A Year in Villefranche sur Mer - Moving to France

  Day 2575 (Wednesday) 26 th June 2024 This is Cap d’Antibes a and this is the seafront in Villefranche sur-Mer. Huw went to clean Ken’s pool this morning, it was really dirty because of the Saharan sand that has been everywhere for days. All cars and scooters are covered in it and this morning the air was clear and there were queues in all the garages with people wanting to wash their cars. He picked me up and we went to the big apartment to make a start on getting it ready. We were there for a few hours and then we came home to change for me to go to Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat to work with Oceane. The man downstairs has almost finished the decking and Huw thinks he’s done a terrible job of it. Oceane and I spent almost an hour talking about French rap music and famous men. She changed the subject and we started talking about the weather, which I’m happy to say is much better today – summer is finally here. She said that for the whole of June she has been complaining because summer hadn’t

  Day 2574 (Tuesday) 25 th June 2024 This is Nice and this is Paloma beach in Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat. There was a cruise ship in the bay again today and the weather wasn’t great – again! It’s really warm but cloudy – I want summer!  This was on Facebook this morning Saint Peter's Day On Saturday June 29 th at 11am a mass will be celebrated in the magnificent Chapel of Saint-Pierre, Quai Courbet, decorated in 1957, by Jean Cocteau, with the prud’-homme of sinners. (I couldn’t translate prud’homie so I have no idea what it means. I looked up prud’-homme and that means industrial tribunal – who knows?) Sunday June 30 th, we give you an appointment at 10am for the great mass officiated at the Saint-Michel church. At 11am, heading to the quays, with the Fanfare de Villefranche for the throwing of herbs into the sea. At 11.30 back to the port for an aperitif offered by the Amicale des Aciens Marins . ( Friendly Marine Veterans.) This is how they celebrate in Nice. The port of Nice wit