A Year in Villefranche sur Mer - Moving to France

  åDay 2732 (Saturday) 30 th November 2024 This is Villefranche-sur-Mer . and this is Saint Tropez. We had planned on meeting Sean and Alex in the happy whale for lunch today but it was a bit cold this so we postponed it until tomorrow when the forecast is better. Local Festivals in Nice There's no better way to participate in local life than in attending one of Nice's frequent local festivals. Nice has been around for almost 2,000 years, absorbing cultural influences from all over Europe. In the process Nice has created its own unique culture. Many of the festivals are based on Nice's Catholic heritage and some are just, well, peculiarly  Niçois . Nice's festivals attract enthusiastic local support. Visitors are most welcome but, as the festivals are not well-publicised, the crowd is mostly locals. At the popular festivals, expect music, dancing and food stalls serving  socca  and other local specialties. The religious festivals are marked by processions and someti...

Day 2731 (Friday) 29 th November 2024 I’m afraid there are no nice photos today. It was a beautiful sunny day today and I sunbathed for a few hours, the thermometer read 33 degrees. After lunch we went for a walk around town and stopped for a coffee in Les Palmiers. From the square we walked up to the Belle Époque to give Manuel a report on our New Year’s Day lunch and I was chuffed when he gave me the bisous. We walked past the wash house which was built in 1907 and recently renovated. Boucherie: Essential vocab for visiting a French butcher This picture taken on on November 3, 2022 shows different type of beef displayed at the butcher department in a supermarket in Septemes-les-Vallons near Marseille. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP) It can be daunting to visit the butcher's shop in France and it is one of those environments where you really want to know some vocabulary before entering, otherwise you could be in for a surprise. That said, it can be a lot of fun to go to your lo...