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![]() The beach at Menton |
![]() Notice that no one is swimming. This is due to the invasion of meduse (jellyfish) that arrived, unseasonably, in August. |
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![]() We took a promenade by the harbour. |
![]() Nick made a business call under a palm tree. |
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![]() 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. |
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.![]() 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. |
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![]() 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 |
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![]() 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. |
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![]() Parisian landmarks |
![]() Seen at the bookstalls along the Seine. He accepts Visa. |
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![]() Eating the city's best ice cream, from Bertillon on the Ile St Louis |
![]() On the Pont Neuf |
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![]() 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). |
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![]() '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. |
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![]() Outside the beach hut near the volleyball court. See photos of volleyball players in action from 2005. |
![]() At the Place de la Concorde |
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![]() Lying on the plage (beach). It rained a lot later that day. |
![]() The plage at night. The theme this year was Polynesia. |
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![]() We visited the Museum of Magic on a rainy morning. |
![]() This plaque was outside the school of medicine on the Left Bank. |
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![]() 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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