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  Day 3367 (Friday) 28th August 2026 Both of these photos of Villefranche were taken in the past This is is Place de la Republique   and this is then seafront   It was quite cloudy today but it was so hot and humid. This morning Huw took the scooter to Super U in Beaulieu and the scooter was yellow with Saharan sand.   When he came home he found this article… The French Riviera awakens under a thick layer of Saharan sand A layer of ochre dust covered cars, terraces and balconies in the Alpes-Maritimes region this Friday morning. The cause? Saharan sand carried by the rain. An ochre veil greeted the residents of the French Riviera this Friday morning. They discovered their vehicles, balconies, and terraces covered in a thin layer of orange dust originating directly from the Sahara. Thunderstorms last night This spectacular meteorological phenomenon, although regular in the South-East of France, is explained by the combination of two aerological factors. A low-pressure...
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  Day 3367 (Thursday) 27th August 2026 T his is Villefranche and this is the exotic garden in Monaco. Happy birthday to me! It was bit cloudy today but it was still very hot and we went into Nice for our weekly kebab in the park. After the kebab we went into the old town to find some soaps for my birthday.     We found a lovely soap shop and they had small bars of soap made to look like macarons, they were beautiful. On the way back to the bike we saw some beautiful big red flowers and my 'Picture this' app tells me that they are called 'Swamp Rose Mallow.'   Do French waiters really tell customers what they can order? It's a fairly regular event that someone will go viral with their story of a French waiter flatly refusing to serve a certain item, blithely ignoring any  special requests or simply telling the customer that they are wrong. So is it true that French waiters tell customers what they can and cannot order?...
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 Day 3365 (Wednesday 26th August 2026  This is Villa Kerylos in Beaulieu  This is the storm we had the other night Sorry about the lack of photos yesterday but my computer updated itself and I lost the use of Word and it all became very messy. Do French restaurants have to offer tap water? A recent legal ruling in Italy concluded that customers are not entitled to order tap water - here's a look at the law, and  the reality, in France. (Photo by PATRICK KOVARIK / AFP) A recent legal ruling in Italy concluded that customers are not entitled to order tap water - here's a look at the law, and the reality, in France. Italy's highest court has recently ruled in favour of a restaurant that refused to provide tap water on request, instead insistng that customers pay €7 for a bottle of mineral water.  In some European countries, including Italy and Germany, it's common for restaurants not to offer tap water. The law ...
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  Day 3365 (Tuesday) 25th August 2026 Is France's long summer of extreme heat finally over     Temperatures across most of France fell on Wednesday and for the first ;me since June no areas were on alert for extreme heat - so is this the end of the scorching summer of 2026? Although high temperatures persist in some parts of the south-east, Wednesday morning saw cooler, fresher temperatures for most of the country, with rain in some areas.   No orange or red alerts are in place for extreme heat, for the first Kme since June. So is this an end to the brutal temperatures of the summer of 2026, or just a temporary respite?   Wednesday, Thursday and Friday   This week temperatures are predicted to be below seasonal norms for most areas, with rain across much of the country. Northern France, including Paris, will see highs of between 20C and 24C, while the centre of the country will likely reach 30C. In the south, however, temperatures of between 35C and 38C are...
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