather lovely. When we got there we were very lucky to get a table in La Baleine Joyeuse (The Jolly Whale) and enjoyed a nice lunch As always it was a pleasure to see the pointus (traditional pointy fishing boats) On the way home we admired this Chinese hibiscus   I fo...
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