17 December 2007
16 December 2007
Waves
In fact, today's weather, whilst still cold, is wonderful. Bluest sky again, hardly any wind, so tomorrow - back to the beach in Roquebrune and those paragliders.
Posted by Jilly at 10:24 12 comments
Labels: Beach and Sea
15 December 2007
Brrrrrr...
Posted by Jilly at 13:55 9 comments
Labels: Beach and Sea
14 December 2007
Plage du Golfe Bleu - 3
In this photograph you can see some guys packing up their parachutes ready for the long hike back to the van that will take them way, way up to Mont Agel for another flight. Getting to the beach is a hike. You park near to the railway station of Roquebrune-cap-Martin, you walk down a long flight of steps and then under the railway lines and alongside what looks like it was once a river until you get to the beach. And those parachutes, once packed up into rucksacks, look very heavy to me.
Posted by Jilly at 12:48 6 comments
13 December 2007
12 December 2007
Plage du Golfe Bleu - 1
I drove down to the beach this morning because I wanted to photograph some of the paragliders landing - and whilst waiting, just enjoyed the beach. Come back for more tomorrow, won't you?
Posted by Jilly at 16:12 7 comments
11 December 2007
Christmas Fair - Honey
Which flavour of honey do you prefer?
Posted by Jilly at 15:18 12 comments
Labels: Markets
10 December 2007
Telethon 2007 - 2
You can see the Firemen on top of the Bastion securing the ropes ready for the day's events.
Posted by Jilly at 15:27 14 comments
Labels: Fêtes
09 December 2007
Christmas Fair - Pots
You can see Cap Martin in the distance in the first two photos and in the third photo, you'll recognise the steeples of the Old Town.
Posted by Jilly at 12:09 13 comments
Labels: Markets
08 December 2007
Téléthon 2007
The other day I noticed these great mounds of sand had been dumped on the beach. Today I know why. The firemen of Menton were responsible for the sand and today they are giving disabled children very bumpy rides in their 4 x 4s. Whether or not the children you see in the front seat are disabled or not, I don't know, as this ride took place before the official opening.
Posted by Jilly at 14:29 8 comments
Labels: Fêtes
07 December 2007
Rue Longue - 7
Posted by Jilly at 10:51 11 comments
Labels: Restaurants and Bars, The Old Town
06 December 2007
Rue Longue - 6
Le Palais des Princes was built in the 15th century for Jean 1er Grimaldi and was totally restored in 1650 by Prince Honoré II of Monaco. The building was a replacement for the ancient citadelle which was destroyed in war. Later, in the 18th century, its use was transferred to the Palais Carnoles, which is now a museum with a beautiful garden specialising in citrus. This is over the other side of town and I'll be taking you there one of these fine days.
Tomorrow, we'll look at a restaurant in rue Longue.
Posted by Jilly at 09:33 19 comments
Labels: The Old Town
05 December 2007
Rue Longue - 5
This is the entrance to rue Longue and the Old Town, from the eastern end, Porte Saint-Julien. You can see the entrance at the south-western end, Porte Saint-Antoine, by clicking on the link. Rue Longue (in fact 270 metres long) is the main street of the Old Town and follows the old Roman road, originally called the Via Aurelia.
This end of rue Longue has been restored but the chaos we saw yesterday (out of shot in this photo) will continue till at least until summer 2008. Originally it was thought that the work would take 13 months but unsurprisingly it will take longer. Some of the underground channels date back to the early 1900s and when dug up, it was discovered that more specialists were needed to put them right. All this work, which is a continuation of restoration of another road, rue de Bréa, is at a cost of 1.7 million euros.
Tomorrow I'll show you more of the restored part of rue Longue.
Posted by Jilly at 09:49 18 comments
Labels: The Old Town
04 December 2007
Rue Longue - 4
I presume we are looking at sewerage construction here but not being an expert on the subject - she said, with relief - I really don't know. It did smell a little strange.
Tomorrow I'll show you the other end of Rue Longue where the work appears to be finished.
Posted by Jilly at 09:16 17 comments
Labels: The Old Town
03 December 2007
Rue Longue - 3
Posted by Jilly at 10:57 17 comments
Labels: The Old Town
02 December 2007
Rue Longue - 2
Posted by Jilly at 09:48 9 comments
Labels: The Old Town
01 December 2007
Daily Photo Theme Day: Bridges
Hardly beautiful and not known as a bridge - just the autoroute - but as I said, part of life here and at least it keeps through traffic from clogging up the lower corniches more that it does. Also, an amazing feat of engineering.
Today is Theme Day for the Daily Photo Family with over 120 of us posting photographs of a bridge from our city or town. Do take time to visit and enjoy:
Posted by Jilly at 19:30 33 comments
Labels: Daily Photo Theme Day:
30 November 2007
Winter days
See the pink rocks, almost dead centre in the hillside that rises from the sea. That's Balzi Rossi in Italy - the prehistoric caves we visited recently.
Posted by Jilly at 15:22 11 comments
Labels: Ports and Yachts
29 November 2007
Crash, bang, wallop...2
I now realise how lucky I was. When I bought the house, there were two enormous pines directly above it. They needed trimming and the man I got to do it over-trimmed them in what turned out to be the year of the big drought (about 4 or 5 years ago now). They both died and he had to come back the following spring and cut them down to the ground. I was pretty upset at the time. I love trees. Don't we all? But I now realise had they remained in place, they'd probably have fallen onto the roof of my house this year!
Posted by Jilly at 08:36 8 comments
Labels: Villages near to Menton: Gorbio
28 November 2007
Crash, bang, wallop...
About four years ago - in November - we had three weeks of rain - many gardens lost a lot of trees, swimming pools went sailing down hillsides and a couple of houses got smashed to bits by water, rocks and debris.
Come back tomorrow and I'll show you what some guys did on the road above me today.
Posted by Jilly at 16:29 12 comments
Labels: Villages near to Menton: Gorbio