22 June 2007

Gorbio village



Gorbio is one of several hill villages near to Menton. You can photograph Gorbio from either side - indeed from several angles and tomorrow I'll show you a photograph taken from the other side of the village, where the houses tumble down the hillside, rather like Menton Old Town - but smaller of course. This is more or less the view I see when I walk up my track to the mailbox. The large house on the left is the original Maison de Maitre. Sometimes I wish I lived in the old village itself - far greater sense of community I'm sure - much lugging of wine up the steep walking street though (no cars can get into the village, the roads are far too narrow) - so hardly the place to look after other people's dogs, which is what I do.

7 comments:

  1. This makes me think of "My Mother's Castle."

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  2. Anonymous22 June, 2007

    Another beautiful photograph. Your work is fascinating.

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  3. Anonymous23 June, 2007

    Your last four posts have been superb Jilly, I particularly like this shot.

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  4. What a wonderful village! Stunning photo!

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  5. What a lovely photo!! The Maison de Maitre looks like a castle.

    If there are no cars to Gorbio, what is the village's source of income? Who lives there?

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