Post by Ella We have been in Nice since Halloween and have a few more days here. Here are some photos taken around Nice.
Day: November 3, 2024
Two carousels and a blockhead
Post by Ella Carousel de Nice. The first two level carousel I’ve ever seen. Music by Frank Sinatra. Carousel Garibaldi. A little more traditional with some bizarre accordion music. And then there is blockhead (aka square-face) titled “Thinking inside the box”. This massive thing stands 85 feet high and contains three floors of books, Designed…
Antibes
Saturday morning on our way to catch the bullet train to Antibes we passed people bundled up in jackets and parkas. The temperature was in the mid-sixties. Come on folks, toughen up! Unless…unless the news, which we’ve been blithely ignoring, had reported another variation on weather weirdness with a cold front moving in. Frost hits the French Riviera! When…
The French do love a good carousel
Post by Ella Walking by the 10th or so carousel I’ve seen since coming to France, I wished I’d been taking pictures. Each is unique. The Carousel of Extinct and Endangered Animals that I posted about in Paris was probably the most unusual. Way back in sixth century Byzantium (today’s Istanbul), the concept of the carousel…
Fast track to Picasso
Post by Ella Expedition day. We took the bullet train to Antibes. 13 minutes. We barely sat down on our plush 2nd class upper level seats when it was time to stand up and get off the train. One way fare per person 5€. Practical Note. I’d managed to buy train tickets online the night…