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  Day 2122 (Friday) 31 st March 2023. Today’s special photo – this is Saint Tropez It was quite cloudy this morning and there was a nip in the air. There was a cruise ship in the bay and I feel very sorry that the passengers don’t get to see Villefranche at her best. Huw went up to the big apartment to finally get it ready for the new guests who arrive on Sunday. I went to the Maybourne and thoroughly enjoyed my lesson with Keliane and Remy. Keliane had to finish a little early because they are opening the pool tomorrow and he had to taste the snacks they are going to serve with his cocktails – not a bad job. He also told me that they’ve all received a bonus to encourage them to work hard during the season. Yesterday Gwladys told me that what she gets paid for whole month is the same as the cost of a room for one night – how can they justify that? Back down at the station I saw what would be my version of hell, the kids were Italian and the noise was horrendous. Five problems you might
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  Day 2121 (Thursday) 30 th March 2023. It was another beautiful day, a bit chilly  going to the station but lovely and sunny. Huw was on the hunt for petrol for Kisbee and managed to find some in Nice. It looks like the petrol shortage is over for now. For once my train was on time and I was soon in the Maybourne Riviera. I was waiting for Guillarme and by a quarter past 10 I asked a woman in the office where I could find him. She offered to go and get him and he was soon in the classroom – he’s been on holiday for two weeks and had forgotten he had a class. As always we did some grammar first and then had a chat about his holiday in Rome, where he’d been with his mother.  He also told me about a region in Italy that is French speaking so I looked it up when I got home and found this… Aostan French Aostan French ( French :  français valdôtain ) is the variety of French spoken in the  Aosta Valley , Italy. History The Aosta Valley was the first government authority to adopt Modern Fren