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  Day 3068 (Saturday) 1 st November 2025 This is Eze Village and this is ‘the nine 30-metre high steel beams of  Neuf Lignes Obliques  that meet at the top are said to symbolise the nine valleys that converge on Nice. Nice artist Bernar Venet put it together and it was placed on the Prom in 2010 to commemorate the 150 th anniversary of Nice's attachment to France.’ It wasn’t very nice at all today but there is no rain on the forecast so the wedding should be ok but it’s such a shame it’s not sunny for the big day. There were six people swimming in the sea – they must be mad. The teenagers were decorating the village for tonight’s Halloween parade – it’s such a shame we’re going to miss it this year. Today is a bank holiday in France for La Toussaint What is la Toussaint, All Saints’ Day in France All Saints’ Day in France marks a school and work break halfway between summer and Christmas. For the French Catholics, “ la Toussaint ” is a time to honour the dead—to vis...