A Year in Villefranche sur Mer - Moving to France

  Day 2488 (Sunday) 31 1st March 2024 This is Cagnes-sur-Mer. It was miserable again this morning but the sun tried to come out this afternoon and almost succeeded. The tourist boat came along on the dot as usual and I felt really sorry for the passengers. Pat and Dee invited us for lunch to say goodbye to Andy who is staying with them. He is going back to Brittany later this week and it was really sad to say goodbye to him. But we had a great afternoon, on the way up I saw these adverts – we really must go to these events. There were 11 of us for lunch, Andy cooked a hot chili (which I don’t really like) with an option of an extra hot chili sauce which most people had.  This was followed by a lovely cheese board supplied by Irish Kevin. Huw made a wonderful tiramisu which was wonderful . Andy took advantage and ‘licked the bowl’ at the end of the dessert – I think he looks like Ronnie Corbett since he’s lost weight – he didn’t agree at all! And here’s Easter in France… A Guide to th

  Day 2487 (Saturday) 30 th March 2024 Today’s special photo – this is Villefranche beach – it hasn’t changed very much. We watched ‘Ronin’ last night (1998)  directed by John Franklin, this action movie thriller starring Robert De Niro and Jean Reno includes scenes filmed in Nice, France. Huw enjoyed it more than I did, I thought it was a bit long, but it was still pretty good and there some great shots of Villefranche, which wasn’t mentioned in the above blurb so it was a nice surprise. You can just about see our flat in these, it’s at the end of the street above the pale green building. There was a cruise ship in the bay this morning and the weather was just awful but the passengers still came ashore. The sky was a yellowy colour full of Saharan sand, all the cars and scooters are covered in it. It didn’t rain much but the sand covered everything – this is our little outdoor table. I painted our laundry basket… I found these common French words, it’s pretty basic but I was pleased