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.
Last Week in Nice – April 13, 2025
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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
Last Week in Nice – April 6, 2025
Cap d’Ail – 4 April 2025
Holiday Lights, in Nice
24 Hours in Paris – November 2024
From a quick visit to take care of some bureaucracy; stayed in the 15th arrondissement, some shots from the 16th, too.
Continue readingPassage Panoramas, Paris
The Passage Panoramas is the oldest of the covered passages, or shopping arcades, in Paris. That’s not why I visited. The attraction was the stamp shops.
Continue readingSix Photos from the Marché de Passy, Paris
August 2024 – Hottest August on Record
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 the ERA5 dataset, tied with August 2023, with an average surface air temperature of 16.82°C. Last month was 0.71°C above the 1991-2020 average for August. This concludes the warmest global… Continue reading
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 the central square of Saint-Martin-Vésubie, a gateway town to Mercantour National Park.
Continue readingFour 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 Vesubie, one of the main gateways into Mercantour National Park. Lantosque is one of 16 villages included in the Route des Village Perchés, a group of picturesque hilltop villages bundled… Continue reading
Storm Alex Damage in St. Martin Vésubie – August 2024 Update
Biden Out, Harris In? Headlines from France and Italy
Bicyclist at Sunset, Nice
Loano Station
Mailboxes, Ventimiglia
Last Week in Ljubljana – December 26, 2023
Seven shots from a quick visit to Ljubljana last week, mostly in and near the central Tivoli Park.
Continue readingLast Week in Piran – December 23, 2023
Monaco, from Above
