Day 176 (Thursday)

It was yet another gorgeous day, the hottest for a while, which I thoroughly made the most of sitting in the sun. I went up the top road to do some shopping and was amazed to see that they are already selling Christmas trees in Casino. I realise it’s December tomorrow but isn’t it a bit early to be selling real Christmas trees? There was yet another stunning pink sky at sunset, it never fails to amaze me how different the sky looks every day.

Ages ago, when I started speaking to Wendy, the manager of the studio I look after who used to live here. She had to go back to the UK because her dyslexic son wasn’t getting enough attention in school. She misses it terribly and she told me that many of her UK friends used to ask her if she got bored down here because there’s little theatre and so on. We both agreed that looking at the view every day was theatre enough for anyone. I wish I’d been here when she was here because I could have helped her son through his dyslexia issues and get my foot in the dyslexia door that I am convinced is here as there are so many English speaking expats living between Antibes and Monaco. I’m determined to find this door one day and get my foot well and truly in there.

For dinner tonight I made French onion soup, which I guess is just called onion soup here and it was quite delicious even though I say so myself. As you can see from the photo we are now eating dinner indoors but lunch is still served on the terrace.