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  Day 3328 (Sunday) 19 th July 2026 This is Monaco and this is Antibes. Does Lyon really deserve its title as the 'French gastronomy capital’? Customers in a bouchon restaurant in Lyon. (Photo by PHILIPPE DESMAZES / AFP) Lyon, in south-east France, is often referred to as the country’s ‘capital of gastronomy’ – but is it really all that? We asked foodie expert and Lyon resident Caroline Fazeli during a discussion about Lyon you're highly likely to hear the phrase 'foodie capital' or 'capitale de la gastronomie' - but is the food scene in Lyon really better than the rest of France? Lyon-based food writer and co-host of the podcast Fishwives of Paris Caroline Fazeli contends that: "Lyon is the capital of gastronomy for one really good reason, and that is that we are a crossroads. This is where all the best food in France kind of gets funnelled into."   She told The Local: “Lyon is in between these two huge mountain ranges, the Alps and the Massif Centra...
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  Day 3327 (Saturday) 18 th July 2026 This is Eze Village and this is a Jacaranda tree in Nice.   I forgot to mention yesterday that Elton John is in town and we saw him boarding his boat Hercules 11 and we saw him coming back in, he seems like such a nice man, very unassuming and normal. There was yet another big cruise ship in the bay again today.   Pat phoned Huw and invited us for lunch in the square and we happily accepted. We had a beer in Les Palmiers first and then went to Cosmo. There are new owners of Cosmo and thanks to the new major they are allowed to spread the furniture into the square and it looks great. I had a chicken burger, Huw had fish and chips and Dee had salmon - I can’t remember what Pat had. The burger was enormous. Here are the rest of the strange French habits…  How to be French; Weird French Habits In  How to be French part I,  we looked at things like dunking your croissant in your coffee, cheese etiquette, the French obsessio...
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  Day 3326 (Friday) 17 th July 2026 This is Grasse and this is Beaulieu.     How to be French Part 1 Many people will say well you’re French if you’re born French – but is it really as simple as that? And what makes French people uniquely French? I can tell you that coming from London as I do, and now having lived in France for many years, I know that there are certain things that French people do that make them stand out as French – such as dunking a buttery, flaky croissant in a bowl or cup of coffee. I’ve studied what it means to be French – and lived the life and here’s what I’ve found… Things the French do that make them French. I’ve thought long and hard about how to be French. For me, I don’t think that you can just say being born in France is the only way to be French. I know French people who live outside of France, or whose children may have been born outside of France, but still they are “French” in the sense that they seem French, do French things… For instan...
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