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  Day 3376 (Sunday) 6th September 2026 This is Menton and this is Villefranche and Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat. It was another beautiful day and Huw had some chores in Ken’s house and at home so we stayed at home today and I sunbathed for a while, it was so nice without the humidity.   Autumn in France   Autumn is a time of celebrations. It is a great opportunity to experience that famous joie de vivre, as the spirit is light and carefree, and there is always good food to be had. Plan your autumn schedule with us ... September Braderie de Lille - September 3-4, 2022   While these dates have passed, plan ahead for the Braderie de Lille next year, as it is always the first weekend in September, and you will want to book your lodging well in advance. What's it all about? Take a closer look ... If you long to find treasures of yesteryear, come to the enchanting city of Lille (in the northern most region of France) the first weekend in September. This annual street fair is the ...
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  Day 3375 (Saturday) 5th September 2026   This is Villefranche and this is Saint Agnes. Yesterday I got a message from Suzanne inviting us to lunch today in the Bistro Etoile and so we met her and Dee there and Pat joined us for a beer before going to work. We saw this flat with lots of lovely flowers outside The restaurant was strangely quiet, it would seem that the summer is over but it’s still very hot and humid - we’re expecting another canicule (heatwave) soon. Embarrassingly Awkward English-French Translation and Pronunciation Mistakes   Have you ever had an embarrassing translation faux pas that is so cringe - worthy it made you want to duck to the nearest restroom and hide there forever? Or probably pronounced a French word so inappropriately that it made everybody snigger?   French words, with its subtle nuances and undertones, is quite easy to bungle. You might be saying something that you think is totally innocent, but the word you choose or a slight erro...
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   Day 3374 (Friday) 4th September 2026   These photos of Villefranche were taken in the past.   It was another beautiful day and we’ve had a warning that the canicule (heatwave) is coming back, either this weekend or on Monday.   For my birthday Huw ordered a new poster of Villefranche for me and it arrived this morning. I bought the original poster years ago and when comparing the new with the old it was amazing how much the old one has faded. We went down to Les Palmiers for some lunch and it was packed, mostly with fat people from the cruise ship. 12 of the most unfortunate (or hilarious) place names in France     JOHANNA LEGUERRE / AFP   From towns apparently named after body parts to villages that seem to revel in describing themselves as miserable and dirty, there are some distinctly strange place names in France. Here are our favourites. Sniggering at foreign words that sound rude is an extremely childish pastime. But it's also fun, so her...
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