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  Day 3321 (Sunday) 12 th July 2026 This is Menton and this is Antibes. It was another lovely sunny day and Dee sent me a message inviting us for lunch in a restaurant we’re not very keen on – it’s expensive and the portions are not big enough for Huw, so we declined but we arranged to meet them for a few beers before lunch. The bay was absolutely packed with private yachts. Town wasn’t very busy and Les Palmiers was very comfortable and we enjoyed a few beers with five expats. 13 French words that creep into your English Is it apéro o'clock yet? Paris metro station renaming, part of an April Fools joke. Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP Certain French linguists use up a lot of angst on the many anglicisms that creep into modern French - but anglophones living in France may find more and more French words and phrases creeping into their conversational English. The English and French languages share a lot of words and have deeply entwined roots. In fact one French linguist has made ...
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  Day 3320 (Saturday) 11 th July 2026 This is the Japanese Garden in Monaco and this is Villa Kerylos in Beaulieu.   It was pretty hot again but that gentle breeze is still blowing. We took the scooter into Nice to enjoy the Gay Pride Parade. In Villefranche the beach was packed and there were people swimming off the road. We parked the scooter in the Old Port and took the usual photos of the pointus. We walked to the other side of the port and settled down in a café to wait for the parade. There was a lot of loud music and lots of lovely gay people dancing in the street. The atmosphere was wonderful and the parade soon started. This man’s costume won the best outfit award of the day, he looked like something out of swan lake. In Huw’s words it was a joyous occasion. I thought it was a bit strange that there were more women than men in the parade. Some of the costumes were wonderful, others were questionable.   But all in all, it was a lovely day out.  Nice Gay...
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