Thursday, November 2, 2017

To Eze And Back Again, 1

On October 26th we undertook an excursion to the Middle Corniche bastide town of Eze, famed for its views and overall prettiness, being winter home to the Swedish royals for many years, and for comically high prices, especially during the Grand Prix in Monaco next door. There were many turbusses. From the aire de camping-cars in St. Laurent du Var we took the train to Beaulieu sur Mer and then the bus up to Eze. It was a fine day's outing.
Caryatids in Beaulieu sur Mer, not out of place since the Greeks colonized much
of this part of the Mediterranean

So much for high culture

Looking up to the Grand Corniche

Waiting for the bus by Beaulieu sur Mer's marina

Marina sculpture (in a park adjoining the marina)

Turbuss on the Middle Corniche

Ruin way high up

At Eze: why they hate us

Unhelpful model #1, at an Eze gift shoppe; Eze is pretty monochrome

Main interest for me

I was going to walk down it, but then it occurred to me I'd have to walk back up;
next time, the smart thing to do would be to walk up from Eze-sur-Mer...or maybe
just take a picture...

Helpful if stationary map

Looking down toward Nietzsche's trail

Part of the view

Follow the red brick road

Sculpture park at one of the fancy hotels

Great autumn color, great Mediterranean light


After seeing several of these, we opted for a pizza lunch further
up the hill (not pictured)

To be continued

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Nice, 2017

We had spent several days in Nice in previous years and did not want to do anything much more than walk the old city...and thus the following assortment of scenes. It is a beautiful, wonderful place. (We parked two nights, October 25-26,  at an aire in St. Laurent du Var).

Candied fruit shoppe


Lemon shark



Onions on bread topped with an anchovy and an olive; pass the
breath mints, please


We were hoping it would be a theme
restaurant...



The shutters fold down to become tables and benches

Teas

Indian...like boss ribs, fry bread, pemmican,
maybe some fire water?!

Emotional support poodle


Does your neighborhood have a triperie?


Belvedere not visited


See below

A thing in Nice, on the boardwalk


Proper perspective


Proper perspective

Great art deco



Can we live here? Vicki asked