Day 3314 (Sunday) 5 th July 2026 This is Saint Tropez and this is Petite Afrique in Beaulieu. Yesterday afternoon we went into town to see the jeeps, the pin-up girls and to listen to some music – the atmosphere was quite electric. Villefranche put all the American flags up to celebrate 250 years of Independence Day. The stage was ready for the music later on and then the line dancing started and at the end the ladies asked the crowd to join them and they were pretty good. Today is the festival of Saint-Pierre and this is what happens in Villefranche-sur-Mer. This was the vicar and the brass band going out in a boat to throw a wreath into the sea, and they play La Marseillaise on the way back, read on to find out why. About Saint-Pierre The Festin de la Saint-Pierre is a traditional maritime festival celebrated every year at the end of June in Villefranche-sur-Mer, in honour of Saint Peter, patron saint of fishermen. This ancestral celebration combines a religious ceremony, a se...
