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Nice Harbour
Chicken teriyaki
Asonia and Angie in St. Paul
Hi,
Where do wise thrifty folks buy beach straw-mats?
http://travell-turkey.com/alanya/clup-oasis-beach.html
beatifel
http://travell-turkey.com/alanya/clup-oasis-beach.html
- Is this in NICE ?!
I've not found the French very good at "Bargain Straw-Mats'R'Us" I'm afraid this is a "tourist accessory" that locals have no need of.
The little stretch of road opposite the Nice Opera House which runs to the Cours Saleya has several "tourist" shops which offer suprising value for these kind of purchases. I even bought a straw hat here myself. Just wander in and out of the three or four shops until you find what you like at a price you can live with.
Thanks, Andrew,
You should start a Nice-life consultancy!
we walked around the whole day! it was wonderful! the beach!!!!!! the beach! the water! the blue water! the sea! ugh ugh ugh!!! it was amazing! beach and more beach..just the beach! we went there for the beach..and it was wonderful!
visit LE COURS SALEYA. Cours Saleya is one of Nice's main thoroughfares and the daily flower and vegetable market here is a sight to behold and a delightful shopping treat for both locals and tourists alike.
And please also be very careful of your wallets and handbags here (read: gypsy pickpockets thrive amongst the throng of crowds!).
Nice is much favoured by French ladies of a certain age who still have some oomph in them, and appreciate the better things in life. Like a man with panache (that's panache, not panaché. which is a shandy) And charm: a little bit of Maurice Chevalier, a touch of Alain Delon. The French do it well. He holds court to the ladies sitting out beneath the art deco arches of the Promenade, enjoying the Winter sun.
Three to one is about the ratio of older women to men in Nice. These comfortably-off retirees have probably buried their civil servant dear husband in Paris and headed off south to the sun, with the generous retirement benefits of the public sector that are bankrupting the economy. Company nowadays tends to be a little dog, and grown up children visiting maman on Sundays, so a single man over sixty still vertical is good news.
Everybody is smartly tailored, and his blue suit cuts a fine dash. But its the hat that finishes the ensemble. It allows him to tip the hat as a gallant flourish that simple can't be replicated with a baseball cap worn backwards.
Every French town boasts several chapelleries. If you want to get ahead, get a hat. Not just to cover up an absence of hair, or to keep your head warm,or shaded, but to add a little swagger - hat-titude.
Since Latanya and I are both small people, we had a hell of a time trying to fit in three huge French meals every day for a week. Consequently, we filled every waking minute that we weren't cooking, eating, or digesting by taking endless walks around the residential streets around the villa. The photo opportunities were great, and I took this picture on one of our forced marches.
French chain department store that is different at every location. I bought extra swimwear and sandals because one bathing suit wasn't enough and those flat rocks on the beach get hot. Fortunately for me, it was a reasonable price.
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