Modern, safe and fully fit for summer
During summertime, the La Mole airport is an important traffic junction for holidaymakers in Saint-Tropez. Most of the 4000 flights each year are in July and August. At the moment, construction work is underway to modernise the airport. We spoke with the director, François André.
Med almost claims third victim in a week
To the unwary visitor the Mediterranean Sea may appear like a benign blue haven in the current heat wave, but this almost land-locked body of water needs to be treated with the same respect as its more powerful ocean cousins. In less than a week two people have drowned and yesterday a tourist nearly lost her life in La Croix-Valmer in the Var.
Six injured as police and firemen clash
A violent confrontation between riot police and firemen in uniform protesting against pension reform suddenly erupted in the centre of Nice on Friday around midday resulting in six people being injured.

Six weeks after the devastating floods in the Var on Tuesday, 15 June 2010, we toured the hardest-hit towns and villages to see how well they’ve recovered. Roquebrune-sur-Argens sits fairly high beside the Argens river, and we saw no sign…
By Russ

And they’re not from Avignon. Major news sites today are announcing things like “An order of reclusive Benedictine nuns from Avignon has signed a major record deal with the company behind Lady Gaga”. The nuns are actually from the Benedictine…
By Russ

A few weeks ago I took my camera to Boulevard Garnier, an east-west street north of Nice’s city center. I walk it occasionally to go to the Libération open-air market, and had noticed some beautiful mosaics on apartment entries. The one shown above is a closeup ofthis mosaic, leading tobeautiful wooden doors. It was done by themosaic cutter and setter Zanussi, as well asthis scrolling vine mosaicjust down the street.

There’s a more modestart deco mosaicin my building’s entrance, and back on Boulevard Garnier, this “Provence” mosaic, done in a very different style:

By fraise

Modern, safe and fully fit for summer
During summertime, the La Mole airport is an important traffic junction for holidaymakers in Saint-Tropez. Most of the 4000 flights each year are in July and August. At the moment, construction work is underway to modernise the airport. We spoke with the director, François André.
Med almost claims third victim in a week
To the unwary visitor the Mediterranean Sea may appear like a benign blue haven in the current heat wave, but this almost land-locked body of water needs to be treated with the same respect as its more powerful ocean cousins. In less than a week two people have drowned and yesterday a tourist nearly lost her life in La Croix-Valmer in the Var.
Six injured as police and firemen clash
A violent confrontation between riot police and firemen in uniform protesting against pension reform suddenly erupted in the centre of Nice on Friday around midday resulting in six people being injured.

BB outraged at another needless death
Two months after a wild boar was rescued from the sea and then shot by the authorities, a roe deer with a broken leg has met a similar fate incurring the wrath of the Côte d’Azur’s most famous animal rights defender. Brigitte Bardot has fired off another angry letter to the Alpes-Maritimes’ Prefect Francis Lamy expressing the outrage that many in the region feel about the needless deaths of these wild animals.
Modern, safe and fully fit for summer
During summertime, the La Mole airport is an important traffic junction for holidaymakers in Saint-Tropez. Most of the 4000 flights each year are in July and August. At the moment, construction work is underway to modernise the airport. We spoke with the director, François André.
Med almost claims third victim in a week
To the unwary visitor the Mediterranean Sea may appear like a benign blue haven in the current heat wave, but this almost land-locked body of water needs to be treated with the same respect as its more powerful ocean cousins. In less than a week two people have drowned and yesterday a tourist nearly lost her life in La Croix-Valmer in the Var.

Following our recent adventures with wild chamois while hiking in the Mercantour National Park, we’ve updated our Fauna – Chamois page, adding to the text and putting on some much better photos.
By Russ

Lac Scluous chamois. Not crowded at the lake, but we weren’t completely alone.
By Russ

Nice to host next G8 summit
President Sarkozy has announced that Nice has been chosen to hold the next G8 summit in 2011. Bestowed with the G8 presidency next year, France is responsible for organizing and hosting the summit, which will be held over three days in the spring.
BB outraged at another needless death
Two months after a wild boar was rescued from the sea and then shot by the authorities, a roe deer with a broken leg has met a similar fate incurring the wrath of the Côte d’Azur’s most famous animal rights defender. Brigitte Bardot has fired off another angry letter to the Alpes-Maritimes’ Prefect Francis Lamy expressing the outrage that many in the region feel about the needless deaths of these wild animals.
Modern, safe and fully fit for summer
During summertime, the La Mole airport is an important traffic junction for holidaymakers in Saint-Tropez. Most of the 4000 flights each year are in July and August. At the moment, construction work is underway to modernise the airport. We spoke with the director, François André.

Yesterday (9 July 2010) we took a 4-5 hour hike into the mountains near Ceillac. Good exercise, lovely trails, gorgeous mountain wildflowers, and a spectacular “mirror” lake.
By Russ