Day 3190 (Tuesday) 3 rd March 2026 This is the Castle Hill waterfall in Nice and this is Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. It was quite cold today, the sun tried to shine but it didn’t quite manage it, the tourist boat was quite empty, which is so sad to see. After doing some chores Huw planted the new flowers we bought yesterday. We’ve tried growing geraniums before but they’ve never worked, fingers crossed these will last. This one is called a treasure flower Badger had a good munch on the geraniums found this article about French stereotypes, it’s quite long so I’ll post it over a few days. French People: Stereotypes and Myths So much has been written about French stereotypes... some of it wrong, but much of it uncomfortably close to home. Being French, I do fit in with many of these – but certainly not all. The French being French, we disagree on most everything and succeed in confusing everyone, but there are a few bases for consensus: we are complex, our culture is rich, our history...
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Day 3189 (Monday) 2 nd March 2026 This was taken from above the waterfall in Castle Hill in Nice and this is the entrance to the citadel here in Villefranche. Bertrand sent me an email last night cancelling our Zoom lesson this morning so I had the morning off. It was quite warm and sunny but the wind was very chilly so it was quite cold on the scooter. We went to the garden centre in Saint–Jean–Cap-Ferrat and the choice of flowers and plants was a lot better than the last time we were there – spring is in the air. There was a Kumquat tree for sale which was huge and a giant bonsai tree. The bay looked lovely glistening in the sunshine, we can’t wait till this chilly wind disappears. As usual on a Monday here is What’s happening in France this week. The Local, France. A protestor holds a sign during a demonstration march as part of the 2025 international Women's Day in Paris. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP) International Women’s Day marches, an important presidential speec...