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A Stroll Around Old Nice
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Nice, along the Coast of Blue
They're not kidding! When they call it The Coast of Blue - Cote d'Azur - it doesn't begin to describe the...
Fairytale Riviera Wedding
Warmest congratulations to Glenda and Massimo! Congratulazioni! The two were wed on Saturday, June 9, 2012 on the...
Language Overload
Journal Entry: Sunday, June 10 - On the train returning home to Milano after a weekend in Nice, France, on the Côte...
How to Eat 100 Steamed Mussels
Having spent the morning walking all over old-town Nice, on the jewel-toned Riviera coast of France, it was time to...
Three Countries. One Day.
The "pinch me" part. Along our drive I had been seeing "travel-guide Italy", scenic, seaside towns, cliffside old...
Seeing From Another Angle
This whole time (Italy, France...) is a lesson for me that my life experience is entirely a reflection of what's going...
Lotsa Mink
I haven't seen this much fur ever, anywhere. Between Milano and Paris my eyes are full-up with fur coats! Women stroll...
Faces of Friends
New Year's Eve. "Capodanno" they call it here. Fireworks are going off in the distance. Having just come back from the...
Magic in Paris
By day's end, my feet were screaming. The "slow museum shuffle" is exhausting, more so than walking briskly for 5...
Savoring and Relishing
Journal Entry: "8:00 P.M. After a day at the Louvre. I've just eaten the most sumptuous dinner at a little...
Midnight Mass at Notre Dame
It seemed to me that the ultimate Parisian, Catholic experience would be attending Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve....
Fast Food, Parisian-Style
Hungry in Paris? Good food is never far away. I like that the stores are specialized and are clustered near each...
Christmas Eve Dinner
What was for dinner on Christmas Eve in Paris? Fast food, Parisian-style! From my journal yesterday: 5:30 P.M....
I Can Change My Clothes Tomorrow
Christmas. Friday. 9:11 PM. My suitcase just arrived from my flight on Monday. I can change my clothes tomorrow....
My Personal Tour Guide
Group tours aren't generally "my thing" but I found out in Washington D.C. a few years back that hitching a ride on a...
Oh So Chic in Paris
If someone had said to me: "You're going to Paris for a week, but the only thing you get to wear is what you wear on...
Joyeux Noël
Today I simply followed inspiration and ended up south instead of north. I had all sorts of wonderful encounters with...
French Onion Soup in Paris
After walking in a cold rain for several hours on my first evening in Paris, I wanted something HOT in my belly. I...
It’s Made of Gold!
From my journal entry, 21 December, 2009, 9:00 pm: I just ordered French Onion Soup, to be followed by pepper steak...