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MAYIt is the month to take your pool covers off, but not before the Pin Parasol have done their pollen drop...If you have not seen it, it is worth a couple of lines here. So large are the grains of pollen few people have an allergy to it. You wake up one morning to find everything covered in a layer of yellow. Should the wind come up during the day you will see clouds of yellow pollen floating from the pins (pine trees). Oh, and just a word of warning; in French the pine (as in pine tree) is pin, but is prounounced as in French bread, pain, as pin has a very different meaning if you follow my drift (to just below the waist line). *** |
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In France this is the month where the children go back to school after the Easter holidays, but never seem to be there.......Out of the 31 days of the month they are only in school for 16 of them! |
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And what does Sainte Maxime have to offer this month....After the Easter holidays it is now in full swing, with all the shops, restaurants and bars open |
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It is also the month that the French do their tax returns in, deadline 31 May. Quite a tall order as the banks only declare how much interest accounts have earnt during the cousrde of May itself...Just a note that the French tax year runs from 1 Jan to 31 Dec. |
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Oh yes, And it is the month of wild spring flowers and paricularly a fantastic display of our favourite poppies |
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VE, Amrmistice Day. It appears that it is still taken very seriously here; well maybe not quite so by the post 60's generation. Our children received a notice from their school, on where to meet, what time etc. and during the ceremony they were each given a small flower bouquet to place on the monument. |
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EURO BIKER FEST 11 to 13th |
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Italian Festval 17 to 20th |
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Monaco Grand PrixAm I upset, this year our guests went and I got to stay here, check out guests from our other apartment and clean the pool! Next year though we will all be going to the Monaco Vintage Grand Prix which is a biannual event and takes place the week before the main GP. It is meant to be a great day where you can meet the drivers and get up close to the cars |
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For this year, rather than a totaly Harley organied affair, it was open to all, though, surprise surprise, Harleys predominated. Down on numbers this year? Maybe, but 2000+ is still a lost of rumbling....
Dave and Bev, who didn't want to stay on site, did us the favour of staying with us. Former visitors themselves, and thanks to Dave, my first year through the gates..
Worth a visit, and while I cannot say the items on sale are particularly good value, the range and presentation, each stall being in a separate chalet on the prominade, is excellent. A coffee and croissant, followed by tastings of wines, cheeses and dried meats set the trend for the day, which was shall I say not work orientated....