Six photos from the first walk of the year along the seaside promenade from Monaco to Cap Mala.
Continue readingCap d’Ail at Sunset, 20 February 2026
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Sunset, Northwest France
From 11,000 meters.
Continue reading18 Photos of the Southern French Alps From Isola 2000
And a few peaks in the Cottian Alps in Piedmont.
Continue readingIn Transit: Nice to Zurich
Snow cover in the Southern French Alps on 6 February 2026.
Continue readingShelfie in Marseille
A shelfie at the Librarie de la Bourse, one of the oldest bookstores in Marseille.
Continue readingLast Week in Nice – January 25, 2026
Eleven snaps taken while out and about, with rain the prevailing theme.
Continue readingParc Naturel Departemental de Vaugrenier – Birding Notebook
Vaugrenier Departmental Natural Park visit reports #2, #3 and #4.
Continue readingHoliday Lights, Nice – 2025
More specifically, in Nice’s central Massena Square.
Continue reading10 Images from the Entrevaux Cathedral
This stunning blue ceiling towers over the altar in the Gothic Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption in Entrevaux, France, a town of about 900 in the southern French Alps about 50km north of Nice.
Continue readingSix Images from the Île aux Cygnes, Paris
Or, the Isle of the Swans, a small man-made island on the Seine. At 850m long and 11m wide, it’s the third largest island in Paris.
Continue reading21 Photos From the Saturday Market in Arles
Colorful, vast and busy as advertised.
Continue readingLast Week in Nice – September 28, 2025
Nine snaps taken while out and about the past week after returning from two weeks in Tokyo. Mostly scenes from the Liberation market, topped above by Friday’s sunset as seen from the Nice-Ville Gare.
Continue readingNice Urban Agricultural Festival – 2025
Or, the Fête de l’agriculture urbaine de Nice, which was held on 6 September on the Promenade du Paillon. Images for reference and further exploration.
August Heatwave Among Most Severe Ever in South of France
The 11-day August heat wave that ended on Monday (17th) was deemed a ‘rare event’ by Météo-France. It ranks among the most severe ever experienced in the south of France, rivaling the historic August 2003 event, according to the French weather forecasting adminstration. It was also the second-longest recorded in August.
Continue readingYes, it is a genocide.
At the Amnesty International office in Nice. 17 May 2025.
What’s Blooming in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on April 21 2025
All snapped along the seaside Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat Loop, the 6.3km trails that circles this famous peninsula. Above Asphodelus fistulosus, or onionweed.
Last Week in Nice – April 13, 2025
Fifteen snaps taken while out and about the past week. Above was on the Promenade des Anglais yesterday on what was a pleasantly cloudy and chill early evening.
Brasserie Le Gambetta – Nice
A few shots from the Brasserie Le Gambetta, an institution in the Liberation neighbourhood’s De Gaulle Plaza that celebrated its 100th anniversary two years ago and on this morning satisfied a pasta craving I’ve been carrying all week. Le Gambetta is mostly about seafood and oysters and we enjoyed both in equal measure. And on… Continue reading
Cap d’Ail Station, France
Photos from in and around the train station at Cap d’Ail, France, the first stop west from Monaco-Monte Carlo station.
Last Week in Nice – April 6, 2025
Seventeen snaps taken while out and about the past week. Above is the Centre Saétone municipal police station on a pleasantly sunny Saturday morning.