09 June 2007
08 June 2007
Cimetière du Trabuquet
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07 June 2007
Gorbio Village - Bar Les Terrasses 2
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06 June 2007
Dogs on beaches
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05 June 2007
Détente
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04 June 2007
Gorbio Village - Bar Les Terrasses
There are three restaurants in Gorbio - this one is also very much a bar where you can pop in for a café, a Ricard or a biere and chat to the locals. The owner's wife keeps the village shop. The restaurant has a Corscian menu - often sanglier stew (wild boar) is available. The waiter is a wonderful old boy with barely a tooth in his head and a wonderfully wild moustache. Gorbio, which is just above Menton attracts many walkers so apart from locals, you'll find tourists during the season, with their heavy boots and their sticks. I live 2.5 kilometres below the village (by road) but there is a donkey track I can walk up which takes about 10 or 15 minutes depending on how energetic I'm feeling! Once upon a time all the produce, building materials, everything - was taken to this medieval hill village by donkey using this track.
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03 June 2007
Facade
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02 June 2007
Underneath the arches
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01 June 2007
Theme Day: A view from my room
So if you come to visit, we'll be sitting at this table with a bottle of something very drinkable between us. Probably an aperitif before dining in Menton or Gorbio.
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31 May 2007
30 May 2007
Spending a penny
You probably know what this is but if you don't, it's a public loo. You have to put 30 centimes in the slot and the curved door opens to a self-cleaning lavatory. This facility is just opposite the sea and behind it, you'll see St. John's, the Anglican church in Menton. You can see a better photograph of the church here.
Really so sorry I've not commented lately. After the 10 hour drive from a crazy busy dog show (which I'll write about on my Postcards blog) I now have a dreadful sore throat and cold. Collected my wonderful new car yesterday and promptly bashed it today! I'm not a happy camper. The car is automatic and unfortunately it doesn't hold in Drive - just slips back down my very steep track. Volkswagen tell me the slope is too steep to hold the car. They might have told me this when I ordered the damn thing! Don't ask, just don't ask.... but I will get around to comments soon and try and make up for my absence.
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29 May 2007
Street vendor
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28 May 2007
Another look...
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You've seen photographs of both the left and right facades in previous posts. On the right is the Basilique Saint- Michel. The construction of this church started in 1640 under the reign of Honoré II, Prince of Monaco and lasted for several centuries. The façade was altered in 1819 in the style and spirit of the 17th Century. This outside area will be hidden by raised seating in August, when the Menton Music Festival takes place.
(Just walked in the door - thanks so much for everyone who has commented whilst I've been away. Will try and catch up over the next few days - now it's wine time after a 10 hour drive and holds up for snow at the Gottard pass in Switzerland!)
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27 May 2007
26 May 2007
25 May 2007
Dinner at Le Balico
Note: Since posting this, sadly Le Balico has been sold and is now under new management.
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24 May 2007
Place aux Herbes
Tomorrow at the crack of dawn I'm leaving for the north of France to go to a dog show - the Euro-OES-Show in Gerardmer. (OES = Old English Sheepdog) Hope, with luck, to be able to post each day from the hotel computer. However, forgive me, but I won't be able to comment. Back on Monday night. woof woof
Note: Since posting this Le Balico has sadly been sold and is now under new management.
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23 May 2007
22 May 2007
Flaky paint
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21 May 2007
Window decor
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20 May 2007
A Mediterranean diet
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19 May 2007
Steeples
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18 May 2007
Little old ladies
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17 May 2007
A style of house
This is a longer view - this time taken from the front - of the building featured two days ago when you saw a close-up of the side of the building. The building faces the sea and is just by the casino. You can see the detailed photograph here. Abraham asked if this style of architecture has a name and I just don't know. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable than me can help. Certainly, many buildings have those lovely tall French windows, and that colour turquoise is much used in Menton.
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16 May 2007
15 May 2007
Just a small detail...
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14 May 2007
The Wilder Shores of Love
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13 May 2007
Unnatural fishing
Fishing off the rocks in Menton - this was taken in an area between the Old Town and Roquebrune-cap-Martin. Note: this breakwater is man-made, but what the hell....
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12 May 2007
A jug apart
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11 May 2007
Service du Patrimoine
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10 May 2007
St. John's Anglican Church, Menton
St. John's is part of the Diocese in Europe that exists to serve Anglicans across Continental Europe and beyond. English congregations and churches have been established on the European mainland since before the Reformation. The Diocese in Europe is present in 42 countries with around 250 chaplaincies and congregations, and forms part of the Province of Canterbury.
St. John's has a library with over 5000 English books - it's open twice a week and is a focus for English-speakers in Menton who like to meet over a cup of tea!
The church is situated one street in from the sea and just across from the Jardin de Bioves and the Casino.
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09 May 2007
By popular demand!
Nowadays you can drive to the cemetery which is at the top of the Old Town, and so, if you have shopping, you can walk DOWN with it. Imagine in the old days when people had to carry every single thing UP to their houses - of course they had donkeys in those days... It's like that in all the hill villages around here. No wonder the old people live so long - and they do.
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08 May 2007
One way to get there...
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07 May 2007
Dark into light...
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06 May 2007
Une coupe de champagne?
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05 May 2007
Panther
A little self-indulgence here, as I couldn't resist photographing this lovely old car. I think I was a petrol head in another life because I love Top Gear, a British television programme about cars. You will see Carnoles in the background. Carnoles is a suburb of Roquebrune-cap-Martin which adjoins Menton. The car is a Panther which means nothing to me. I'm sure someone out there will be able to enlighten us. It has a British flag so is perhaps British owned. Year? I don't know.
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04 May 2007
Brocante!
The 1st May each year sees a massive brocante in Menton and each year it gets more and more crowded. Stalls selling all manner of beautiful antiques sit alongside others selling total junk. Anyone can take a stall and it makes for a fascinating mix. Tables crowd the walking street, the market area, and various squares throughout the town and along the sea. It's pretty much impossible to park but everyone has a good time. This lady caught my camera's eye. She has difficulty walking yet notice how elegant she is, she wears her hat at a jaunty angle and has a beautifully cared-for little dog. I've photographed this lady before - in a different hat! - on Riviera Dogs.
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03 May 2007
Doves
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02 May 2007
Lunchtime!
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Are dogs allowed in restaurants in your country?
Note: Since posting this, sadly Le Balico has been sold and is now under new management.
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Labels: Dogs, People, Restaurants and Bars
01 May 2007
Monthly Theme Day: City Exchange - New York City
18 months ago I was in NYC (a city I love to bits) for a few days and had always wanted to visit the wondrous Chrysler Building but somehow, on previous visits, had never gotten around to it. Well you can't! You can go into the lobby and that's about it. You peer across a barrier at those incredible Art Deco elevator doors but can go no further - so I decided to go to the top of the Empire State Building and look at the building from above. As many of you will know, when you get to the viewing gallery of the Empire State Building, there is a map listing all the main buildings and landmarks you see - but this part of the map stopped me in my tracks. Look above and you'll see just the outline of where the Twin Towers were before 9/11. Somehow, when you look at this drawing and see the height of the Towers in relation to the rest of the buildings in Manhattan - well, it's mind boggling. I was staying in TriBeCa so took the opportunity to visit Ground Zero. And today, on A City Exchange, I show this as my tiny tribute to those who died that day.
And here's the Chrysler Building in all it's glory.
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