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  Day 3364 (Monday) 24 th August 2026  This is Winston Churchill looking at the port on Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat and this is Monaco. As usual on  Monday here What’s happening in France this week. The Local France. This multiple  exposure photograph shows the full moon during a total lunar eclipse. (Photo by Biju BORO / AFP) Paris marks 82 years since liberation, property tax bills should start dropping into letter boxes, August’s second celestial spectacle takes place, and pioneer French astronaut Sophie Adenot makes her second space walk. Monday Council of ministers  - Schoolchildren still have one more week of holiday, but the government gets back to work on Monday, when Emmanuel Macron will chair the first Council of Minsters meeting of  la rentrée . Meanwhile the Assemblée nationale does not resume normal sessions until October 1 st . Tuesday  Anniversary –  The 82 nd anniversary of the Liberation of Paris during World War Two. The capital will...
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  Day 3363 (Sunday) 23 rd August 2026  This is Menton and this is Nice. We had a lovely lazy day at home today and I sunbathed for a while and the temperature was perfect with no humidity. As promised yesterday  here are the other French dishes…  7. Croques Monsieur et Madame The fancy Croque Madame is a French sandwich classic.Photo: Stepanek Photography / Shutterstock A quintessential Parisian pair. The only happily married sandwiches in the world—and proof that everything sounds better in French—the Croque Monsieur came first. A gentleman's sandwich (the name of which translates to “Mister Bite”), it's made from white bread, ham, cheese, and sometimes bechamel sauce—essentially, it's a fancy grilled cheese. A Croque Madame includes all of the above, except it's topped with a fried egg that's said to represent a lady's hat. Sample them both in Paris on a  food tour . 8. Clafoutis Rich clafoutis is a cherry-forward dessert.Photo: iskraphoto / Shutter...
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  Day 3362 (Saturday) 22 nd August 2026  This is Nice and this is Monaco.   The weather is so much nicer after that downpour and there is very little humidity. We went up to the Corne d’Or for lunch which was really pleasant and the view was as spectacular as ever. I found this article about French food and drinks, we’ve looked at a few of them before but there are lots of new dishes. It’s quite long so I’ll post it over two days… 15 Traditional French Foods and Drinks To Try on Your Next Trip Move over macarons, jambon-beurre, and croissants—there's more to French cuisine than you might realise. Photo:Tatjana Baibakova / Shutterstock Forget grab-and-go; meals in France are a serious affair and can last for hours. From Paris' married sandwiches (  croques madame et monsieur  ), to the seafood stews and ratatouille of the Côte d'Azur, to boozy breakfasts served in the early morning in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, it's clear that the French live to eat rather than t...
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