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What’s NEWSummer2023 Major Anniversaries 50th year of the Marc Chagall National Museum in Nice, inaugurated by the artist in 1973. Dedicated exhibitions from 28 January 2023 to 8 January 2024. 60 years of the Matisse National Museum in Nice, temporary exhibitions plus concerts and heritage tours throughout 2023. Celebrating France’s National Parks: Happy 50th to Écrins National Park (1973) and 60th anniversary of the world’s first marine park was created (1963), in Hyères, Port-Cros National Park . Son et Lumières show at the Abbaye de Valloires, Somme. French screenwriter, director and artistic director Bruno Seillier has designed a magical journey in the gorgeous gardens and ancient corridors of the abbey, retracing 900 years of history at the Cistercian Abbey. You’ll feel as if you’ve stepped straight into a fairy tale. What’s on Calvi on the Rocks, Corsica 3 June-3 July. Visual arts, electronic music and the Corsican art of living form an artistic course through the city, the beaches and the citadel of Calvi. Abbey Valloires Moving to France There’s loads going on throughout France this summer – here’s our pick of some of the best events this season… Plus here’s our handpicked choice of the best tours and places to stay: Best of France 2023 Across France Fête de la Musique: 21 June 2023, France’s national music day features everything from street parties to major concerts - pop to rock, jazz to classical and everything in between. July 14: a national holiday in France, commemorates the French Revolution of 1789. Festivities begin the night before with firemen’s balls held in fire stations and continue into the next day with military parades on the Champs Elysées, plus fireworks displays. Tour de France: 1 – 23 July 2023 The world’s most famous cycling competition takes in stunning French landscapes including this year - Bordeaux, Burgundy, Bayonne and Beaujolais, as well nail-biting sections of the French Alps before ending as always in Paris. Financial Planning for Expats Planning a U.S. Return Financial planning services for US expats in France, wherever you are on your international journey… sanderlingexpat.com 90 | The Good Life France The Good Life France | 91
