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Day 3243 (Saturday) 25 th April 2026 These are lovely old photos of Villefranche. We’d planned on going into town for lunch today, calling in on Le Phare on the way but as we were having a beer in Le Phare it got colder so we went home. The spring is taking so long to arrive, it should be much warmer by now.  Here are the rest of the fun facts about France… Waterway fun facts about France We couldn’t possibly compile a list of fun facts without some reference to these: When it’s a sleeve And not the English Channel at all because the French call it La Manche (the sleeve). The shortest distance between France and England across this sleeve is around 33km. Anyone else wondering why they don’t call it the French Channel? Two words for river French has two words to refer to a river. Those that flow into the sea are called fleuve and those that flow into another river, rivière. The  Rhône  is the only fleuve to empty into the Mediterranean. Plent...
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  Day 3242 (Friday) 24 th April 2026 This is Saint Tropez. There was a cruise ship in the bay again this morning and the passengers had a lovely day to visit our glorious little town. I had a Zoom lesson with Bertran again this morning, I haven’t seen him for over a month so it was good to catch up. After lunch both Huw and I sunbathed for a few hours and it was bliss. I found this article on random fun facts about France, it’s a little bit long so I’ll post it over two days… Who’d have known that France runs to so many random fun facts? Geographically correct fun facts about France  Let’s start our fun facts in the geography department, where perhaps you didn’t know the following: France, the hexagon You might have noticed that France has roughly six sides, so it’ll be no surprise to discover that it’s sometimes called l’Hexagon. And while we’re here, France is the largest country in the European Union and third largest in Europe after Ukraine and European Russia.  Eigh...
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  Day 3241 (Thursday) 23 rd April 2026 This is Eze Village and this is the Promenade des Anglais in Nice.  It was another lovely sunny day but that chilly wind is still blowing, I wish it would just bugger off. There was another cruise ship in the bay and town was full of Americans. Our flowers are looking good. We went down to Les Palmiers for lunch and enjoyed watching the tourists. The market was bigger than usual. 9 Rules for Eating and Drinking Like the French Don't even think about eating lunch at your desk. After spending the better part of the last decade between New York and Paris, I finally took the plunge and applied for a French visa in 2019. It's been just over three years that I've officially lived part-time in  France , and I've learned a thing or two about a country's food and beverage traditions. Some may credit a certain je ne sais quoi  to the celebrated French art of eating and drinking. Like many expats, I can confirm that there are a number of...
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