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After four years of chaos - the tramway was officially opened in Nice, with free rides - if you could get on:

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Lots of the work has been finished, most pavements have been re-laid, but there is still stuff to finish:

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The building on the right is supposed to become a new mediatheque - in 2008. I'll believe it when I see it.

Now there's now space to walk past pavement cafes in comfort - this one is not satisfied with being on the Cote D'Azur.

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Now, having done our bit for cutting CO2, in January all the smokers (and there are so many of them in France) will have to keep THEIR pollution outside:

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 Avenue Jean Moulin is more like an avenue again, while Avenue Malausenna is mercifully free from cars.

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Unfortunately lots of the traffic has been shunted into our little street which runs parallel. This is a quiet time - during rush-hour it's jammed with tooting cars, buses and lorries. Still, it's called Rue Diderot - one just has to be philosophical.

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

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Sat Nov 24th, 2007 at 05:19:37 PM EST
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The building on the right is supposed to become a new mediatheque - in 2008. I'll believe it when I see it.

What was it earlier? A railway terminal, or some marketplace?

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Sun Nov 25th, 2007 at 08:58:49 AM EST
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Yes, a railway terminal.

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 11:23:51 AM EST
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