No matter how often you visit the city of Nice on the French Riviera, there are always plenty of delights to experience and explore. It wasn’t always the case though. For many years, much of Nice was run-down and the area close to the docks wa…
Without doubt, the Musée Rodin is one of the loveliest museums in Paris. This has as much to do with the beautiful garden as the fabulous collection itself. We first visited this museum back in the ‘70s, and revisit it as often as we can. It’s…
Paris is famous for its many outdoor markets, and pretty much every arrondissement has at least one and there are supposedly around 80 such markets across the city. These are almost always temporary set-ups that operate a couple of mornings a w…
The Paris we know today has only existed, in large part, since the mid-19th century. Before then, much of the medieval city was a dark, overcrowded and unhealthy place. The wide, tree-lined boulevards and fine, creamy stone buildings we enjoy…
