26 October 2007
Rain!
Posted by Jilly at 08:53 18 comments
Labels: Villages near to Menton: Gorbio
25 October 2007
24 October 2007
Passing the time
Do the old men gather in your city or village to chat?
Posted by Jilly at 12:27 10 comments
Labels: Villages near to Menton: Gorbio
23 October 2007
Stripes
Posted by Jilly at 12:05 11 comments
Labels: Beach and Sea
22 October 2007
Dawn over Menton
Posted by Jilly at 13:38 14 comments
Labels: Beach and Sea
21 October 2007
Market produce: Bread
Posted by Jilly at 15:45 11 comments
Labels: Markets
20 October 2007
Market produce: Mushrooms
Posted by Jilly at 15:01 12 comments
Labels: Markets
19 October 2007
Those steeples
Posted by Jilly at 17:08 4 comments
Labels: The Old Town
18 October 2007
Market building
Posted by Jilly at 15:09 10 comments
Labels: Markets
17 October 2007
16 October 2007
Glory
(Back home from Germany - thanks so much for all the comments whilst I was away).
Posted by Jilly at 15:53 10 comments
Labels: Cemeteries
15 October 2007
Market produce: fish
Each spring, we see tiny, tiny fish for sale - these are poutines and are cooked into a local speciality: l'omelette de poutines.
What's your favourite fish?
Posted by Jilly at 15:24 8 comments
Labels: Food and Wine, Markets
14 October 2007
Market produce: preserved fruits
Tomorrow? Come meet the fish lady.
Posted by Jilly at 08:58 5 comments
Labels: Food and Wine, Markets
13 October 2007
Market produce: olives
The olives are in the middle section of this stall - on the left he sells prepared food like pickled onions, seafood salads, sundried tomatoes in oil, grilled slices of aubergines in oil, pickled cloves of garlic, anchovies - the choice is endless. At the other end, he sells fruit confit. Come back tomorrow and I'll show you the fruit.
Posted by Jilly at 09:01 10 comments
Labels: Food and Wine, Markets
12 October 2007
Market produce: cheese
Come back tomorrow - we'll be buying some olives.
(I'm in Germany to judge the Old English Sheepdogs at the Bundesseiger show so forgive me, but I won't be able to comment much before getting home on Monday evening. )
Posted by Jilly at 09:03 13 comments
Labels: Food and Wine, Markets
11 October 2007
Caged
The cages you see on the wall were for sale. I asked him what they were for and he told me for wild birds. 'Why would you keep a wild bird in a cage,' I asked. His reply: 'We keep them there until we're ready to eat them.' I didn't ask how he caught them but presumably with traps - obviously not by shooting, else you'd hardly need a cage, would you?
Later, when I bought some olive oil, he told me he'd sold the cages...oh dear.
Posted by Jilly at 15:24 9 comments
Labels: Villages near to Menton: Gorbio
10 October 2007
Velo Club de Menton
Posted by Jilly at 08:39 6 comments
Labels: Villages near to Menton: Gorbio
09 October 2007
Fête de la Branda
The right to distil passes through a family, and in Gorbio, this right is held by two brothers. I only saw one of them this year, so I hope the other one is alright as they are both getting on in age. Don't you think this brother looks rather like Popeye! He loves having his photograph taken and has appeared in magazines and television programmes that cover this annual event. He's holding a plate of socca which he'll eat for his lunch. You can read about socca on the above link too.
Do come back over the next few days and I'll show you more photographs taken at the Fête de la Branda.
Posted by Jilly at 14:50 9 comments
Labels: Villages near to Menton: Gorbio
08 October 2007
Villa Sans Nom
Got me thinking about house names and why we choose them? My house is called Lou Milou. Lou is Provençal for 'the' or 'le.' And Milou - well Milou was the dog of my life, an American cocker spaniel, who is now running around in doggy heaven, chasing his ball. What's your house - or apartment building? - called - and why?
Posted by Jilly at 11:33 12 comments
Labels: Doorways and Windows