Boat colors, port of Nice
I also went to the port yesterday, going on foot along the Promenade. Unbeknownst to me, there was a show ofcars for the Jean Behra rally, so I was glad I had walked rather than taking the bus.

Nice’s port islined by colorful buildingsand all types of boats can be found there, from cruise ships toNGV(high-speed boats to Corsica) toostentatious yachtslicensed to ports such as Nassau, Cayman Islands and London, to alineup of school sailboatsto smallwooden boats painted every color of the rainbow. The two in the closeup here are shown from further awayin this picture. I also likedthis lavender and bright turquoise boat, as well as the funnily-namedM’en bati. In Nice there’s a saying, “m’en bati, sieu Nissart” — “I don’t give a flip, I’m Niçois”, joking with Nice’s strong sense of individuality. Nice wasnot part of Franceuntil 1860, and even that cession was — and still is — strongly debated. Although i


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