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  Day 3443 (Thursday) 12th November 2026. This is Cap-Ferrat and this is Eze Village The weather was horrible this morning and it stayed like that all day. The brave passengers on this ship still came ashore despite the weather. The storm didn't really arrive but it was very cold and wet all day. Huw saw an article online this morning showing a rockfall on the road between Beaulieu and Eze, it looks horrendous. It certainly wasn't a day to go out so we stayed at home looking forward to our weekly kebab in Nice tomorrow as the forecast says we’re going to get some sun - fingers crossed. Fun facts about France 2026: 45 things you might not know. Geographically correct facts about France 1.  France, the hexagon   France has roughly six sides, so it’s no surprise it’s nicknamed l’Hexagone. It is also the largest country in the European Union and, after Ukraine and European Russia, the third largest in Europe. 2. Eight borders The hexagon borders eight countries. Moving clockw...
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  Day 3442 (Wednesday) 11th November 2026. Today is a bank holiday for Armistice Day but Super U was open and Huw went over there to get some bits and took this photo of a local parade. Shame about the weather, it was horrible again today and apparently we’re in for a big storm tomorrow Armistice Day in France Armistice Day is a Bank Holiday (Jour Férié) in France –   the French commemorate the day when the war ended on the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month. We will remember. Interestingly enough it is not a Bank Holiday in the UK, however, throughout the land children would have been making poppies, selling poppies and wearing them. As fully fledged adults we remember doing this as school children ourselves and so it continues, today. It is ingrained in our culture some 100 years later. Here in France, the flower that is associated with the ending of World War I, is the cornflower ‘Le bleuet’, however, this is not as widely worn as you have come to see in the UK. T...
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