Day 3367 (Friday) 28th August 2026
Both of these photos of Villefranche were taken in the past
This is is Place de la Republique
and this is then seafront
It was quite cloudy today but it was so hot and humid. This morning Huw took the scooter to Super U in Beaulieu and the scooter was yellow with Saharan sand.
When he came home he found this article…
The French Riviera awakens under a thick layer of Saharan sand
A layer of ochre dust covered cars, terraces and balconies in the Alpes-Maritimes region this Friday morning. The cause? Saharan sand carried by the rain.
An ochre veil greeted the residents of the French Riviera this Friday morning. They discovered their vehicles, balconies, and terraces covered in a thin layer of orange dust originating directly from the Sahara.
Thunderstorms last night
This spectacular meteorological phenomenon, although regular in the South-East of France, is explained by the combination of two aerological factors.
A low-pressure system positioned off the coast of Morocco caused powerful surges of hot air from the Sahara Desert, lifting immense quantities of very fine sand.
Carried at high altitude across the Mediterranean by southerly winds, these particles were then brought down to the azure ground during nighttime rains and local thunderstorms.
He also found this article about Nice this morning - it would have been nice to see some of the parade.
Nice to mark 82nd anniversary of its Liberation
Nice will commemorate the 82nd anniversary of its Liberation this Friday, 28 August, with a Remembrance Route, a parade of historic military vehicles and a ceremony at the city’s War Memorial.
The commemorations will begin at 8am with the Remembrance Route, a journey through the city stopping at plaques dedicated to local Resistance fighters who were killed during the Liberation.
The plaques bearing the names of those who died have been cleaned and restored by the City of Nice, while missing plaques have been replaced.
Historic military vehicles through the city
A parade of historic military vehicles will also take place on Friday morning.
The vehicles will leave the MIN at 10am before travelling along the Promenade des Anglais.
At around 11am, they will make their way down Avenue Jean-Médecin along the tramway before going on display at Place Masséna from midday.
They will leave at 4pm and travel towards the Rauba Capeù War Memorial, where the day's main commemorative ceremony will take place at 6pm, attended by Nice Mayor Éric Ciotti.
Remembering the Liberation of Nice
Nice was liberated on 28 August 1944, following an uprising by local Resistance fighters against the German occupation.
Fierce street fighting took place across the city as the Resistance seized strategic positions.
German forces later destroyed parts of the Port of Nice and its lighthouse and sank several ships before withdrawing.
During the fighting, 35 people from Nice were killed and 280 were wounded.
The following day, the city was free.
Several months later, General Charles de Gaulle visited Nice, addressing a crowd on Place Masséna on 9 April 1945 and praising the city for its courage during the Liberation.
My List of 30 French Funny Phrases That Will Make You Laugh!
Aller comme un gant: fit like a glove
Avoir des fourmis dans le jambes (ants in one’s foot): ‘ have pins and needles’; waiting nervously for something to happen
Avoir l’estomac dans les talons (to have one’s stomach in one’s heels): to be extremely hungry
Avoir la gueule de bois (to have a face of wood): to have a hangover
Avoir le cafard (to have the beetle): ‘be down in the dumps’, be unhappy Avoir un chat dans la gorge (to have a cat in the throat): ‘have a frog in one’s throat’; to have difficulty speaking
Avoir un cœur d’artichaut (to have an artichoke heart): to fall in love too easily Avoir le melon (to have a melon): be sure of oneself
Bâtir des châteaux en Espagne (to build castles in Spain): ‘build castles in the air’; daydream; make plans that can never come true
Boire comme un trou (drink like a hole): drink a lot, they never stop, even if they should
Boire sec: be a heavy drinker
Chercher midi à quatorze heures (to look for midday at 2 pm): to over- complicate things
En faire tout un fromage (making a whole cheese): make a big deal out of something
Être fleur bleue (be a blue flower): be naive or sentimental
Être (vivre) comme un coq en pâte: ‘To be sitting on top of the world’; Lead a comfortable and cosy existence
Il fait un temps de chien (it’s dog weather): the weather is terrible
Il pleut comme vache qui pisse (it is raining like a cow who pees): ‘it’s raining cats and dogs’, it is a really heavy rain
La moutarde me monte au nez (the mustard is getting to my nose): ‘get hot under the collar’, loose my temper, get angry, upset
Les doigts dans le nez (fingers in the nose): ‘a piece of piss’, something is terribly easy, could be done with one hand tied behind your back, etc
Manger sur le pouce (to eat on the thumb): to eat on the go; to grab a quick bite to eat
Manger (bouffer) comme un chancre (eat like a canker): ‘eat like a pig’; eat extensively, overeat
Ne pas être sorti de l’auberge (not be out of the hostel): not be out of the woods, don’t see the end of the situation without going through the difficulties Ne rien savoir faire de ses dix doigts (not knowing how to do anything with one’s ten fingers): it means that somebody is completely useless.
Passer du coq à l’âne (go from rooster to donkey): to jump from one subject to another
Pédé comme un phoque: ‘bent as a £2 note (UK); gay as a 3 dollar bill (US); gay as a trumpet; gay as a window’, completely homosexual.
Peigner la girafe: ‘beat a dead horse; do busy work; whistle into the wind; piss into the wind (vul)’, do very, uneffective work
Pour des prunes(for plums): for nothing
Rouler une pelle: snog, give a French kiss, kiss with a tongue
S’occuper de ses oignons (take care of one’s onions): mind one’s own business.
This was Badger last night - Huw wanted something from this plastic bag but Badger thought differently and fell asleep on it.
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