Tag Archives: Grasse

Nice is nice. Cannes can be too. Loving the Cote d’Azur…

Posted on April 19, 2015 by

Things are warming up on the French Riviera. We moved a bit east of Saint-Tropez to some of the other resort cities. Nice has a large, beautiful pedestrian plaza named Place Massena. It is, however, cut through with an electric … Continue reading →

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Grasse, the city of flowers and perfumes

Posted on April 18, 2015 by

Grasse is another town in southern France with buildings washed in pastel orange and pink under roofs of terracotta tiles. Streets are narrow and winding. Mountains loom in the distance beyond the bell towers. It looks a bit like Menerbes or … Continue reading →

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