While most of you are in sleep mode, I have been out and about doing a bit of grocery shopping and having a petit dejeuner, breakfast!  it is two long blocks to the Monoprix grocery store and what is purchased must be carried back home!  I bought minimal supplies, stopped for a croissant and a café au … Continue reading SUNDAY MORNING

Nice, on the French Riviera, is the starting point for a series of one-day train or bus jaunts to neighboring villages along the Mediterranean Coastline. I love this city for its culture, color, beautiful water views, its proximity to all the Riviera towns, and its superb Sunday market on the Cours Saleya. And for the … Continue reading A BIT ABOUT NICE

My friend Michael Honegger took this photo of the Old Port and gave me permission to use it.  It is the view from bedroom and office windows of his and Timothy Smith's home in Nice...where I am staying now. I am feeling immense GRATITUDE today that I can be here in France again.  Everyone at … Continue reading Le Vieux Port The Old Port in Nice

Some random thoughts from the first full day of this trip in Nice. Bikinis...they look hot on some bodies, not on others! Everyone on the beach is in a bikini!! Some might be better served with full-body cover-ups! Politesse...I have separated generations of people by their behavior. In France, certain kinds of restaurant, it is … Continue reading THOUGHTS AT THE END OF THE DAY, Friday, September 4th