The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service released its dataset for August 2024 today, which found that: August 2024 was the joint-warmest August globally in…
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Nine Snaps From the Librairie-café La Vagabonde
The French love books and France still loves supporting local bookstores. And we loved this this one, the Librarie-cafe La Vagabonde, which sits proudly near…
Four Snaps from Lantosque
Four snaps from a late lunch stop in Lantosque, a sleepy town of about 1200 48km north-northeast of Nice and 15km south-southeast of Saint Martin…
Biden Out, Harris In? Headlines from France and Italy
About time. In a Monegasque news stand, some local and regional headlines marking Joe Biden’s decision yesterday to finally step aside.
Nice Opera – images and notes
A series of snaps from opera visits – when I remember to snap some. Above and immediately below, just before the start of ‘La Dame…
Postcard from Belgrade Airport, circa 1965
A freebie from a stamp vendor. First time I visited the airport was 1973.
Untersberg massif, in the clouds
A cable car rising through the clouds up the Untersberg massif, a mountain chain made famous in the Sound of Music fame. Spotted through my…