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  Day 3206 (Thursday) 19 th March 2026 This is Place Massena in Nice and this is the citadel here in Villefranche-sur-Mer.   It was another lovely sunny day today and Huw had to work on Ken’s house this morning. When he came home at lunchtime we went into Nice to have our weekly kebab in the park. The kebab tasted even better than usual because I didn’t have to go to school afterwards. There were quite a few people on the beach and the bay looked great in the sunshine. Tick tock: 15 French expressions for talking about time Time can be an elastic construct in the French langauge. Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP) From soon to maybe to indefinitely to possibly, via the 'night of time' French has a lot of time-related phrases that don't translate literally, but will have you sounding like a true local if you use them. We break them down for you here. If you're arranging to meet someone at a set time then that's fairly simple (although remember that the French like to use...
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  Day 3205 (Wednesday) 18 th March 2026 This is Place Garibaldi in Nice and this is Monaco.   The forecast for today was meant to be another lovely day but when we woke up it was grey and overcast with some spots of rain. We had planned on going to the castle because when we’ve been there before it was around lunchtime and it closes for lunch. Hopefully we can go on Friday because Huw is working  tomorrow. The French live on wine, baguettes and cheese The idea that French people survive exclusively on wine, baguettes, and cheese is another amusing stereotype probably born from France’s iconic culinary image. While these culinary delights are beloved and of great quality, French cuisine is wonderfully diverse, with regional specialties like bouillabaisse and cassoulet, just to name a few. But let’s be honest, if you were to survive solely on crusty fresh baguettes, Brie wheels, and bottles of Bordeaux or Chablis, France isn’t exactly the worst place to attempt such a feat...
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