A Year in Villefranche sur Mer - Moving to France

  Day 2001 (Wednesday) 30 th November 2022. Summer is back! 32 degrees in direct sunlight – it won’t feel like that later when we’re on Kisbee going to Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat but for now it’s bliss. Huw found this announcement on Facebook this morning – should be fun. Kicking off the Christmas festivities Saturday, December 3 rd with the inauguration of the city lights. Starting at 5:30 pm Place A. Pollonnais meet again, Children's Parade, Ambianceers and Jazz Band "NewsCat". He also found this… French baguette voted onto UN World Cultural Heritage list The baguette – a mix of wheat flour, water, yeast, salt and a pinch of savoir-faire, and as much a symbol of France as the Eiffel Tower – has gained UNESCO recognition as the UN body on Wednesday voted to include the "artisanal know-how and culture of baguette bread" on its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.  The baguette, now a symbol of France around the world, has been a central part of the French diet for

  Day 2000 (Tuesday) 29 th November 2022. We woke up and it’s winter! It was really quite cold and we had to put the heater on in the bathroom for the first time this year! There was a cruise ship in the bay and I felt really sorry for the passengers Huw went to do some shopping and saw this barrier across our street. So we can still use the road but cars can’t, which will stop all the tourists getting lost and having to reverse back out when they get to our house because it’s the narrowest part of Rue du Poilu. My boss in Cannes rang me this morning and I am to start in the Maybourne hotel on December 15 th ! I should have started on October 4 th , then it was December 5 th and now it’s the 15 th ! Then they’ll all take two weeks off for Christmas and we go back on January 5 th !    I’m going to have one man one-to-one and then three groups, one of four and the other two of five. I can’t believe how long it has taken to get started – I’m still not holding my breath!  Apéro to digest

  Day 1999 (Monday) 28 th November 2022 What’s happening in France this week From court rulings to Olympic tickets, strikes to a state visit - here's what is happening in France this week. Published: 28 November 2022 09:06 CET The Louvre-Lens museum in Lens in northern France is 10 years old. Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP Monday  Island hopping  – Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin will visit the tiny Pacific island of Nouvelle Calédonie for discussions on the island’s future status. The island has  held three referendums in recent years , narrowly voting to remain a part of France’s overseas territories.  Tuesday Demo  – Industrial action and demonstrations among staff at psychiatric hospitals, protesting under-funding and the “alarming situation of public mental health care”. Court ruling  – a tribunal in Bayonne will rule on the case of a restaurant owner who refused entry to a woman wearing the Muslim headscarf. Wednesday Stateside  – President Emmanuel Macron will visit the U

  Day 1998 (Sunday) 27 th November 2022 Suzanne saw the penguins We were invited to Tamsin and Christian’s for lunch today and it was fantastic – an Irish stew! Their dog is gorgeous It was another beautiful day and they have a view of the fort They have bought the flat next door and knocked down the wall between them and now they have a huge flat – 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms – wow!   We had a great lunch and sat outside for most of it We moved indoors at about 4pm because it got cold and thoroughly enjoyed an Irish stew with mashed potatoes.   This was followed by a perfect French cheese plate   This is from Quora Digest Steak, wine or cous cous: What foods really represent France in 2022? Follow a French election campaign for long enough and most candidates will start talking about food - but only certain types of food. Published: 16 February 2022 10:59 CET Photo by Ed JONES / AFP  “A charolais pavé [steak] washed down with a good wine,”  enthused Valérie Pécresse  of the centre-rig