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  Day 3431 (Saturday) 31st October 2026. This is Beaulieu-sur-Mer and this is Eze Village. It was another lovely sunny day and we went to Le Phare for a beer at lunchtime and met a few locals. Then we went to Les Palmiers for lunch and thoroughly enjoyed it in sunshine. Halloween in France – Vocabulary and Traditions by Camille Chevalier Although we don't typically celebrate Halloween in France, Halloween is getting more and more popular among children and young adults. Halloween has the same ideas as the French Catholic Holiday “La Toussaint” How do you say “Trick or Treat” in French? Well… you don’t! The whole point being to have French kids use a few English words… But a good translation would be in French: “des bonbons ou un sort” (candies or a spell), “bêtises ou friandises” (mischiefs or sweets). I’ve heard this is what they mostly use in French speaking Canada. Now let’s see how to talk about Halloween in French. 50 Halloween French Terms – French Halloween Vocabulary Here a...
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  Day 3430 (Friday) 30th October 2026. This is Saint Jeannet and this is the Monastery Ile Saint-Honorat on one of the islands off Cannes.  It was lovely and sunny this morning and I wore a summer dress all morning and we decided to go to Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat for lunch. By the time we got there it had clouded over a bit and it was a little bit chilly. I know it’s what we should expect at this time of year but it’s disappointing when it happens. The Halloween decorations in the square were quite lovely and horrible at the same time. We were very disappointed to see that the seaside cafe was shut, I love this mural. It’ll be Halloween soon and I have found stories about the most haunted châteaux - enjoy.   Halloween: The ghost stories from France's most haunted châteaux Pedestrians walk around the 13th century Blandy-les-Tours castle in 2023 (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP) Halloween might not be France's most celebrated holiday but that doesn't mean to say the French don...