A Year in Villefranche sur Mer - Moving to France

  Day 1875 (Wednesday) 27 th July 2022 It was hot again but there was a lovely breeze making it a lot more comfortable.  Huw found this article online… The extravagant yacht rented by David and Victoria Beckham during their holidays on the French Riviera. For their holidays in Saint-Tropez and on the Côte d'Azur, the Beckham couple rented the Madsummer, a huge yacht 95 meters long.  Rental amount?  1.6 million euros. The Beckham couple paid 1.6 million euros to rent the Madsummer for a week.    Burning karaoke in a bar in Saint-Tropez, jet ski outing, family reunion... David and Victoria Beckham are making the most of their holidays on the Côte d'Azur.  And for their stay on the shores of the Mediterranean, the star couple saw things big.  They rented a huge yacht, the Madsummer, to welcome their children, their friends and in particular the American model Gigi Hadid.  95 metres long, this yacht has been "tailor-made for world-class lux...

  Day 1874 (Tuesday) 26 th July 2022 It wasn’t quite as hot today and we had planned on going to Roquebrune Cap Martin but Huw had started fixing the window in the living room yesterday and wanted to finish it today. So we are going to go tomorrow.  After doing a few household chores I settled down on the balcony reading my book. I’ve just started reading Leon Uris’s Exodus and I’d forgotten how riveting it is. Speaking of books… 11 books that tell you (almost) everything you need to know about France From history to food, manners to politics, there is a lot to understand about France - so we asked our readers to recommend the best books to help explain the country. Political tomes, comedic autobiographies, foodie guides and profiles of great Frenchmen – via a children’s classic – here’s what they recommended.  A Year in Provence (this is one of my all-time favourite books and I’ve read it many times) Peter Mayle It’s a book that had to be here. It may now be over 30 yea...

  Day 1873 (Monday) 25 th July 2022 It was super-hot again today and I had to work. Anastasia arrived at 10am on the dot and we did some vocabulary about crime and punishment. I was chuffed when I knew a word in French that she didn’t know in English she asked me a ‘fine’ was and I was able to tell her in French – it’s ‘amende’. We finished at 11.30 and Badger helped me do some photocopying for next week.   He was very well behaved during our class and sat at Anastasia’s feet for a while, then fell asleep in the hall around a corner – I’d love to know why he does this.   I found this gorgeous photo of him when he was a baby. After a quick snack Huw kindly gave me a lift into Nice to work in the toy shop. Florence was very busy with customers and we didn’t get that much done but she is trying more these days. She keeps laughing at my pronunciation when speaking French. Towards the end of our class and woman came into the shop with two kids and when she came to the counter...