A Year in Villefranche sur Mer - Moving to France

  Day 2610 (Wednesday) 31 st July 2024 This is Le Suqueet, the old town of Cannes. and this is Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat.   It was very hot again today – 40 degrees on the balcony. I found this article in the Local France… French weather forecaster issues heatwave alert with 40C temperatures predicted People walk near the Rocher de La Vierge in Biarritz, southwestern France, on August 23, 2023, when a heatwave swept across France. An orange heatwave warning has been issued for 13 French departments for Sunday. (Photo by GAIZKA IROZ / AFP) Large parts of France are under orange alert for a heatwave that will last until at least Tuesday, according to Météo France. Most of southern and central France is on orange alert for a heatwave on Monday and Tuesday  - although Paris and the rest of northern France will be spared the highest temperatures. French weather forecaster Météo France triggered an alert on Sunday for 13 departments: Haute-Corse, Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Corrèze, Dordogne, Gers, G

  Day 2609 (Tuesday) 30 th July 2024 This is Roquebrune-cap-Martin and this is Villefranche-sur-Mer. I found this article very interesting even though I don’t understand all of it… How many of the French references did you get in the Olympics opening ceremony? A torchbearer passes the Olympic flame to French former football player Zinedine Zidane during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics wasn't just a spectacular event, it was also packed with references to French culture, art and history - did you get them all? The Paris 2024 Olympics were officially opened on Friday with a spectacular - and long - ceremony. Held along a 6km course along the River Seine in central Paris, it was the first time that an opening ceremony had been held outside the stadium. The event was very different to more traditional ceremonies but seems to have gone down well with the French, with pol