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Here we go again

It’s that time of year again – or at least I think it is. Yesterday my eagle eye spotted a piece in The Sunday Times on the subject of whether or not Sir Elton John was Britain’s most generous philanthropist, based on ‘latest figures’, which suggested to me that we will shortly be hit [...]

April 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

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The law of diminishing returns

Inevtiably I pose the question  to myself and others could I live here permanently or semi -permanently and the answer is an emphatic “non”. There are more problems with ownership of an overseas property then benefits. True, they are easy and relatively  key cheap to buy. As I write [...]

April 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

Mougins

Yesterday I went to Mougins for lunch to meet some Sussex friends who had a villa there. Cyrille picked me up and was his normal, informative self. He told me the croissant originated in Vienna during the siege by the Turks when a baker heard the vibrations of the invading army tunnelling. This was [...]

April 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

Monte Carlo

Yesterday we all went to Monte Carlo. The Monte Carlo Beach Club was not open for visitors for its pool and spa area till mid-April. Its website informed us the opening date was March 6th. I booked the restaurant  and asked if we could use the facilities in the spa, open to hotel guests, and now [...]

March 30, 2016 // 0 Comments

In praise of Nice

I’m getting the measure of Nice and broadly approve of the city. Given that it was occupied by the Italians, Germans and Allies and bombed by the last two only seventy years ago, it has regenerated well into  a major French City that attracts travellers and inhabitants world wide. This is [...]

March 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la recherche du temps perdu

Yesterday I revisited a place where I stayed 6 months between March and September 1966, Cap Ferrat. I was amazed how little it had changed even the personalities I remembered were still with us. I was staying with a school friend whose father was a  successful property developer and who had a [...]

March 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

Nice evaluated

I can add little more to Daffers review of the Colombe D’Or except to say how much I enjoyed myself and only France could create such a restaurant. Staying with Michel,  and les girls installed in his apartment we have all a better grasp of Nice than being in a hotel. Whether it’s the [...]

March 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

Easy pickings

About six or so years ago, I’m always a bit hazy upon these details, I received a 6 months’ driving ban for having amassed (was it a total of 12 points?) as a result of speeding offences. I don’t expect any sympathy from my readers – I admit that technically I’d probably been speeding the [...]

March 23, 2016 // 0 Comments

Nice

I visited the Riviera a lot in the sixties and seventies on family holidays. It’s attraction to me as opposed to other tourist coastlines was that each resort had its own charm and personality. Nice was the hub and starting point with its airport. One thing that had changed was the size of [...]

March 20, 2016 // 0 Comments

Nice

Bonjour, My name is Michel di Vacri and I am the latest recruit to the National Rust reporting on cultural and sporting life on the riviera or cote as we Nicois call it. Nice is the fifth largest city in France but oddly enough not the capital city of Alpes Maritimes which is Marseilles. Only that [...]

March 19, 2016 // 0 Comments

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