- Fly me to the Moon
A sculpture by J. C. Farhi (2011) at Venice airport. Is it just me - but I see Pikachu :-) - Maritime Alps
I think this is the border between sunny Italy and cloudy France. Towards Monte Frisson. - Maritime Alps
I think Cima Ventosa is in the front left. I'd kind of like to know which mountains are in the background: Mercantour, Queyras, Ecrins in the clouds? - Above the clouds
Il fait toujours beau au-dessus des nuages :-) - Île Saint-Honorat
Areal view of Saint-Honorat. Lérins Islands are so so beautiful. - Antibes
A lovely morning in Antibes. - Brunch in Antibes
This brunch was to die for. The softest and lightest brioche perdue I have ever had and will ever have in my life. - Renoir's house
The house of Auguste Renoir and his family in Cagnes, now a museum. Not a bad house, not bad at all. - Renoir's house
Renoir's atelier. He moved to Cagnes in 1908. - Buste de Pâris
Paris by Auguste Renoir and Richard Guino, 1914. - Grande Laveuse
Auguste Renoir and Richard Guino, Grande Laveuse, 1917. Yes, because women do their laundry naked... - Venus victrix
Auguste Renoir and Richard Guino, Venus Victrix, 1913-1915. - Venus's hand
Venus's hand picking oranges and yet holding an apple :-) - Saint-Paul-de-Vence
- Salvador and Frida
- Saint-Paul-de-Vence
A wonderful town. I can imagine it can get very crowded so getting there off-season late in the day was a good choice. - Panthere
Panthere by Nicolas Lavarenne. A sleeping beauty. - Prévert's house
Jacques Prévert lived here. I would too. - Saint-Paul-de-Vence
Even mailboxes are art in this picturesque town. - Saint-Paul-de-Vence
The town fountain. - L’église Collégiale Saint Paul
The church was built between 12th and 18th century. - Impermanence
Impermanence by Dominique Rayou (2020ish). J'adore. - Olive tree
Sculpture of an olive tree by Constantinos Valaes in Galerie Lefakis in Saint-Paul-de-Vence - Saint-Paul-de-Vence
A sculptured olive tree. - Poppies!
I love poppies but mid-March is simply too early. Even for Côte d'Azur. - Èze
Carnival in town, Harry Potter and Naruto. - Èze
Carnival in town, Luffy from One Piece. - Èze
I know, I know, Èze is famous for its views... but I love Èze in fog even more :-) - Èze
Hedgehog Agave in the Exotic gardens of Èze. - Èze
Melisande by Jean-Philippe Richard. What elegance! - Èze
Barbara by Jean-Philippe Richards, depicting the wind. - Èze
Margot by Jean-Philippe Richard - Èze
Exotic gardens in Èze. - Èze
Another wonderfully placed beauty, unfortunately I don't know her name. By Jean-Philippe Richard. - Èze
The clouds are rising so we even got a bit of a view. - Èze
Château Eza, a lovely corner of the town. - Èze
- Èze
Rue du Barri - Èze
Rue du Barri - Èze
Up towards Col d'Èze. Now that is a steep climb! - The hills above Èze
A lovely foggy walk starting from Voie Aurélienne. - The hills above Èze
Apparently there is wildlife in these woods. A boar or a fox could be 5 m away and I probably wouldn't notice it! - Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and Villefranche as seen from Plateau Saint-Michel. - Lac de Saint Cassien
Not much going on in this time of year at Lac de Saint Cassien. - Siagne river
- Siagne river
- Siagne river
What a picturesque place this is! - Le moulin de Saint Cassien des Bois
The mill is under renovation... and I suppose the people working there had a good time ;-) - Mimosa
Acacia dealbata - Eucalyptus
And plantations of eucalyptus. We are close to Grasse after all. - Lac de Saint-Cassien
View from Belluny. - Lac de Saint-Cassien
Hydropower plant and its dam. And a lonely tree. - Belluny
Well, the path around Belluny is not the most frequented. Yes, this is the path. - Mouans-Sartoux
- Mouans-Sartoux
I love the cat's admiring gaze. - Mouans-Sartoux
The traffic sign being swallowed by a tree looks almost like a lizard/dinosaur eye. - Mouans-Sartoux
A lovely old town, very similar to Valbonne. - Mouans-Sartoux
This is NOT how you repair an old wall. - Structure permutationnelle
Structure permutationnelle, an intriguing sculpture by Francisco Sobrino 1998/2015 in Mouans-Sartoux. - Structure permutationnelle
Structure permutationnelle in the gardens of Château de Mouans-Sartoux. - Mouans-Sartoux
The French. They can even make an ordinary town hall pretty. - Mouans-Sartoux
Le Mur de Mouans-Sartoux. The wall is repainted every two months by a different artist. This one was made by Mister Copy. - Good morning!
Ah, the mornings. One can never have enough of them. - Good morning!
Before sunrise in my favourite garden. - Hello sunshine
- Freesia
What a beauty she is. - Biot
Rue de la Poissonnerie in Biot. - 20
Tiny details make a street charming. - Carpobrotus
A stunning carpobrotus. How can anyone call this plant 'pigface'? - Freesia
More freesia in the garden. - Biot volcano
A tiny hill is all what is left of an ancient volcano. - Biot volcano
But what a lovely and remote place it is. - Sun pillar
Another morning - another wonderful sunrise. And a sun pillar! - Sunrise
A place where time stops. - Biot beach
Just casually waiting for a train... - Wild Kong
Wild Kong by Richard Orlinski, 2012. - St Francis Xavier church
The interior is basically the same since the 17th century. With an interesting contrast between black/gold/white. - St Jakob
Saint James the Less with some tool, with which he had been killed. - Saint Bartholomew
Just Saint Bart carrying and knife and his skin around ... - Schwammerlturm
The tower was originally built in 1268 and rebuilt in 1615. The first time I'm seeing the tower with blue background, so far only at night and/or rain. - Leoben
A very intricate - almost fractalesque coat of arms. - Leoben
A clever installation in a mining town. Glückau' - Pestsäule in Leoben
Leoben had to fight plague in 1347, 1352 and 1716. In 1716 the column was erected in the town square. Maybe it helped as there has been no more plague since :-) The Holy Trinity at the top with St. Barbara, St. Xaver, St. Sebastian on the left and St. Rochus, St. Jakob and St. Florian on the right. - St Francis Xavier church
The St Francis Xavier church was built between 1660 and 1665.