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  Day 3278 (Saturday) 30 th May 2026 This is Villefranche-sur-Mer and this is Eze Village.   It was another beautiful sunny day and there was yet another cruise ship in the bay – this was a big one. I got a message from Dee inviting us to have lunch in the Cave de Nature, which is on our street and we happily agreed.   We met in Le Phare and had a few beers before going to lunch. Huw had the salmon and I had the duck croquettes, they were both very good. From the restaurant we could admire this pretty balcony I found this article about French insults, it’s a bit long so I’ll post it over two days… From Witty to Savage: 35 French Insults You Need to Know   35 French Insults and When to Use (or Avoid) Each If you're interested in learning to insult someone in French, you've come to the right place. Here are some dangerously useful insults in French. Just remember to be careful not to use these with the wrong people, as many of them are quite rude and can be very offen...
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  Day 3277 (Friday) 29 th May 2026 This is Petite Afrique in Beaulieu and this is David Niven’s house between Beaulieu and Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat.   We had some weird and wonderful clouds yesterday afternoon, Huw found this photo online this morning. It was another gloriously sunny warm day and we both did some sunbathing for a while. There was a cruise ship in the bay and town was full of Americans. Going back to David Nivens’ house,  I found this article… Lo Scoglietto – The little rock ‘Lo Scoglietto’. David and Hjördis Niven’s house at St Jean Cap Ferrat, photographed in June 2017. Photo © Paul Thomas David Niven always seemed to be at his happiest and most comfortable while in residence at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, a peninsula surrounded on three sides by the sea. He was proud to state that he turned down movie roles to be there for the summer months. Their Lo Scoglietto villa was also where Hjördis spent her summers right through to the end of her life when her as...
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  Day 3276 (Thursday) 28 th May 2026 This is the road between Antibes and Villeneuve Loubet and this is La Reserve in Nice.  It was quite cloudy today but it was still warm enough to go for our weekly kebab in Nice. The park was open again but there was a bunch of squealing children there so it wasn’t exactly peaceful again. I read this frightening article yesterday about the possibility of a tsunami in France. Tsunami risk in the Mediterranean: Why Nice should prepare an evacuation plan Tourists enjoy the beach along the "Promenande des anglais" on the French Riviera city of Nice. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP) Tsunamis are mostly associated with the Pacific and Indian Oceans, but Montpellier University professor Frédéric Leone explains why the risk is growing in the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean sea is widely perceived as having a low tsunami risk. History and recent modelling technology have demonstrated that destructive waves have already hit the French coast and could...
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