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Day 3142 (Wednesday) 14 th January 2026 This is Villefranche-sur-Mer’s beach in the summer and this is Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat. We had to get up super early again today for me to go to Nice for work and Huw took this interesting photo of the sunrise and this one of a rainbow in the sky.   Huw kindly gave me a lift to International House and the light this morning was gorgeous.   He dropped me off and went to clean the pool, which must have been very cold. I spent four hours with Pauline and caught the train home. There was some heat in the sunshine and it was pretty warm all afternoon but as always, it’s cold at night. There was another cruise ship in the bay so the passengers had a lovely, but cold day to visit Villefranche. 13 untranslatable French words that tell us something about France Wandering through the French capital is so special that it has its own word. Photo: Ludovic Marin/AFP Whether it's the art of strolling along an elegant boulevard or having an all-comers ver...
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  Day 3141 (Tuesday) 13 th January 2026 This is Menton and this is Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat. I had to work in Nice again this morning and it was really cold on the scooter going in. Pauline is such a nice lady that it’s not too difficult to do four hours with her but I am exhausted at the end of the morning. It stayed quite cloudy most of the day so I didn’t take any photos. La rentrée to Bals des pompiers: The 25 seasons of the French year A calendar page showing the date of May 11 th in French. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) Some countries have just four seasons, but those lucky enough to live in France have a dizzying array of different 'seasons' defined by food, drink, dress and festivals. Here is our guide to the real seasons of France. La rentrée Now technically, of course, the year begins on January 1 st , but France's real 'new year' is  la rentrée  (the return) in September. It's when  les grandes vacances  end, people across France dust the sand off their s...
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