Post by Ella Ghosts, goblins, skeletons, and witches…it’s Halloween in Nice! I am ecstatic to be out of Paris. Just walking off our EasyJet flight into the fresh sea air was rejuvenating. We couldn’t figure out how to get a one way tram ticket from the airport into Nice so we hailed an Uber. Checked…
Day: October 31, 2024
No news is good news
When we travel we rarely have the time, or the inclination, to read, or watch, the news. We map our daily destination, choose our mode of transport, luck on a good café for coffee, and then explore museums, historical sites, markets, parks, neighborhoods, interesting monuments, fascinating architecture, and then, after sampling the local fare, if we…
The magician, the dead, & Deux Magots
Georges Méliès’ grave is one I should have visited when we were at the Pere Lachaise cemetery. I’ve always thought that the imaginative silent films he made at the turn-of-the-century were extraordinary. When most of the other filmmakers at that time were shooting rudimentary slices-of-life, Méliès was already experimenting with special effects. Based on a Jules Verne story,…