A Year in Villefranche sur Mer - Moving to France

  Day 2426 (Monday) 29 th January 2024 An incredible photo of Nice in the snow in 1985 and this is Saint Agnes. We both went up to the big apartment to do some work this morning; Huw is still prepping to paint and I started the spring clean, washing all the dishes and inside all the kitchen cupboards. Huw was expecting some paint to be delivered and they were over an hour late so I walked home. This olive tree really needs to be pruned, we lose the sun way too early in the winter and it’s blocking our view. What’s happening in France this week A cook prepares crepes in Ploeren, western France, on November 22, 2017. (Photo by FRED TANNEAU / AFP) From increased electricity bills and road tolls to a teacher's strike, more farmers' protests and France's special pancake day, here's what is happening in France this week. Monday Farmers' protests  - protests from farmers are continuing with unions promising the "siege of Paris" from 2pm on Monday while numerous ...

  Day 2425 (Sunday) 28 th January 2024 This is Nice and this is Saint Agnes where there’s a restaurant that does the best Daube de sanglier à la provençale (wild boar stew) in the world. It was beautifully sunny again this morning – the thermometer said that it was 29 degrees celsius, it’s not really that warm but there was a lot of heat in the sun. As it was so nice we decided to go up to Fort Revère to admire the view. As we were getting Kisbee 2 ready we watched a yacht going out – spring must be in the air. As we were climbing up the mountain it got colder and colder – the fort is 696 m above sea level and it was super-windy up there. Fort of la Revère Monument in Èze The fort of the Revere was built on the heights of the municipality of Èze, in the  Alpes-Maritimes , between  Nice  and  Monaco . The work was completed in 1885. It is part of a set of fortifications located in the border areas and which were to strengthen the French defenses after the defea...