Menton Daily Photo

Meet Maf Faye, artistic director of the group, Sing Sing Family. He is playing a sabar drum which is a common musical inst...

Another of the fabulous dancers with the group, 'Sing Sing Family' from Senegal who performed in Gorbio on the weekend. ***** ...

The rain stopped, the sky brightened and we dined under the stars on 'Poulet Coco.' And then the drums started and we wer...

If the rain doesn't stop, the African dinner and the performance by the Senegalese group will have to be cancelled. Alain Porre, 3...

'Le Weekend Africain' in Gorbio. An hour or so before the food was due to be served the heavens opened and it rained - and it rai...

Last night's concert in Gorbio was cancelled because of rain, and then the rain stopped and suddenly we heard the sounds of drums. T...

Today and tomorrow - le Week-end Africain in Gorbio village. And this year features the music and dance of Senegal. Don't miss i...

This lovely old 2 CV in Gorbio looks like its seen better days.  The squash loves it! ***** Cette vieille et belle 2 CV à Gorbio a co...

Vroom vroom ... ***** Vroum vroum ...

Shopping - and everything else -  takes longer when you are old.  ***** Faire des courses - ou tout autre chose - prend plus de tem...

This is Dolceacqua's famous humpback stone medieval bridge and in the lower left hand corner Claude Monet's painting of it. Mone...

A fisherman in the River Roya at Ventimiglia. In fact this is the estuary leading to the sea. Note the swans and the cygnets on the sand ...

Sunbathing on the rocks at Balzi Rossi which is at the border between Menton and Italy. ***** Bain de soleil sur les rochers de Balzi...

Apricale is one of those Italian villages, just across the border from Menton, that makes you gasp as you drive towards it. ***** Apr...

A smile from a pretty girl on a bike.  She's riding down the ramp having crossed over the River Roya in Ventimiglia. ***** Le sou...

This is puntarelle which is a Roman speciality - seen here in Ventimiglia market. A member of the chicory family and apparently has the...

Parasol pines line the rocky shoreline between the point of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and Monaco. That's Monaco across the bay. Photo t...

Our last look at the Gorbio wedding of Aurélie et Frédéric as the radiant bride turns to give us a beautiful smile. Thankyou so muc...

'One of the luckiest things that can happen to you is, I think, to have a happy childhood.' ~ Agatha Christie ***** '...

The village of Gorbio is always beautiful but at night it has a certain magic.  And with a wedding party in the main square, of course, i...