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Xmas lights Nice Etoile shopping centre - the new tramway starts Sat. ! At Last !

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Music of the lights :-)

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Trad xmas lights and the light sculptures by Jaume Plensa in Place Massena, part of the tramway development project

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They're supposed to make you think about thinking, or what the sculptor was thinking ... or something :-)

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Or you can go to a nearby Indian restaurant and think about the menu.

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10 mins bus ride - Villfranche - where I and another Eurotribber had lunch the other day - outside in the sun.

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Nov 23rd, 2007 at 07:25:19 AM EST
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Lovely photos Ted. Are you staying in Nice for a while?

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Fri Nov 23rd, 2007 at 07:48:28 AM EST
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Unfortunately it looks as if I might be here a long time - as this is about the only place on the south coast where Montserrat can find appropriate work. I know lots of people would love to live here, but the city itself is not very nice (excuse pun). I much prefer Montpellier (as I've probably said) - which has lots of pedestrianised areas, far fewer motorbikes/scooters, and more nice, open squares with trees and cafes. Oh well, there are much worse fates :-) and nice little places like Villefranche (see photo) are easy to get to.

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.
by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Nov 23rd, 2007 at 08:25:30 AM EST
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Those light sculptures are fantastic!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Nov 23rd, 2007 at 07:51:38 AM EST
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Well whatever turns you on :-) I'm afraid I find the sculptures rather dull and bland in form - they're all virtually the same ( and supposed to represent the 7 continents, though you'd never know unless told), the colours of the lights area a bit lurid - a bit too fairground or nightclub for me. We're going to Florence between xmas and new year to see some real sculpture :-)

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.
by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Nov 23rd, 2007 at 08:18:54 AM EST
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I always enjoy your Photo series-
The restaurant shot was great. Lovely, rich color which seemed to me to fit the subject well.


Capitalism searches out the darkest corners of human potential, and mainlines them.
by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Fri Nov 23rd, 2007 at 07:53:24 AM EST
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I really like the composition on the restaurant shot, too.

Capitalism searches out the darkest corners of human potential, and mainlines them.
by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Fri Nov 23rd, 2007 at 07:54:36 AM EST
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Thanks very much - one of my ex-students, a pro photographer said: "Now that's what I call an Indian restaurant" :-)

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.
by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Nov 23rd, 2007 at 08:29:01 AM EST
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Is that the "Bollywood Cafe" in the old town, btw?

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--
by tzt (tztmail at gmail dot com) on Fri Nov 23rd, 2007 at 12:51:54 PM EST
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It's called "The Indian Lounge" - sounds much more refined :-) 34 Rue Droite, just before Rue Rossetti.

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Sun Nov 25th, 2007 at 11:29:16 AM EST
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