Wednesday 29 June 2016

Lots of laneways

Google maps is your friend.






























Today's obligatory best landscape is, disturbingly, produced on the phone:






Monday 27 June 2016

The Cape

Walking the beaches and down the cape "Cap d'Antibes":
(Click on the pics to get hi-res view)




Sunday 26 June 2016

Selfies

Lazy day yesterday... so enjoy these pics from Musée des Beaux Arts last week, where they had an exhibition on Autoportraits... yes... selfies ... by real artists :)






Saturday 25 June 2016

Saturday in Antibes

Markets are on every day from 7am

 






Apparently that sign actually means "the wine is from Corsica"... good to clear that up.

The fruit is ridiculously sweet and juicy:

 

And, here are the obligatory scènes photographiques: Enjoy!





Friday 24 June 2016

Trained to Antibes today.


Antibes has an interesting "old town".  There's an exposition around:

























A nearby beach, at 9.20pm tonight! It's alright.

























I'm in a little flat above the Restaurant Nacional (ie behind the tree on right):

And here's a cool map of the old town ('Le Vieil Antibes'), from a wall, under the city wall.


Tuesday 21 June 2016

Today was "Fête de la musique" in Lyon.  The 4 "picks" for me were these trance, french reggae, grunge and punk bands:


 

 


Really enjoyed this lot; outstanding sound quality.


Obligatory scenic shot featuring the Trance guy:

Monday 20 June 2016

On the trains for the day, and have arrived at Lyon.  View on to the courtyard:

Sunday 19 June 2016

Mr and Mrs Webb

Very kind hosts, considering it's UK Father's Day and their 17th wedding anniversary.

And a pic of those Cliffs

James and I did quite a lot of walking this day...


Looking back towards Dover Castle, from a nearby hill.


Dover Castle and the cliffs...

Front door to England... for close to 2000 years... 

The seagulls are quite large.