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Breil Sur Roya France

August 8, 2021 by David Herd

Breil Sur Roya France

Breil Sur Roya France

Breil Sur Roya France is a delighfull village just north of Monte Carlo. My two friends & I were the guests of Riny Doyle in his apartment overlooking the lagoon in July 2010. Riny is an excellent chef, in the photo above we are eating wild boar pasta. His secret is to freeze the wild boar meat for 6 months before cooking. 🙂

Rinny is a very generous host.

Breil Sur Roya FranceHow about this for a spread?

View from our apartmant

Breil Sur Roya FranceHow lucky were we being able to stay in a great 3br apartment with a view like this?

Jody & Deb in Rinny’s apartment

Breil Sur Roya FranceJust across the road from the  Roya river

Enjoying a beer with Riny

Breil Sur Roya FranceThis was a bar at the local railway station. There are two lines that pass through the village, one is French the other Italian, which make it very easy to vist places in both countries.

Location

Breil Sur Roya FranceSo many wonderful towns & villages in the area. Just check out THIS LINK.

A few miles south of Breil

Breil Sur Roya FranceIn october 2020 the river flooded after severe storms & devastated the whole area.

Absolutely heartbreaking. 

Breil Sur Roya devastatedTo see more of this tragic event please follow THIS LINK. 

Breil Sur Roya France, the main street

Breil Sur Roya FranceSo peacefull compared to the previous photo. 

The home of Rinny & Suzanne on the hill above the village.

Breil Sur Roya FranceThis is for your wood fired pizzas. 🙂

Turn up the heat.

Breil Sur Roya France The master chef at work. 🙂

A night on the town for the girls

Breil Sur Roya FranceRinny’s daughter Masha took the girls clubbing in Monte Carlo, Deb bought a round of drinks & nearly fainted when the cost was $100. 🙂

Cold beer in Airole.

Breil Sur Roya France Airole is a village close to Breil.

Airole built on a mountain

Breil Sur Roya FranceLiving in each others pockets. 🙂

Breil Sur Roya France Le Flavie 

Breil Sur Roya FranceTripAdvisor rating is #2 of 8 Restaurants in Breil-sur-Roya.

When in France….

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Eat traditional French dishes, Escargot & Creme Brulee. 🙂

Jodie & Deb visit Menton.

Breil Sur Roya France About 40 minutes south of Breil.

That’s all folks

Breil Sur Roya FranceThanks for visiting my    photo blog, & many thanks to Reni & Suzanne for looking after us so well.

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Breil Sur Roya devastated

October 6, 2020 by David Herd

Breil Sur Roya devastated

Breil Sur Roya devastated

Breil Sur Roya devastated by storm Alex on October 4 2020, it destroyed dozens of houses and washed away roads in the mountainous border region north of Nice.

Riny Doyle

Riny, last night (2)

Ten years ago I spent 2 weeks in this beautiful French village as a guest of Riny Doyle & his partner Suzanne. We are dining on one of Riny’s specialties, wild boar pasta. I remember Riny saying the boar had to be frozen for 6 months before cooking. 🙂

Main street in Breil

Breil Sur Roya devastated

The force of the flood water must have been incredible.

Cars submerged in mud.

Breil Sur Roya devastatedThree more bodies have been discovered on the French side of the border with Italy after severe mountain flooding ravaged parts of both countries, leaving at least 12 dead.

It will take months to clean up

Breil Sur Roya devastated Sadly the village may never fully recover, many residents will be afraid the flood waters may return in the future.

Perhaps there was no warning

Breil Sur Roya devastated

That may be the reason there were so many vehicles in the middle of the village.

Breil Sur Roya devastated

Breil Sur Roya devastatedBarely hanging on to the edge of the cliff, how frightening is that?

Another one bites the dust

Breil Sur Roya devastatedTotally heartbreaking for the residents of this beautiful village.

This home I’m sure will be demolished.

Breil Sur Roya devastatedIt’s difficult to see any other solution.

Breil Sur Roya devastated, such a sad sight

Breil Sur Roya devastated Another photo of the main street in the middle of Breil.

This is so hard to believe…

Breil Sur Roya devastated A simple reminder that we should never underestimate the awesome power of nature.

Compare the area above to 2010

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From a tranquil setting to a scene of devastation.

A little roadwork needed here

Breil Sur Roya devastated How frightening would this have been for anyone driving on this busy road?

Flashback to 2010 with my friend Riny Doyle.

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Also with me were two Australian friends, Jodie O’Neil & Deborah Holiday. Here is the message I got from Riny the day after the disaster; “no water no électricité no phone roads collapsed. A temp road-fix allowed me to go to next valley to let everyone know we are ok. Village is a disaster.”

Thanks for visiting my Breil Sur Roya devastated photo blog, my sympathy to all the residents who have suffered in this horrific event.

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