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Category Archives: FRANCE
Vicarious Visit: October in Paris
WHAT’S THE NEXT BEST THING to a trip to Paris? A friend’s trip to Paris, when you get to see pictures and hear about meals and fortuitous conversations and the discovery of unusual shops and forgotten streets. These images came … Continue reading
Posted in FRANCE, PARIS, TRAVEL
Tagged Cafe La Palette, Hotel Quai Voltaire, Jardin des Plantes, Le Roquet, Montmarte, Paris, Paris flea market, Place des Vosges
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Candy-Colored Menton
HOW DID I END UP IN MENTON, France, of all possible places I could have roosted for two unplanned nights between Nice and Milan? It was a default decision, but I’m not sorry. Candy-colored Menton was a treat. My original … Continue reading
Side Trip: Ephrussi Garden, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
FROM NICE LAST TUESDAY, when clouds reigned, I took a half-hour bus ride up into the hills above the coast (itself worth it for the views). I was headed to Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, where the Baroness Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild, between 1905 … Continue reading
Posted in FRANCE, GARDENS & GARDENING, TRAVEL
Tagged Beatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild, Ephrussi, Ephrussi de Rothschild, gardens, Nice, Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, villa
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Nice in the Sun
THE SUN CAME OUT on my last full day in Nice, and so did the people. On the streets, in the cafés, on the beach, even, in full-on sunbathing mode — it’s as if a switch was thrown somewhere that … Continue reading
Posted in FRANCE, TRAVEL
Tagged Cimiez, Cours Saleya, flower market, Matisse museum, Nice, Palais Lascaris, Place Garibaldi, socca, Vieux Ville, Villa Victoria, Voyageur Nissart
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Nice in the Rain
THE BRITISH UPPER CLASSES and Russian aristocracy, in search of sun, made the city of Nice, on France’s Mediterranean coast, their winter playground in the late 19th century. Most of the city’s pale or pastel-colored buildings date from that Belle Époque … Continue reading
Posted in FRANCE, TRAVEL
Tagged Art Deco, Belle Epoque, Chagall, Cimiez, Cours Saleya, Ephrussi de Rothschild, garden, Le Safari, Matisse, museums, Nice, Nice Garden Hotel, Promenade des Anglais, salad Nicoise, Vieux Ville, Villa Massena, Villa Victoria
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