A Year in Villefranche sur Mer - Moving to France

  Day 2091 (Tuesday) 28 th February 2023. Today’s photos Villefranche sur Mer We think this is Gorbio, above the Maybourne Riviera Guess what…I’ve found yet another story about French cheese. It’s quite long so I’m putting half on today and the other half tomorrow. I love the way they recommend what to drink with each cheese. 32 Most Popular French Cheeses by  Thomas Poussard Nobody knows for sure how many different cheeses you can find in France. The latest estimations point to 1,600 different types, although you may also find numbers varying between 350 and 450; that’s because there are many different ways to classify cheeses in France, either by categories, varieties, or types: The kind of milk used to produce the cheese (cow’s, goat’s, or sheep’s). How it is made (cooked, uncooked, pressed, hard, semi-hard, white-mold, blue-veined, fresh, processed…). Whether it is  fermier  (made at the farm where the milk was produced), artisanal (small production using milk from the same farm

  Day 2090 (Monday) 27 th February 2023. Today’s special photos This is Cascade (waterfall) de Gairaut – we’ve been there, it’s above Nice and this is Nice taken from the castle, above the cascade There was a cruise ship in the bay this morning – who on earth goes on a cruise in February? I walked to the station and it was bloody freezing – that is the coldest it’s been all winter. It was a bit warmer in Monaco but still cold. I spent a pleasant 90 minutes with Catherine in her flat and on the way home there was a young man playing the piano in Monaco station – he was very good.  When I got home I had a Skype lesson with Anastasia and we did some more spelling, she never ceases to amaze me. We also did some common homophones and confusions  advise/advice choose/chose quiet/quite   sites/sights  affect/effect source/sauce allowed/aloud course/coarse bought/brought our/are threw/through braking/breaking practise/practice to/too/two and she got everything r

  Day 2089 (Sunday) 26 th February 2023. Today’s beautiful photos This is the Villa and Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild in Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat and this is Antibes The weather forecast was right for once and it rained all day – I know we need it but I can’t wait for the summer. There was no snow or ice. This was Badger yesterday turning his back on the rugby Huw found these photos on the Nice Matin website – it was the burning of the king at the end of the carnival last night. The burning of the king in the sea marks the end of the festivities and the start of Lent. Legend has it that by burning the King, he will then rise again next year from the ashes to reign once again during the Carnival. Why are the French falling out of love with the bidet? For centuries, French people have used bidets to clean up, and if you are visiting, you might encounter one too. Here is what you need to know about this 17 th century invention. Published: 17 February 2023 14:20 CET Photo by  Renee Verbern