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  Day 3340 (Friday) 31 st July 2026  This is Eze bord de Mer and this is The Petite Afrique in Beaulieu. It was super hot again today and we went up to the Cabana for lunch, where there was a nice breeze blowing. It was very misty today and the sky wasn’t as blue as usual, but it was a humid mist. Juilletistes vs Aoûtiens: Do France's two summer holiday tribes still exist? People sunbathing and swimming at the pebble beach of Carras, in downtown Nice, on the French Riviera (Photo by Jean-Christophe MAGNENET / AFP) For years France has had two tribes of holidaymakers - juilletistes and aoûtiens. But do these two traditional tribes still exist? Summer holidays are a big deal in France, with cities emptying out in July and August as people head to the coast or the countryside and it's common for people to take a month off work - but which month? One of the most iconic forms of rivalry between French holidaymakers is the opposition between the  juilletistes  and the...
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  Day 3339 (Thursday) 30 th July 2026  This is the Old Port of Nice and this is the aquarium in Monaco.   We were put on orange alert for a heatwave today and boy it was hot. Follow the safety instructions. Check with Meteo-France and the authorities. Drink water regularly and wet your body several times a day using a shower or a misting spray. If you witness someone suffering a medical episode? Call 15 or 18. Limit your physical and sports activities.  Speaking of the weather… Mistral, enbata and autan - The French weather phenomena you need to know. People stand on a promenade as waves crash against the rocks in Marseille, southeastern France, during strong mistral winds on March 30 th , 2026. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP) Decoding France's regional winds is an important part of understanding weather conditions in the summer. Many of these weather phenomena have become more frequent or more intense due to climate change. Heatwaves for example, are occurring more...
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  Day 3338 (Wednesday) 29 th July 2026  This is the Chateau d’Anglais between Nice and Villefranche and this is Menton. Is it really illegal to put on make-up on a French train? Putting on a full face of make-up while on a train in France might get you some funny looks, but is it actually illegal? Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP A video has gone viral in France claiming that putting on make-up or nail polish while on either a French train or the Paris Metro can now land you a fine of €60 - there's just one small problem . . . The  Instagram video  has been widely shared in recent days and features a female narrator solemnly explaining that passengers can now be fined €60 for applying make-up on a train. The video is accompanied by (of course) AI generated images. The problem? It's untrue, according to both SNCF, which operates France's mainline trains and RATP which operates the Paris Metro. Contacted by French media,...
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