On April 22nd we took bus #15 over to Cap Ferrat, a small peninsula hanging down into the Mediterranean between Nice and Monaco, to have a look around and do a scenic hike.
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| Arrival in Saint Jean Cap Ferrat |
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| Will deliver to your yacht or villa |
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| Bench seating |
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| Looking back to the mainland and the middle corniche |
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| Arrival of nice Canadian tourists and edudiants |
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| Best sculpture ever so far of Churchill, who frequented this area in the 30s |
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| He took up painting as a distraction from the catastrophe of the Dardanelles in WWI and became quite accomplished |
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| The day's photo shoot |
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| Our hike |
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| With the Canadians at an overlook |
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| Typically rugged French trail (note trees) |
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| With natural, historical interpretive signage every few meters |
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| Quarrying in the area for the Casino and other monumental buildings in Monaco |
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| Family campground on Cap Ferrat in the 50s |
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| Aways room for a few more villas (construction cranes) |
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| Field trip |
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| Fly-over country (though Nice is France's 2nd busiest airport after Paris) |
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| At the shrine of St. Hospice |
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| As large as some of the Buddha statues in Thailand |
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| Tower thereabouts...something about the chevaliers of Malta... |
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| Interesting seating at a resto back in town |
2 comments:
Glad the Canadians are traveling there instead of giving their hard earned money to the USA these days.
That sculpture of Churchill is really great. Love the cigar.
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