A Year in Villefranche sur Mer - Moving to France

Day 1910 (Wednesday) 31 st August 2022 We made the news last night. Basque Alex posted a video of a burning car yesterday evening and today this article appeared on Riviera News At Villefranche-sur-mer, police are questioning a man who set fire to a car before attacking customers at a nearby restaurant. It’s not clear what the intentions of the man were but police report he was heavily under the influence of alcohol at the time. It wasn’t quite so hot today and there was little humidity so it was very comfortable. Huw had to work in the big apartment today after a check-out this morning and a check-in tomorrow. These guests have been here for a month and it looked like they hadn’t done any cleaning or laundry – rude pigs! But at least they left behind a bottle of champagne – hooray!  This was Badger last night during a rare moment of affection.   Huw had to go up to the house to clean the pool and the guests had seen the burning car incident last night and had called the police. He wa

  Day 1909 (Tuesday) 30 th August 2022 It was quite cloudy this morning and the temperature was quite comfortable even though it was still a bit humid. The forecast said to expect a storm this afternoon but it never appeared and it was hot and sunny again this afternoon. Villefranche wasn’t very busy at all and I think most of the tourists have gone but the bloody accordion player was still  here – he drives me indoors on some days. Badger has found a new place to hide and sleep   We both did our French lessons this morning and neither of us are finding it easy. I’m sure we’re both better than we were but we’re still really struggling. I found a video online last night, which helps us understand why French is so difficult. If you Google this… Un ver vert verse un verre vers un verrier vers vignt heure … you should be able to watch it on Youtube When you watch the video, you will hear that almost every word in each sentence is pronounced the same… Worm – ver Green – vert pour – vers To

  Day 1908 (Monday) 29 th August 2022 It was 40 degrees again this morning and quite humid and poor Huw had to do some chores in Villefranche and Beaulieu without Kisbee. He went to scooter repair shop in Villefranche this morning but it was still closed so now he’ll have to try in Nice again.  He found this article in the Nice Matin…   Nice records an unprecedented number of nights over 20 degrees this summer  - The city of Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes, has recorded 61 consecutive tropical nights in a row since June 30 th , that is to say with the temperature never dropping below 20 degrees. The previous record was back in 2016 when 58 tropical nights in a row in Nice were recorded. According to Météo-France, the south of France could experience up to 90 tropical nights without interruption. While I was waiting for Anastasia to arrive I did my French lessons on Duolingo and was delighted to be in first place on the Pearl league leader-board. This didn’t last very long and I was soon