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French Riviera (10)

31.01.2012 0

Provence & Côte d'Azur: RFP Director Yves Derrien talks 2012

Investing in the future

As readers from The Riviera Times know, RFP is a very transparent financial adviser and all comments on financial markets and articles can be checked during the months after they have been published on our website. We concluded our article in The Rivera Times January 2011 as follows: "Consequently, we remain very careful and we prefer to wait before investing again on stock markets".

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21.08.2011 2

Columns: A girl from Oz finding her feet with cordon bleu culture

This month: Generations of socca and sisterhood

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In what I took at first as a huge compliment, and evidence of having successfully fooled everyone into believing I am a proper grown up, I was bequeathed my delinquent 16-year old sister for the summer. Her failing grades and daily threats that she would quit school before graduation were severe enough to panic our father and convince him to put her on a flight to Europe. As I write this she is currently MIA, having ‘runaway’.

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11.08.2011 1

Column: Girl about town: RT's English editor, Hannah Marshall, on why, even though we may as well be a million miles away, British expats on the French Riviera are by no means unaffected by the riots in the UK

London calling

Yesterday I was interviewed about the riots in the UK by a French radio station. The fact that I was asked to comment struck me as strange at first, “I’m not there, I’m in France, what can I say?” was my initial thought.

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17.06.2011 2

Columns: A girl from Oz finding her feet with cordon bleu culture

This month: all that glitters

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In my first year living on the Riviera, strapped for cash and linguistically challenged, I worked a season in an ostentatious privately owned villa. By the second week it was hard to see the sun rising through tears of exhaustion.

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30.04.2011 0

Columns: Better than a guided tour...This month: No 25

On the buses

Charles-Ehrmann stadium market

Explore the region for the price of a two euro return bus fare: RT journalist Carolyn Reynier continues her tour of the best bus routes in the Alpes-Maritimes.

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31.03.2011 0

Columns: Better than a guided tour...This month: No 400

On the buses

Charles-Ehrmann stadium market

Explore the region for the price of a two euro return bus fare: RT journalist Carolyn Reynier continues her tour of the best bus routes in the Alpes-Maritimes.

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28.03.2011 0

Columns: A girl from Oz finding her feet with cordon bleu culture

This month: interview with a Mediterranean maestro

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Theo Randall, former head chef at London’s famous River Café has been heavily influenced by his holidays as a child in Italy and his frequent visits to the French Riviera.

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02.03.2011 0

Columns: Better than a guided tour...This month: No 10

On the buses

Charles-Ehrmann stadium market

Explore the region for the price of a two euro return bus fare: RT journalist Carolyn Reynier continues her tour of the best bus routes in the Alpes-Maritimes.

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27.02.2011 0

Columns: A girl from Oz finding her feet with cordon bleu culture

This month: Creature comforts for cold times

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If you get up early enough, while the more rational part of your brain is still asleep, you can make your way down the deserted streets to the sea and dive in.

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24.01.2011 0

Columns: Better than a guided tour...This month: No 81

On the buses

View of Saint Jean Cap Ferrat

Explore the region for the price of a two euro return bus fare: RT journalist Carolyn Reynier continues her tour of the best bus routes in the Alpes-Maritimes.

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