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  Day 3192 (Thursday) 5 th March 2026 This is Antibes and this is Nice.   We went into Nice to have our weekly kebab in the park. It was a bit overcast so there are no lovely photos of blue sky today. Huw went home and I reluctantly went to my French class, I lasted a bit longer this week and Irina (my teacher) told me that next week is my last week – I must admit it felt good. On the way home I saw that they are dismantling the big wheel in Place Massena. Here is the rest of the article on French stereotypes… We dress with a certain "je ne sais quoi" Whether it's Coco Chanel haute couture with high heels or a marinière striped shirt, we are considered stylish, elegant and well put together. And the French wear berets, of course. Not that true, I'm afraid. We still dress up more than American cultures and anglophone countries when we go out, but the casual look is making rapid inroads. We may know how to tie a scarf but we also wear Converses to brave the cobbleston...
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  Day 3191 (Wednesday) 4 th March 2026 This is the cathedral in Monaco and this is Beaulieu park, where we had lunch today. Bertran cancelled his Zoom class again today so Huw and I went to Beaulieu to get a delicious roast chicken and roast potato sandwich from our favourite sandwich shop. We went to the beach and ate our sandwich there, there weren’t many people there at all. The park in Beaulieu is really quite spectacular, the flowers are gorgeous. I wish they’d spend more in Villefranche. This is the second part of the article on French stereotypes I started yesterday… We are cultured and sophisticated That depends completely on your definitions. If by culture you mean cultivation of the mind, the insistence on learning or knowledge and intellect, then yes, that tends to be true of a French person (well, some French people). We prize these qualities and do our utmost to show them off in ourselves. Our fashion style and sophistication is innate, although modern times and comfo...
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  Day 3190 (Tuesday) 3 rd March 2026 This is the Castle Hill waterfall in Nice and this is Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. It was quite cold today, the sun tried to shine but it didn’t quite manage it, the tourist boat was quite empty, which is so sad to see. After doing some chores Huw planted the new flowers we bought yesterday. We’ve tried growing geraniums before but they’ve never worked, fingers crossed these will last. This one is called a treasure flower Badger had a good munch on the geraniums found this article about French stereotypes, it’s quite long so I’ll post it over a few days. French People: Stereotypes and Myths So much has been written about French stereotypes... some of it wrong, but much of it uncomfortably close to home. Being French, I do fit in with many of these – but certainly not all. The French being French, we disagree on most everything and succeed in confusing everyone, but there are a few bases for consensus: we are complex, our culture is rich, our history...
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