Monday 31 October 2011

Sunday 30 October 2011

Yes, It is more of those there picture ! Grief !
Oui, C'est plus d'images ! Mais non !

Saturday 29 October 2011

An apartment in Rue Droite, Nice Old Town - On the 4th floor, no elevator but felt really nice!
Un appartement de la rue Droite, Vieille Ville de Nice - Au 4eme etage, sans ascenseur mais tres agreable!

Wonderful detail way up high!  In Nice you must look up or you miss some great detail like this building on Passy especially when the sun shines on it.
Detaillee magnifique en haut! A Nice vous devez regarder haut ou vous manquer les bonnes detaills comme celui-ci sur un batiment de rue Passy - surtout avec le soleil.




Friday 28 October 2011

If all else fails, a new home for me!
If Laurel & Hardy could join why not me?



Si Tout echoue, une nouvelle chez moi!
Si Laurel et Hardy pourrait rejoindre pourquoi pas moi?





Foreign Legion HQ at Nice

Legion etrangere siege a Nice


Was I daft to pass up this one?  Not the most distinguished of buildings, true. Not that nicely kept either. The apartment was lovely inside.

Here it comes ........ However, the corner post of the balustrade is not connected to the base.  There is a nice crack along the top of the tiles too. Looks like a big ticket item to me - am I being too picky??







Etais-je stupide de laisser celui-ci? Pas le plus distingue des batiments, vraiment.  Pas en bon etat aussi. Mais l'appartement etait a l'interieur magnifique.

La mauvaise .... Cependant le poteau d'angle de la balustrade n'est pas attache a la base. Il y a une fissure le long du haut des tuiles aussi.  Semble etre un cout enorme pour moi en l'avenir - Je me trompe??

Wednesday 26 October 2011


Look at them today!  No they are not dead bodies swept ashore from yesterday's storm.
Yesterday was so different let me tell you!  Rain and wind!  And yes, I did go for my run along the Proemenade des imbeciles (renamed for me and a very few others who ventured out).



Regardez-les des aujourd'hui! Non, ils ne sont pas des cadavres a terre balayee par la tempete d'hier.
Hier etait si differente laissez-moi vous dire ! Pluie et Vent ! Et oui, je suis alle pour mon courir le long le Proemenade des Imbeciles (renomme pour moi et quelques autres, pas beaucoup, qui se sont aventures dehors).

Typical bourgeoise facade (left) - Note the differing decoration on each floor, no two floors are the same on any of these buildings
Facade bourgeoise typique (a gauche) - Note de la decoration differente a chaque etage, pas de deux etages les memes sur un de ces baitments.

Typical Nicoise facade (right) -  These vary a great deal. This one has particularly pleasing tiling and a lovely stone facing.
Facade typique nicoise (a droite) - Celles-ci varient beaucoup. Celue-ci a particulierement agreable de carrelage et une pierre belle face

Pictures can be seen at full size by clicking on them.
Les photos peuvent etre vues en taille reelle en cliquant sur eux.
Nice is very cosmopolitan with a large arabic population.  In the Rue d'Italie there are many shops catering exclusively for this community.  The shops are very popular with all the communities since the products are fresh, good value and different.

Nice est tres cosmopolite avec une importante population arabe.  Dans la rue d'italie il y a beaucoup de magasins exclusivement pour cette communaute. Les magasins sont tres tres populaires avec toutes les communautes puisque les produits sont frais, de bonne valeur et different.



Saturday 22 October 2011

The things you miss when running - 1

On returning from my run on Friday morning I found the police had cordoned off the road adjacent to mine.  Had a peer, saw nothing of interest so carried on.  However, a drama was unfolding. Oui!  Saw it in Nice Matin today.

A guy of 64 was being evicted from the apartment in which he had lived for 30 years. He was threatening to jump!  This was all taking place in full view of my window (see slide show of Nice from an earlier post 9 Oct).  I saw nothing as I was pre-occupied showering and thinking deeply about where I was going to go for coffee.

In the event he didn't jump. Got evicted.  Sad.



And the apartment?

Good location

Excellent balcony

Nice sunny position with view

Looks like 2 or 3 rooms

Vacant possession - obviously

Wonder what the realtor's number is?

Perfect.






Friday 21 October 2011

A Rometti apartment - Rometti built many apartment blocks in Nice in the then very modern style of the 70s. They are characterised by having marble common areas as well as featuring marble flooring in the apartments themselves. Spacious, airy and well designed they were built to a very high standard.
Un appartement de Rometti - Rometti a établi beaucoup de résidences à Nice dans le modèle très moderne des années 70. Elles sont caractérisées en ayant les secteurs communs de marbre et aussi le plancher de marbre dans les appartements eux-mêmes. Ils sont spacieux, bien aérés et exsudent la qualité.

Tuesday 18 October 2011

Today I looked at an apartment - Absolutely perfect.  You just know there is a 'but' in the air and there is! It is an enormous one too. BUT It is just over the entrance to a tunnel to Nice Nord.   Being a few floors up I thought it may be ok.  Nope. The noise is continual with the attendant pollution, an interesting prospect when it gets hot here, sadly put it in the not for me camp. Anyhow the pictures will (may) show you why I liked it .....
Aujourd'hui j'ai regardé un appartement - absolument parfait. Vous savez qu'il y a un 'mais' et, oui, il y a un ! Il est énorme aussi. MAIS il est juste au-dessus de l'entrée à un tunnel a Nice-Nord. Étant quelques niveaux au-dessus j'ai imaginé qu'il peut être ok. Non ok. Le bruit est continuel avec beaucoup pollution, une perspective intéressante quand il devient chaud ici, l'a tristement faire pas pour moi. De toute façon les images montrer vous pourquoi je l'ai aimée .....