The beach at Menton		Notice that no one is swimming. This is due to the invasion of meduse (jellyfish) that arrived, unseasonably, in August.
We took a promenade by the harbour.		Nick made a business call under a palm tree.
Our main goal in Menton was to visit the Jean Cocteau museum. We learned about Cocteau on our 2003 trip to Paris.		The museum is in a 17th century fort; Cocteau supervised the restoration himself.
. Cocteau is buried outside the Bastion.		Cocteau's 1948 work, Judith et Holopherne, was praised by Matisse as being the most important 20th centurty tapestry.
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Nick ouside the Cocteau museum. The faun mosaic is pebbled.		Our star purchase on this trip - an original lithograph by Cocteau, La Palette, 1952. A naked man in the sun, holding a martini. Perfect.
Also in Menton is this marriage hall, designed by Cocteau in 1957-8.		Everything in the hall, from the frescos to the prickly pear lamps, chairs, and faux panther skin rugs, was designed by Cocteau
This mural showed jilted girlfriends, a disapproving mother-in-law, and other fascinating wedding attendants.		On the way back from Menton, we stopped in Nice and took this photo.
Parisian landmarks		Seen at the bookstalls along the Seine. He accepts Visa.
Eating the city's best ice cream, from Bertillon on the Ile St Louis		On the Pont Neuf
My book of naughty Cocteau drawings		The Statue of Liberty torch replica on Alma Bridge (now a memorial to Princess Diana, whose car crashed there).
'Baguettes magique' at a Marais bakery		At Le Gai Moulin, we had a bottle of 1998 wine (the year we met) to go with our meal.
Outside the beach hut near the volleyball court. See photos of volleyball players in action from 2005.		At the Place de la Concorde
Lying on the plage (beach). It rained a lot later that day.		The plage at night. The theme this year was Polynesia.
We visited the Museum of Magic on a rainy morning.		This plaque was outside the school of medicine on the Left Bank.
Our tradition is to share a bottle of Veuve Cliquot champagne at 'our bench' on the Ile St Louis. We even have an original artwork by James Asal depicting us there.		The sun set on another glorious holiday together.
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