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  Day 3300 (Sunday) 21 st June 2026 This is Menton again   and this is the Russian Orthodox church in Nice.   The bay was packed last night – I know we need the tourists but hopefully they’ll be quiet tonight, the music was hideous last night. We had some magnificent fireworks last night, it was quite late but they were great. You can’t see this by my photos but they give you the idea. It was yet another lovely sunny day and this slide off the side of boat looks like fun. Pat got in touch and invited us for lunch so we met in Le Phare and then went to Achilles to eat. On the way down we were delighted to see that the restaurant Cosmo has spread its tables and produced some very comfortable sofas to lounge on. Achilles was quite full but the kind waiter managed to find us a table out of the sun – this was our view. and this was mine. The restaurant is very pretty with beautiful plants. On the way home we saw these lovely flags for La Fete de la musique. It’s the Fête de l...
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  Day 3299 (Saturday) 20 th June 2026 This is Menton and this is Beaulieu.   We went to Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat to see the fete but there was nothing there, just a few town flags. Huw had looked it up and there are activities in the evenings all weekend but nothing during the day – it was all a bit disappointing but Saint-Jean was as pretty as ever. We walked down to the port and sat watching the world go by. I rather liked this piece of art. The theatre in the main square was all set up for something but there was no information anywhere. There are bougainvillea plants everywhere and the colours are amazing.   On the way home we stopped in the garden centre to replace some of our flowers and it was super colourful today. It was very hot and sweaty in the glass house so we picked a few flowers quickly to get out of there. 10 Amazing French Proverbs That Will Thrill Any Audience French is such a romantic language, and we are always in a hurry to learn the best words to...
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