25 photos from a visit to Vaugrenier Departmental Park, a 102-hectare expanse of wooded meadows, oak forests and a five-hectare pond in Villeneuve-Loubet, asleepy town near Nice on the French Riviera.
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And a brief tale of a beheaded martyr who crossed.a river carrying his head before he died.
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39 photos from an early summer three-hour woodland hike near Saint Dalmas, in the Valdeblore commune in southeastern France.
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A monthly review in 27 photos: Kentish Plovers, Eurasian Moorhen, Black-winged Stilts, a Mute Swan family and more.
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The Embouchure du Var, or mouth of the Var River, the best birding hot spot in southeastern France.
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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.
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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
Here are 19 photos from yesterday’s brief visit to Mougins, a village in southeastern France where Pablo Picasso spent the final 12 years of his life. To mark the 50th anniversary of his death, France and his native Spain declared 2023 as the Picasso Year, so a visit was obligatory. Not surprisingly, Picasso was everywhere:… Continue reading
A series of snaps from opera visits – when I remember to snap some. Above and immediately below, just before the start of ‘La Dame Blanche‘ on January 25, 2022. The present building dates back to 1885, rebuilt on the site where the previous opera was destroyed in a gas fire. It’s a beautiful space… Continue reading