<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932</id><updated>2012-01-27T19:22:04.330+01:00</updated><category term='Villages near to Menton: Dolceacqua'/><category term='Villages near to Menton: Grimaldi - Italy'/><category term='Villages near to Menton: Latte - Italy'/><category term='Towns near to Menton: Bordighera'/><category term='Sport'/><category term='The Old Town'/><category term='Architecture'/><category term='Exhibitions'/><category term='Miscellany'/><category term='Ports and Yachts'/><category term='Friezes'/><category term='Dogs'/><category term='Boules/Pétanque'/><category term='Restaurants and Bars'/><category term='Art'/><category term='Villages near to Menton: Roquebrune-cap-Martin'/><category term='Fêtes'/><category term='Villages near to Menton: Bussana Vecchia - Italy'/><category term='Gardens - Jardins Biovès'/><category term='Fêtes - La Fête du Citron'/><category term='Hotels'/><category term='Villages near to Menton: Sainte Agnès'/><category term='Food and Wine'/><category term='Villages near to Menton: Castellar'/><category term='People'/><category term='Gardens'/><category term='Churches'/><category term='Markets'/><category term='Cats'/><category term='Sculptures'/><category term='Villages near to Menton: Sospel'/><category term='Gardens - Palais Carnoles'/><category term='Cemeteries'/><category term='Villages near to Menton: Gorbio'/><category term='Shopping'/><category term='Daily Photo Theme Day:'/><category term='Beach and Sea'/><category term='Villages near to Menton: La Mortola - Italy'/><category term='Guest Photographers'/><category term='Doorways and Windows'/><category term='Gardens - La Serre de la Madone'/><category term='Gardens - Le Clos du Peyronnet'/><category term='Villages near to Menton: Apricale - Italy'/><category term='Gardens - Maria Serena'/><category term='Towns near to Menton: Ventimiglia'/><category term='Public buildings'/><category term='Museums'/><title type='text'>Menton Daily Photo</title><subtitle type='html'>one of the most beautiful towns on the French Riviera</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1816</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-7749163982376987081</id><published>2012-01-27T06:15:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T06:38:01.961+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Sospel'/><title type='text'>Sospel - the Paschal Lamb</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dKSqX8ZdOoY/TyGxwqqz5EI/AAAAAAAAaE0/0cVdeaU_qx0/s1600/sospel%2B-%2BPlace%2BSt.%2BNicolas%2B2%2BA%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dKSqX8ZdOoY/TyGxwqqz5EI/AAAAAAAAaE0/0cVdeaU_qx0/s640/sospel%2B-%2BPlace%2BSt.%2BNicolas%2B2%2BA%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702034052873446466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I309pGMvFVI/TyGY5dlFwhI/AAAAAAAAaEE/tjEQBHCr9Mw/s1600/sospel%2B-%2BPlace%2BSt.%2BNicolas%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I309pGMvFVI/TyGY5dlFwhI/AAAAAAAAaEE/tjEQBHCr9Mw/s320/sospel%2B-%2BPlace%2BSt.%2BNicolas%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702006716187918866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Today we are looking at Place Saint Nicolas, which leads off  the Old  Toll Bridge.  In the 18th century it was known as Place du  Saint-Esprit.  The central building was where all major decisions were  taken relating to the village and it became the Town Hall in 1793. You  can see the Paschal Lamb on the facade which is a symbol of divine  protection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 18th century fountain was the main spring that supplied all water  for domestic use to the Sospellois who lived on the left bank of the  River Bévéra.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Aujourd'hui, nous regardons la Place Saint-Nicolas sur laquelle mène le  Vi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;eux Pont à péage. Au 18ème siècle, elle se nommait  la Place du  Saint-Esprit. C'est dans le bâtiment central que se prenaient  toutes  les décisions majeures  concernant le village et en 1793, il est d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;evenu  l'Hôtel de Ville. Sur la façade, vous pouvez voir l'Agneau Pascal &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;qui  est un symbole de protection divine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;La fontaine du 18ème siècle a été le lieu principal d'approvisionnement  de l'eau à usage domestique des Sospellois qui vivaient sur ​​la rive  gauche de la r&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ivière Bévéra.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IZvBu6sTtKQ/TyGZ1yQPLHI/AAAAAAAAaEc/cL0Kzc8C48k/s1600/sospel%2B-%2BPlace%2BSt.%2BNicolas%2B1a%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IZvBu6sTtKQ/TyGZ1yQPLHI/AAAAAAAAaEc/cL0Kzc8C48k/s640/sospel%2B-%2BPlace%2BSt.%2BNicolas%2B1a%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702007752529751154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-7749163982376987081?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/7749163982376987081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=7749163982376987081&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7749163982376987081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7749163982376987081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/sospel-paschal-lamb.html' title='Sospel - the Paschal Lamb'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dKSqX8ZdOoY/TyGxwqqz5EI/AAAAAAAAaE0/0cVdeaU_qx0/s72-c/sospel%2B-%2BPlace%2BSt.%2BNicolas%2B2%2BA%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-3779415073741020533</id><published>2012-01-26T06:33:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T06:33:44.928+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Sospel'/><title type='text'>Sospel - the Setting</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KK-jVsivJHQ/TyBaHhBjLTI/AAAAAAAAaDU/smK0iGrJlQQ/s1600/from%2Bbridge%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KK-jVsivJHQ/TyBaHhBjLTI/AAAAAAAAaDU/smK0iGrJlQQ/s640/from%2Bbridge%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701656213421501746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was taken from the Old Toll Bridge and gives you an idea of the  beautiful setting of Sospel, surrounded by mountains. In winter, the  road to Menton can be icy and occasionally impossible. This year - so  far - we've not seen a sign of snow. Bad news for the ski resorts higher  up and blissful for us nearer to the coast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another day or so for this blog in Sospel and then we must drive back  down the mountains to Menton... There is so much to show you in Sospel  but I need to return to take more photos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ceci a été pris à partir du Vieux Pont pont à péage et vous donne une  idée de la beauté de Sospel, entourée par des montagnes. En hiver, la  route de Menton peut être verglacée, et parfois impraticable. Cette  année - jusqu'à présent - nous n'avons vu aucune neige. Ce sont de  mauvaises nouvelles pour les stations de ski plus haut et mais  excellentes pour nous qui sommes sur la côte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Encore une autre journée ou deux pour ce blog à Sospel et ensuite nous  redescendrons de la montagne vers Menton ... Il y a tellement de choses à  vous montrer de Sospel que j'ai besoin d'y retourner pour prendre plus  de photos !&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-3779415073741020533?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/3779415073741020533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=3779415073741020533&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3779415073741020533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3779415073741020533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/sospel-setting.html' title='Sospel - the Setting'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KK-jVsivJHQ/TyBaHhBjLTI/AAAAAAAAaDU/smK0iGrJlQQ/s72-c/from%2Bbridge%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-6852382170249499081</id><published>2012-01-25T06:11:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T07:36:38.690+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Sospel'/><title type='text'>Sospel - and Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aNcuMaEj57w/Tx7m25RTGvI/AAAAAAAAaCI/anwd2ns2uG8/s1600/Young%2Bpeople%2Bon%2Bcobbles%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aNcuMaEj57w/Tx7m25RTGvI/AAAAAAAAaCI/anwd2ns2uG8/s640/Young%2Bpeople%2Bon%2Bcobbles%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701248009058327282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uBzwWXINafY/Tx7mjFF3uQI/AAAAAAAAaB8/vUrvnIb6a0s/s1600/Young%2Bpeople%2Bon%2Bcobbles%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uBzwWXINafY/Tx7mjFF3uQI/AAAAAAAAaB8/vUrvnIb6a0s/s320/Young%2Bpeople%2Bon%2Bcobbles%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701247668634237186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We've crossed the &lt;a href="http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/sospel-old-toll-bridge.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Old Toll Bridge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; today and are in Place Saint-Nicolas today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here 21st century girls walk on stones that date back to medieval times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did you know that the town of Sospel is mentioned in Daphne du Maurier's novel Rebecca,  when Max de Winter declines an invitation from annoying social climber  Mrs. Van Hopper on the excuse that he is driving to Sospel that day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Aujourd'hui, nous avons traversé &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/sospel-old-toll-bridge.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;le Vieux Pont à péage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; et nous nous trouvons sur la Place Saint- Nicolas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Ces jeunes filles dans notre 21e siècle, marchent sur les pavés qui datent de l'époque médiévale.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Saviez-vous que la ville de Sospel est mentionnée dans Rebecca, le roman  du Daphné du Maurier, quand Max de Winter décline une invitation de  Mme Van Hopper, une arriviste gênante sous le prétexte qu'il doit aller   Sospel ce jour-là.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-6852382170249499081?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/6852382170249499081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=6852382170249499081&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6852382170249499081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6852382170249499081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/sospel-and-rebecca-by-daphne-du-maurier.html' title='Sospel - and Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aNcuMaEj57w/Tx7m25RTGvI/AAAAAAAAaCI/anwd2ns2uG8/s72-c/Young%2Bpeople%2Bon%2Bcobbles%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-6704473383035188429</id><published>2012-01-24T07:20:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T07:23:37.921+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Sospel'/><title type='text'>Sospel - Ancient Cobbles</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRMA8fm9WEo/Tx2kILqdGwI/AAAAAAAAaBk/Cp9E302mDKo/s1600/sospel%2B-%2Bold%2Bhouse%2B%2B%25282%2Bof%2B4%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRMA8fm9WEo/Tx2kILqdGwI/AAAAAAAAaBk/Cp9E302mDKo/s640/sospel%2B-%2Bold%2Bhouse%2B%2B%25282%2Bof%2B4%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700893163797682946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lAgHIQZxwvg/Tx2jhNcRs3I/AAAAAAAAaBY/UvMsz2_4b9I/s1600/sospel%2B-%2Bold%2Bhouse%2B%2B%25284%2Bof%2B4%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lAgHIQZxwvg/Tx2jhNcRs3I/AAAAAAAAaBY/UvMsz2_4b9I/s320/sospel%2B-%2Bold%2Bhouse%2B%2B%25284%2Bof%2B4%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700892494260188018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is an old house - a very old house - in &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Place Saint Michel&lt;/span&gt; in  Sospel. Look at the cobblestones inside the house - and look at that old  door and look at the carved stone lintel. All wonders! How many  children in how many centuries have walked on those stones, climbed  those stairs, lived in this house?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Voici une vieille maison - une très ancienne maison - Place Saint Michel  à Sospel. Regardez les galets à l'intérieur de la maison ainsi que  cette porte ancienne et le linteau sculpté dans la pierre. Tous des  merveilles! Combien d'enfants depuis combien de siècles ont marché sur  ces pierres, ont monté ces escaliers et ont vécu dans cette maison?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-svyP2hoRgiE/Tx2i69yWvCI/AAAAAAAAaBM/TwvQkFN3W2A/s1600/sospel%2B-%2Bold%2Bhouse%2B%2B%25283%2Bof%2B4%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-svyP2hoRgiE/Tx2i69yWvCI/AAAAAAAAaBM/TwvQkFN3W2A/s640/sospel%2B-%2Bold%2Bhouse%2B%2B%25283%2Bof%2B4%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700891837222796322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CVtrLoYB5tk/Tx2gxocjzJI/AAAAAAAAaBA/pX2q4cjgAjE/s1600/sospel%2B-%2Bold%2Bhouse%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B4%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CVtrLoYB5tk/Tx2gxocjzJI/AAAAAAAAaBA/pX2q4cjgAjE/s320/sospel%2B-%2Bold%2Bhouse%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B4%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700889477852155026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-6704473383035188429?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/6704473383035188429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=6704473383035188429&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6704473383035188429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6704473383035188429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/sospel-ancient-cobbles.html' title='Sospel - Ancient Cobbles'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kRMA8fm9WEo/Tx2kILqdGwI/AAAAAAAAaBk/Cp9E302mDKo/s72-c/sospel%2B-%2Bold%2Bhouse%2B%2B%25282%2Bof%2B4%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-3959240747304381535</id><published>2012-01-23T06:53:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T07:09:24.262+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Sospel'/><title type='text'>Sospel - the Cat</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sSwmxqkF848/Txz3xXXWsbI/AAAAAAAAaAE/Vs43v17P8hQ/s1600/cat%2Bsospel%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sSwmxqkF848/Txz3xXXWsbI/AAAAAAAAaAE/Vs43v17P8hQ/s640/cat%2Bsospel%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700703655801827762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tHktCoWmgds/Txz5CVeRZHI/AAAAAAAAaAQ/dWG7g4oBO64/s1600/cat%2Bsospel%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tHktCoWmgds/Txz5CVeRZHI/AAAAAAAAaAQ/dWG7g4oBO64/s320/cat%2Bsospel%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700705046863373426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It's all about a cat today but with a background of the beautiful  buildings in &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Place Saint-Michel&lt;/span&gt; - the same square where we saw the  cathedral.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Aujourd'hui, il  est sujet d'un chat  mais sur fond des beaux édifices  de la Place Saint-Michel - la même place sur laquelle on a vu  la  cathédrale. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e2pBf2QyzII/Txz22G9MoTI/AAAAAAAAZ_s/swbr3DVEJmA/s1600/cat%2Bsospel%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e2pBf2QyzII/Txz22G9MoTI/AAAAAAAAZ_s/swbr3DVEJmA/s400/cat%2Bsospel%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700702637784867122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-3959240747304381535?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/3959240747304381535/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=3959240747304381535&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3959240747304381535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3959240747304381535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/sospel-cat.html' title='Sospel - the Cat'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sSwmxqkF848/Txz3xXXWsbI/AAAAAAAAaAE/Vs43v17P8hQ/s72-c/cat%2Bsospel%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-8416063583712491518</id><published>2012-01-22T07:35:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-22T08:46:40.345+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Sospel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Churches'/><title type='text'>Sospel - the Spiked Sculptures</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PiI8g_LfUSA/TxuvgVyK5EI/AAAAAAAAZ-Y/AsGXbZ9XxZg/s1600/cathedral%2B-%2Bsculptures%2Bsmaller%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PiI8g_LfUSA/TxuvgVyK5EI/AAAAAAAAZ-Y/AsGXbZ9XxZg/s640/cathedral%2B-%2Bsculptures%2Bsmaller%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700342723505742914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XS7k78P_7Xk/Txuu5hBR_2I/AAAAAAAAZ-M/1nZI2hCWQBY/s1600/cathedral%2B-%2Bsculptures%2Bsmaller%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XS7k78P_7Xk/Txuu5hBR_2I/AAAAAAAAZ-M/1nZI2hCWQBY/s320/cathedral%2B-%2Bsculptures%2Bsmaller%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700342056507015010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Details from the Renaissance facade of the Cathedral Saint-Michel in  Sospel &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(see yesterday)&lt;/span&gt;. I wish I could tell you who the two sculptures depict. Note the spikes on the head, shoulders etc of the sculptures - to keep the pigeons away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Latin  inscription over the door needs a Latin scholar to translate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1809, Pope Pius VII stayed in one of the oldest houses, located to the right of the church.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Détails de la façade Renaissance de la cathédrale Saint-Michel à Sospel &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(voir hier)&lt;/span&gt;.   J'aimerais pouvoir vous dire qui sont les personnages représentés par  les deux sculptures. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Notez les pointes sur la tête, les épaule, etc des sculptures - destinées à éloigner  les pigeons. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Il faut être latiniste pour traduire l'inscription  latine gravée sur la porte . &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; En 1809, le pape Pie VII a séjourné dans une des maisons les plus anciennes, située à la droite de l'église. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s6UC-Q6EvJ8/Txuuq21CSUI/AAAAAAAAZ-A/fBPmQVUKjF0/s1600/cathedral%2B-%2Bsculptures%2Bsmaller%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pPbG-zc1B-c/Txuub9PxFRI/AAAAAAAAZ90/BE9DTC6yX6g/s1600/cathedral%2B-%2Bdoor%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pPbG-zc1B-c/Txuub9PxFRI/AAAAAAAAZ90/BE9DTC6yX6g/s400/cathedral%2B-%2Bdoor%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700341548687889682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-8416063583712491518?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/8416063583712491518/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=8416063583712491518&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8416063583712491518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8416063583712491518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/sospel-spiked-sculptures.html' title='Sospel - the Spiked Sculptures'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PiI8g_LfUSA/TxuvgVyK5EI/AAAAAAAAZ-Y/AsGXbZ9XxZg/s72-c/cathedral%2B-%2Bsculptures%2Bsmaller%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-3150551377862007514</id><published>2012-01-21T07:35:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-21T07:44:08.762+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Sospel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Churches'/><title type='text'>Sospel - the Cathedral Saint-Michel</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TP4J7848wq8/Txpds_Y_zcI/AAAAAAAAZ9Q/HBbohmpUo_E/s1600/sospel%2Bchurch%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TP4J7848wq8/Txpds_Y_zcI/AAAAAAAAZ9Q/HBbohmpUo_E/s640/sospel%2Bchurch%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699971305902689730" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IwTx33i4Vok/Txpc91ToHII/AAAAAAAAZ9E/3jkpFW1-l_M/s1600/sospel%2Bchurch%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IwTx33i4Vok/Txpc91ToHII/AAAAAAAAZ9E/3jkpFW1-l_M/s320/sospel%2Bchurch%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699970495741959298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Place Saint-Michel&lt;/span&gt; in Sospel is a magnificent square featuring  architecture from the Baroque and Roman periods. It's dominated by the  Cathedral of Saint-Michel which was built between 1641-1762 and restored in 1888 . The Renaissance façade dates to 1641. The Bell Tower is  Lombardy Romanesque from the XIIIth century.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The square is paved with cobblestones made of white and grey pebbles - something we see often in front of churches here - for example in front  of Menton's Basilica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;La place Saint-Michel à Sospel est une magnifique place dont l'architecture date des périodes Romane et Baroque. Elle est dominée  par la Cathédrale Saint-Michel qui a été construite entre 1641-1762 et  restaurée en 1888. La façade Renaissance date de 1641 tandis que le  clocher de style lombard roman  est du XIIIe siècle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; La place est pavée d'une calade de galets blancs et gris - une chose que  nous voyons souvent devant des églises ici ,comme devant la Basilique de  Menton.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-3150551377862007514?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/3150551377862007514/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=3150551377862007514&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3150551377862007514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3150551377862007514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/sospel-cathedral-saint-michel.html' title='Sospel - the Cathedral Saint-Michel'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TP4J7848wq8/Txpds_Y_zcI/AAAAAAAAZ9Q/HBbohmpUo_E/s72-c/sospel%2Bchurch%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-3371866766176100930</id><published>2012-01-20T07:23:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T07:30:41.510+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Sospel'/><title type='text'>Sospel - the 'Tabac'</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FIrlyEJVeys/TxkIjQm7J1I/AAAAAAAAZ7A/3Mt7YKCC-wo/s1600/sospel%2B-%2Bold%2Bshop%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FIrlyEJVeys/TxkIjQm7J1I/AAAAAAAAZ7A/3Mt7YKCC-wo/s640/sospel%2B-%2Bold%2Bshop%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699596205260744530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ocffP2CjYwI/TxkJniqnLNI/AAAAAAAAZ7M/8Myp7a4xx7w/s1600/sospel%2Btabac%2Bcolour%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ocffP2CjYwI/TxkJniqnLNI/AAAAAAAAZ7M/8Myp7a4xx7w/s320/sospel%2Btabac%2Bcolour%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699597378339155154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Looks like this old shop hasn't sold a packet of cigarettes in a long time ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Il semble  que dans cette vieille boutique, on n'a pas vendu un paquet de cigarettes depuis longtemps ... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-3371866766176100930?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/3371866766176100930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=3371866766176100930&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3371866766176100930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3371866766176100930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/sospel-tabac.html' title='Sospel - the &apos;Tabac&apos;'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FIrlyEJVeys/TxkIjQm7J1I/AAAAAAAAZ7A/3Mt7YKCC-wo/s72-c/sospel%2B-%2Bold%2Bshop%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-7938546326872602300</id><published>2012-01-19T06:52:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-19T06:58:42.882+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Sospel'/><title type='text'>Sospel - Old Stones</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kEepma4snvI/TxewUiwbUWI/AAAAAAAAZ6c/BZhzmMo3ZIc/s1600/street%2Bsospel%2Blarge%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kEepma4snvI/TxewUiwbUWI/AAAAAAAAZ6c/BZhzmMo3ZIc/s640/street%2Bsospel%2Blarge%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699217720434446690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lu3IhX9NLsg/TxewCQOqpbI/AAAAAAAAZ6Q/046faz69WbU/s1600/street%2Bsospel%2Bsmall%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lu3IhX9NLsg/TxewCQOqpbI/AAAAAAAAZ6Q/046faz69WbU/s320/street%2Bsospel%2Bsmall%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699217406223361458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A narrow street off Place Saint-Nicolas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Une rue étroite à côté de la Place Saint-Nicolas. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-7938546326872602300?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/7938546326872602300/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=7938546326872602300&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7938546326872602300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7938546326872602300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/old-stones.html' title='Sospel - Old Stones'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kEepma4snvI/TxewUiwbUWI/AAAAAAAAZ6c/BZhzmMo3ZIc/s72-c/street%2Bsospel%2Blarge%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-7170616933329621013</id><published>2012-01-18T07:32:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T07:42:44.033+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Sospel'/><title type='text'>Sospel - Trompe l'oeil</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oTgevH8cWBQ/TxZpNwrKA7I/AAAAAAAAZ6A/iYs8WI4pPko/s1600/sospel%2B-%2Btrompe%2Bl%2527oeil%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oTgevH8cWBQ/TxZpNwrKA7I/AAAAAAAAZ6A/iYs8WI4pPko/s640/sospel%2B-%2Btrompe%2Bl%2527oeil%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698858063609070514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Al7-334I-34/TxZo8pPOhMI/AAAAAAAAZ50/P90D8U2HFJ8/s1600/sospel%2Btromp%2Bl%253Boeil%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Al7-334I-34/TxZo8pPOhMI/AAAAAAAAZ50/P90D8U2HFJ8/s320/sospel%2Btromp%2Bl%253Boeil%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698857769555100866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Along the edge of the Bevera River, note the trompe l'oeil facades of the houses that date back to the early XIXth century.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Le long des bords de la Bévéra, remarquez les trompe-l'oeil des façades des maisons qui datent du XIXe siècle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LKOSkNxl75w/TxZoNN9zdEI/AAAAAAAAZ5o/519ttWjjnis/s1600/sospel%2Btromp%2Bl%253Boeil%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LKOSkNxl75w/TxZoNN9zdEI/AAAAAAAAZ5o/519ttWjjnis/s400/sospel%2Btromp%2Bl%253Boeil%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698856954780415042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-7170616933329621013?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/7170616933329621013/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=7170616933329621013&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7170616933329621013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7170616933329621013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/sospel-trompe-loeil.html' title='Sospel - Trompe l&apos;oeil'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oTgevH8cWBQ/TxZpNwrKA7I/AAAAAAAAZ6A/iYs8WI4pPko/s72-c/sospel%2B-%2Btrompe%2Bl%2527oeil%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-1033141524391478861</id><published>2012-01-17T06:51:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-17T06:52:53.902+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Sospel'/><title type='text'>Sospel - the Bar du Marché</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qyz6Qm86cdU/TxRwggu4j5I/AAAAAAAAZ4s/2ju95hGve40/s1600/sospel%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qyz6Qm86cdU/TxRwggu4j5I/AAAAAAAAZ4s/2ju95hGve40/s640/sospel%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698303132375224210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Bar du Marché&lt;/span&gt; in Sospel - where there is always time to chat. You'd not  know we live in a world of iPads and iPhones when you look at this  scene, would you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Le Bar du Marché à Sospel - où on prend toujours le temps de discuter.  On n'a pas l'impression de vivre dans un monde de iPads et iPhones quand  on regarde cette scène, n'est-ce pas? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-1033141524391478861?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/1033141524391478861/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=1033141524391478861&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1033141524391478861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1033141524391478861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/sospel-bar-du-marche.html' title='Sospel - the Bar du Marché'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qyz6Qm86cdU/TxRwggu4j5I/AAAAAAAAZ4s/2ju95hGve40/s72-c/sospel%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-3281360544594812524</id><published>2012-01-16T06:47:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T06:53:18.114+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Sospel'/><title type='text'>Sospel - Three Generations</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RKycTxvNhIM/TxO6R-EQIcI/AAAAAAAAZ3Y/uOyNNDVv67U/s1600/sospel%2Bbridge%2Bb%2Band%2Bw%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RKycTxvNhIM/TxO6R-EQIcI/AAAAAAAAZ3Y/uOyNNDVv67U/s640/sospel%2Bbridge%2Bb%2Band%2Bw%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698102771435184578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i27QOKg-8kc/TxO6C5KZbBI/AAAAAAAAZ3M/1au-pEt036k/s1600/sospel%2Bbridge%2Bb%2Band%2Bw%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i27QOKg-8kc/TxO6C5KZbBI/AAAAAAAAZ3M/1au-pEt036k/s320/sospel%2Bbridge%2Bb%2Band%2Bw%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698102512420744210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A meeting of three generations on the old toll bridge in Sospel. &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(see yesterday's post)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;La rencontre de trois générations sur l'ancien pont à péage de Sospel. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(voir post d'hier)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-3281360544594812524?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/3281360544594812524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=3281360544594812524&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3281360544594812524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3281360544594812524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/sospel-three-generations.html' title='Sospel - Three Generations'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RKycTxvNhIM/TxO6R-EQIcI/AAAAAAAAZ3Y/uOyNNDVv67U/s72-c/sospel%2Bbridge%2Bb%2Band%2Bw%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-5440924904286527640</id><published>2012-01-15T07:39:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T08:00:14.385+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Sospel'/><title type='text'>Sospel - the Old Toll Bridge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7l4ZFlTqDZ4/TxJ5LSNAlmI/AAAAAAAAZ2c/nYNWkircnk8/s1600/Sospel%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7l4ZFlTqDZ4/TxJ5LSNAlmI/AAAAAAAAZ2c/nYNWkircnk8/s640/Sospel%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697749713349023330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IBgnV5VOsPQ/TxJ46mqyxwI/AAAAAAAAZ2Q/g4daa0kHC10/s1600/Sospel%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IBgnV5VOsPQ/TxJ46mqyxwI/AAAAAAAAZ2Q/g4daa0kHC10/s320/Sospel%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697749426784880386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Let's take the 20 kilometre drive from Menton to Sospel, a village in  the mountains that dates back to the 5th century, when it served as an  important staging post on the royal road from Nice to Turin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the old toll bridge which was used by travellers on the Salt Route to cross the Bévéra. It was built in the 13th century but bombed  by the Germans during World War II to prevent contact between the French  Resistance (the Maquis) and the Italians. Much of the town was  destroyed. The bridge was renovated after the war and now houses the  tourist office.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More tomorrow ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Parcourons les 20 km de route qui mènent de Menton à Sospel, un village  dans les montagnes construit au 5ème siècle, quand il était  une étape  importante sur la route royale de Nice à Turin. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; C'est le vieux pont à péage qui était emprunté par les voyageurs de la  Route du Sel pour traverser la Bévéra. Il a été construit au 13ème  siècle, mais bombardé par les Allemands pendant la Seconde Guerre  mondiale pour empêcher tout contact entre la Résistance française (le  maquis) et les Italiens. Une grande partie de la ville a aussi été  détruite. Le pont a été rénové après la guerre et abrite aujourd'hui  l'office du tourisme. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;La suite demain ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-5440924904286527640?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/5440924904286527640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=5440924904286527640&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5440924904286527640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5440924904286527640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/sospel-old-toll-bridge.html' title='Sospel - the Old Toll Bridge'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7l4ZFlTqDZ4/TxJ5LSNAlmI/AAAAAAAAZ2c/nYNWkircnk8/s72-c/Sospel%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-5715265560888359368</id><published>2012-01-14T06:39:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-14T06:39:00.623+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fêtes'/><title type='text'>Who ate the penguin's nose?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DRXmhjmeHoI/TxBeqTFuXGI/AAAAAAAAZ1U/Uautf_4UnOQ/s1600/penguin%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DRXmhjmeHoI/TxBeqTFuXGI/AAAAAAAAZ1U/Uautf_4UnOQ/s640/penguin%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697157609395477602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fSRBBFxQjrg/TxBebbX6cOI/AAAAAAAAZ1I/R_bf2zCVvDo/s1600/penguin%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fSRBBFxQjrg/TxBebbX6cOI/AAAAAAAAZ1I/R_bf2zCVvDo/s320/penguin%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697157353921212642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is one of the penguins that was on display in the Jardin Biovès over the holiday season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So ... who ate the penguin's nose?  Any suggestions?   I haven't a clue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Voici l'un des pingouins qui a été exposé dans le Jardin Biovès au cours de la période des Fêtes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Alors ... qui a mangé le nez du pingouin? Des suggestions ?  Je n'ai pas la moindre idée.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-5715265560888359368?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/5715265560888359368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=5715265560888359368&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5715265560888359368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5715265560888359368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/who-ate-penguins-nose.html' title='Who ate the penguin&apos;s nose?'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DRXmhjmeHoI/TxBeqTFuXGI/AAAAAAAAZ1U/Uautf_4UnOQ/s72-c/penguin%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-1396243494744037204</id><published>2012-01-13T07:21:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T07:31:11.642+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Markets'/><title type='text'>Sand Roses</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LVdfTzuGeiI/Tw_N5rjVuQI/AAAAAAAAZ08/tEvxfNQNPTc/s1600/sand%2Broses%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LVdfTzuGeiI/Tw_N5rjVuQI/AAAAAAAAZ08/tEvxfNQNPTc/s640/sand%2Broses%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696998444474153218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z8lfTeEz7gc/Tw_NrKnzoOI/AAAAAAAAZ0w/S3p5k7WrQYs/s1600/sand%2Broses%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z8lfTeEz7gc/Tw_NrKnzoOI/AAAAAAAAZ0w/S3p5k7WrQYs/s320/sand%2Broses%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696998195116351714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Maybe everyone knows what a Sand Rose is. I didn't so here it is for those ignorant like me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're looking at Rose des Sables (Sand Roses) which were being sold as  decorative pieces in Menton at Christmas. They come from the desert in  North Africa - perhaps Tunisia as they were for sale on a Tunisian stand  in the Christmas market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They are formed in the desert when gypsum crystals including sand mix  with water. However, for these roses to take shape, the gypsum needs to  be slightly below the desert surface and just above ground water. The  colour varies from beige to orange pink.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The same phenomenon can also occur as a result of rain, which dissolves  the gypsum which then rises to the surface and crystallizes as the water  evaporates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These roses, whose dimensions range from a few centimeters to more than  one meter are rarely found on the desert floor but are more often  buried under several meters of sand. Once collected, take care of them  because, as a result of rain, gypsum dissolves again, the crystals  break up and, like all flowers, your desert rose may fade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a legend - I love this story - that the roses are the result of petrification when sand is mixed with camel urine !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Il est possible que vous sachiez ce qu'est une Rose des Sables. Si ce  n'est pas le cas, voila l'explication pour les ignorants comme moi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Voici des Roses des Sables qui ont été vendues comme pièces décoratives   à Noël à Menton. Elles  viennent du désert d' Afrique du Nord -  probablement de Tunisie puisqu'elles étaient vendues sur un stand  tunisien du marché de Noël.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Elles se forment dans le désert quand des cristaux de  gypse inclus dans  du sable se mélangent à de l'eau et que celle-ci s'évapore. Cependant,  pour ces roses  prennent forme, le gypse doit se trouver dans la  partie supérieure d'une nappe phréatique et légèrement en dessous de la  surface du désert. Leur couleur varie du beige au rose orangé.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Le même phénomène peut aussi se produire à la suite  de pluie, qui  dissout le gypse lequel s'élève alors à la surface et se cristallise  quand l'eau s'évapore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ces roses, dont les dimensions varient de quelques centimètres à plus  d'un mètre sont rarement trouvées sur le sol du désert, mais sont le  plus souvent enfouies sous plusieurs mètres de sable. Une fois  collectées, il faut prendre soin d'elles car en cas de pluie, le gypse  se dissout à nouveau et les cristaux se brisent, alors  comme toutes les  fleurs, votre rose du désert peut se faner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Il existe une légende - j'aime cette histoire - selon laquelle les roses  sont le résultat de la pétrification du sable  mélangé avec de l'urine  de chameau!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-1396243494744037204?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/1396243494744037204/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=1396243494744037204&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1396243494744037204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1396243494744037204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/sand-roses.html' title='Sand Roses'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LVdfTzuGeiI/Tw_N5rjVuQI/AAAAAAAAZ08/tEvxfNQNPTc/s72-c/sand%2Broses%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-3840853885998663837</id><published>2012-01-12T07:06:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T07:14:28.377+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fêtes'/><title type='text'>A Last Look at the Lights</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QQS41-276VQ/Tw55RRF3ltI/AAAAAAAAZz0/MvWXflMcNlQ/s1600/lights%2B111%2B%252B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QQS41-276VQ/Tw55RRF3ltI/AAAAAAAAZz0/MvWXflMcNlQ/s640/lights%2B111%2B%252B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696623916223010514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RfszggMH2z0/Tw54_xZuwII/AAAAAAAAZzo/A_6600xL-2M/s1600/lights%2B111%2B%252B%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RfszggMH2z0/Tw54_xZuwII/AAAAAAAAZzo/A_6600xL-2M/s320/lights%2B111%2B%252B%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696623615658606722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A last look at the lights of Menton.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In front of the Mairie. Butterflies that flap their wings and a delicate display at Place St. Roch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Un dernier regard sur les lumières de Menton. En face de la  Mairie. Des papillons qui battent des ailes et une délicate décoration à  la Place Saint-Roch. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xhRbIWZVG7Y/Tw54jw0mcHI/AAAAAAAAZzc/29jxRYxyeO0/s1600/lights%2B111%2B%252B%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xhRbIWZVG7Y/Tw54jw0mcHI/AAAAAAAAZzc/29jxRYxyeO0/s400/lights%2B111%2B%252B%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696623134466535538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-3840853885998663837?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/3840853885998663837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=3840853885998663837&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3840853885998663837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3840853885998663837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/last-look-at-lights.html' title='A Last Look at the Lights'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QQS41-276VQ/Tw55RRF3ltI/AAAAAAAAZz0/MvWXflMcNlQ/s72-c/lights%2B111%2B%252B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-8398273071137706346</id><published>2012-01-11T06:35:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T06:35:00.732+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Old Town'/><title type='text'>My Little Dog...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fqxJLO0aOGM/TwxwgXZ4f9I/AAAAAAAAZyU/jrvkKmxlKY8/s1600/jrt%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fqxJLO0aOGM/TwxwgXZ4f9I/AAAAAAAAZyU/jrvkKmxlKY8/s640/jrt%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696051330057535442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kWA6o_QX7nE/TwxwPxXr2_I/AAAAAAAAZyI/OHZt9COODh4/s1600/jrt%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kWA6o_QX7nE/TwxwPxXr2_I/AAAAAAAAZyI/OHZt9COODh4/s320/jrt%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696051044969864178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Place aux Herbes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;'My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~Edith Wharton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;'Mon petit chien - un battement de coeur à mes pieds.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~ Edith Wharton &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;pre wrap=""&gt;  &lt;/pre&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-8398273071137706346?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/8398273071137706346/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=8398273071137706346&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8398273071137706346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8398273071137706346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/my-little-dog.html' title='My Little Dog...'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fqxJLO0aOGM/TwxwgXZ4f9I/AAAAAAAAZyU/jrvkKmxlKY8/s72-c/jrt%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-7763366692129024268</id><published>2012-01-10T07:14:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T07:18:24.903+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Old Town'/><title type='text'>Dressed for the Night</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sj2_eldfgTI/TwsqSqgjn-I/AAAAAAAAZxw/sk5KH0DR9vc/s1600/side%2Bstreet%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sj2_eldfgTI/TwsqSqgjn-I/AAAAAAAAZxw/sk5KH0DR9vc/s640/side%2Bstreet%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695692653876977634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of Menton's tiny walking streets, just off the main pedestrian  street. It's so nice that that Menton has this central area totally free  of cars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;L'une des petites ruelles de Menton, juste à côté de la grande rue  piétonne. Il est tellement agréable qu'à Menton, cette partie   centrale soit totalement libérée des voitures. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;pre class="moz-signature" cols="72"&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-7763366692129024268?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/7763366692129024268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=7763366692129024268&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7763366692129024268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7763366692129024268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/dressed-for-night.html' title='Dressed for the Night'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sj2_eldfgTI/TwsqSqgjn-I/AAAAAAAAZxw/sk5KH0DR9vc/s72-c/side%2Bstreet%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-4426644136123889534</id><published>2012-01-09T07:01:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T07:02:52.445+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fêtes'/><title type='text'>Bubble Boy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cAVCUKiXmKw/TwmKiRhXvMI/AAAAAAAAZxA/GDMamrDzgLo/s1600/bubble%2Bboy%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cAVCUKiXmKw/TwmKiRhXvMI/AAAAAAAAZxA/GDMamrDzgLo/s640/bubble%2Bboy%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695235525210258626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life in a bubble ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;La vie dans une bulle ... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-4426644136123889534?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/4426644136123889534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=4426644136123889534&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/4426644136123889534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/4426644136123889534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/bubble-boy.html' title='Bubble Boy'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cAVCUKiXmKw/TwmKiRhXvMI/AAAAAAAAZxA/GDMamrDzgLo/s72-c/bubble%2Bboy%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-289820848936405892</id><published>2012-01-08T08:40:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-08T16:05:12.414+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fêtes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food and Wine'/><title type='text'>Crepes with Nutella</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zE9T18koYdg/TwlIsY4IIdI/AAAAAAAAZwQ/quOKcvrNCdQ/s1600/crepes%2Bnutella%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zE9T18koYdg/TwlIsY4IIdI/AAAAAAAAZwQ/quOKcvrNCdQ/s640/crepes%2Bnutella%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695163131216011730" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gXRLqcTvd1I/Twmwf42o43I/AAAAAAAAZxM/pgwS7T7GIe4/s1600/crepes%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gXRLqcTvd1I/Twmwf42o43I/AAAAAAAAZxM/pgwS7T7GIe4/s320/crepes%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695277265670693746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Crêpes, cooked on an open griddle, and filled with Nutella are popular in France.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Les crêpes, cuites devant soi sur une plaque chauffante  et remplies de Nutella sont appréciées en France. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-289820848936405892?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/289820848936405892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=289820848936405892&amp;isPopup=true' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/289820848936405892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/289820848936405892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/crepes-with-nutella.html' title='Crepes with Nutella'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zE9T18koYdg/TwlIsY4IIdI/AAAAAAAAZwQ/quOKcvrNCdQ/s72-c/crepes%2Bnutella%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-3072927846521321474</id><published>2012-01-07T06:30:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-07T06:30:02.154+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beach and Sea'/><title type='text'>Dawn over the Mediterranean 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wLm1ObAyQJ8/Twcv7GaTvyI/AAAAAAAAZvg/vhs_xaOWxWo/s1600/for%2Bone%2Ba%2Bday%2B%2B%25282%2Bof%2B2%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wLm1ObAyQJ8/Twcv7GaTvyI/AAAAAAAAZvg/vhs_xaOWxWo/s640/for%2Bone%2Ba%2Bday%2B%2B%25282%2Bof%2B2%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694572946213027618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A less fiery and frenetic dawn than yesterday's but this was taken on the same morning, just 25 minutes later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Une aube moins ardente et agitée que celle de la photo d'hier, et  pourtant cela a été pris le même matin, seulement 25 minutes plus tard.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-3072927846521321474?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/3072927846521321474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=3072927846521321474&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3072927846521321474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3072927846521321474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/dawn-over-mediterranean-2.html' title='Dawn over the Mediterranean 2'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wLm1ObAyQJ8/Twcv7GaTvyI/AAAAAAAAZvg/vhs_xaOWxWo/s72-c/for%2Bone%2Ba%2Bday%2B%2B%25282%2Bof%2B2%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-6205123928609489622</id><published>2012-01-06T06:39:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-06T06:39:00.578+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beach and Sea'/><title type='text'>Dawn over the Mediterranean</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YtX0_uvBvC0/TwXukZJhaLI/AAAAAAAAZuw/RZ5tad_9da0/s1600/dawn%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YtX0_uvBvC0/TwXukZJhaLI/AAAAAAAAZuw/RZ5tad_9da0/s640/dawn%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694219612873386162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn - from my terrace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;L'aube - de ma terrasse.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-6205123928609489622?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/6205123928609489622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=6205123928609489622&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6205123928609489622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6205123928609489622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/dawn-over-mediterranean.html' title='Dawn over the Mediterranean'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YtX0_uvBvC0/TwXukZJhaLI/AAAAAAAAZuw/RZ5tad_9da0/s72-c/dawn%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-3745836461212336721</id><published>2012-01-05T07:01:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T07:14:59.683+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fêtes'/><title type='text'>The Killer Tree</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_Lnv8_FZQL4/TwU-skx1PjI/AAAAAAAAZtQ/i2vwHjHBAEI/s1600/Blue%2Blights%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_Lnv8_FZQL4/TwU-skx1PjI/AAAAAAAAZtQ/i2vwHjHBAEI/s640/Blue%2Blights%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694026239387713074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s_tK7lQdTmg/TwU-b4DPaYI/AAAAAAAAZtE/6u0OtyRjySg/s1600/Blue%2Blights%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s_tK7lQdTmg/TwU-b4DPaYI/AAAAAAAAZtE/6u0OtyRjySg/s320/Blue%2Blights%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694025952503228802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The blue lights along the sea represent - unsurprisingly - Christmas  trees. Sadly and tragically a day or so after they were installed, a  young Rottweiler was electrocuted when he touched the support pole. We'd  had really high seas and seemingly water had somehow got inside the  electrics. Obviously this got fixed but too late for the poor dog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The  smaller photo shows another representation of a tree, this time at the  roundabout on the Bastion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Les lumières bleues le long de la mer représentent - sans surprise - des  arbres de Noël. Malheureusement et tragiquement un jour ou deux après  leur installation, un jeune Rottweiler a été électrocuté quand il a  touché le poteau de soutien. Il y avait eu de grosses vagues  et  apparemment l'eau avait pénétré dans le circuit électrique. Évidemment,  cela disjoncte  mais trop tard pour le pauvre chien. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;La petite photo  montre une autre représentation d'un arbre, cette fois au rond-point  sur ​​le Bastion. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-3745836461212336721?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/3745836461212336721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=3745836461212336721&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3745836461212336721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3745836461212336721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/killer-tree.html' title='The Killer Tree'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_Lnv8_FZQL4/TwU-skx1PjI/AAAAAAAAZtQ/i2vwHjHBAEI/s72-c/Blue%2Blights%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-6208167212720304125</id><published>2012-01-04T06:46:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T06:53:31.318+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fêtes'/><title type='text'>Light up the Palms</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J8UH1FE3OvA/TwPodRVh41I/AAAAAAAAZsg/ldE2dR-qxB4/s1600/palms%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J8UH1FE3OvA/TwPodRVh41I/AAAAAAAAZsg/ldE2dR-qxB4/s640/palms%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693649943493993298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CCSdI6bEnoc/TwPoOsQnlVI/AAAAAAAAZsU/MadTQWrJ_QU/s1600/palms%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CCSdI6bEnoc/TwPoOsQnlVI/AAAAAAAAZsU/MadTQWrJ_QU/s320/palms%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693649693023114578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yesterday we saw trees garlanded in light. Today: the palms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Hier, nous avons vu des arbres enguirlandés de lumière. Aujourd'hui : ce sont les palmiers. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TtU1y5XXD2k/TwPn8pDy74I/AAAAAAAAZsI/gtQljnFcBBQ/s1600/palms%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TtU1y5XXD2k/TwPn8pDy74I/AAAAAAAAZsI/gtQljnFcBBQ/s400/palms%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693649382926380930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-6208167212720304125?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/6208167212720304125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=6208167212720304125&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6208167212720304125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6208167212720304125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/light-up-palms.html' title='Light up the Palms'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J8UH1FE3OvA/TwPodRVh41I/AAAAAAAAZsg/ldE2dR-qxB4/s72-c/palms%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-2580865257933705908</id><published>2012-01-03T06:28:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T06:32:32.920+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fêtes'/><title type='text'>Light up the Trees - 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gMw_VXWUg1o/TwH207UvPkI/AAAAAAAAZq0/GGIn3PTRlvo/s1600/lights....3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gMw_VXWUg1o/TwH207UvPkI/AAAAAAAAZq0/GGIn3PTRlvo/s640/lights....3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693102793111322178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2A-cfO-uWfI/TwH1pnf4H-I/AAAAAAAAZqo/_ckG6HE-phk/s1600/lights....2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2A-cfO-uWfI/TwH1pnf4H-I/AAAAAAAAZqo/_ckG6HE-phk/s320/lights....2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693101499299143650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Playing with the light...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jouer avec la lumière...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-2580865257933705908?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/2580865257933705908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=2580865257933705908&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2580865257933705908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2580865257933705908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/light-up-trees-2.html' title='Light up the Trees - 2'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gMw_VXWUg1o/TwH207UvPkI/AAAAAAAAZq0/GGIn3PTRlvo/s72-c/lights....3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-4052929966789479364</id><published>2012-01-02T07:04:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-02T07:06:52.150+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Light up the Trees!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8goK49M9shc/TwBJvCcKPwI/AAAAAAAAZqE/6--HJuWNhcQ/s1600/lights%2Bin%2Btree%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8goK49M9shc/TwBJvCcKPwI/AAAAAAAAZqE/6--HJuWNhcQ/s640/lights%2Bin%2Btree%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692631001453969154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lights in Menton this festive season have ranged from subtle to in-your-face.  These are perhaps my favourite.  Delicate lights that garland the trees in Rue Loredan-Larchey, just along from the Mairie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;En cette saison de fête, les lumières de Menton varient du subtil à  l'outrance. Celles-ci sont peut-être mes préférées. Les  douces  lumières des guirlandes dans les arbres de la rue Loredan Larchey -  proches de la mairie. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-4052929966789479364?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/4052929966789479364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=4052929966789479364&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/4052929966789479364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/4052929966789479364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/light-up-trees.html' title='Light up the Trees!'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8goK49M9shc/TwBJvCcKPwI/AAAAAAAAZqE/6--HJuWNhcQ/s72-c/lights%2Bin%2Btree%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-6098015200181823907</id><published>2012-01-01T07:49:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-01T07:53:03.188+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Daily Photo Theme Day:'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Gorbio'/><title type='text'>Favourite Photo of 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9CkDE2416ps/TwAB3UfynGI/AAAAAAAAZpg/ZyA6NmExeaI/s1600/Winona%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9CkDE2416ps/TwAB3UfynGI/AAAAAAAAZpg/ZyA6NmExeaI/s640/Winona%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692551978902789218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-soNFzZ-11OU/TwABpR-IVCI/AAAAAAAAZpU/b50IPGaCPDw/s1600/Winona%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-soNFzZ-11OU/TwABpR-IVCI/AAAAAAAAZpU/b50IPGaCPDw/s320/Winona%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692551737706566690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It's the 1st of January and as is traditional in the City Daily Photo  community, it's the day to show our favourite photo of the year. There  were several I considered, but what I love to photograph most are people  and life, so here is little Winona, fluffing her mother's skirt at the  wedding of her aunt in the medieval village of Gorbio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you to everyone for your loyalty, for comments, for private  emails, for your support and encouragement - all of which mean so much  to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wishing us all a 2012 that brings peace and perhaps a little common sense to our world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.citydailyphoto.com/portal/themes_archive.php?tid=65"&gt;Click here to view thumbnails for all participants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;C'est le 1er Janvier et comme il est de tradition dans la communauté  City Daily Photo, c'est le moment de montrer notre photo préférée de  l'année. Il y en avait plusieurs mais comme ce que j'aime le plus  photographier ce sont les gens et la vie, alors voici la petite Winona  qui soulève la jupe de sa maman, au mariage de sa tante dans le village  médiéval de Gorbio. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Merci à tous pour votre fidélité , pour vos commentaires, vos emails  privés, pour votre soutien et vos encouragements - cela est tellement  important pour moi. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Souhaitons à tous une année 2012 qui apporte la paix et peut-être un peu de bon sens au monde.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.citydailyphoto.com/portal/themes_archive.php?tid=65"&gt;S.V.P cliquer ici pour voir les photos des autres participants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-6098015200181823907?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/6098015200181823907/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=6098015200181823907&amp;isPopup=true' title='34 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6098015200181823907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6098015200181823907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2012/01/its-1st-of-january-and-as-is.html' title='Favourite Photo of 2011'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9CkDE2416ps/TwAB3UfynGI/AAAAAAAAZpg/ZyA6NmExeaI/s72-c/Winona%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>34</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-3373371725984594455</id><published>2011-12-31T06:54:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T07:29:26.947+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sculptures'/><title type='text'>The Sun Sets on Another Year...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gIYjuHmg9Ec/Tv6kHiPOU6I/AAAAAAAAZnA/WfTs77fY5V8/s1600/sunset%2Bon%2Bulysses%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gIYjuHmg9Ec/Tv6kHiPOU6I/AAAAAAAAZnA/WfTs77fY5V8/s640/sunset%2Bon%2Bulysses%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692167428399584162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sun sets at the end of another year. In the foreground, Ulysses. In the distance Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and Monaco.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Menton was packed yesterday - overflowing with Italians here to welcome  in the New Year. If you are celebrating tonight I wish you a joyful  evening and let's hope next year is a better one for this suffering  world of ours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;_____&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le soleil se couche pour finir encore une année. Au premier plan, Ulysse. Dans le lointain, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin et Monaco.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hier, Menton était animée, grouillante d' Italiens venus ici pour  accueillir la nouvelle année. Si vous fêtes le réveillon ce soir, je  vous souhaite une joyeuse soirée  en espérant que l'année prochaine  soit  meilleure pour notre monde qui souffre.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-3373371725984594455?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/3373371725984594455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=3373371725984594455&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3373371725984594455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3373371725984594455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/sun-sets-on-another-year.html' title='The Sun Sets on Another Year...'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gIYjuHmg9Ec/Tv6kHiPOU6I/AAAAAAAAZnA/WfTs77fY5V8/s72-c/sunset%2Bon%2Bulysses%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-2137818600827561291</id><published>2011-12-30T07:01:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-30T07:09:22.251+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Old Town'/><title type='text'>In Conversation</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UsuiwzkbpS4/Tv1VA0B3k1I/AAAAAAAAZm0/VtP4GNk_ktk/s1600/conversation%2Bagain%2B%2B2%2B%25282%2Bof%2B2%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UsuiwzkbpS4/Tv1VA0B3k1I/AAAAAAAAZm0/VtP4GNk_ktk/s640/conversation%2Bagain%2B%2B2%2B%25282%2Bof%2B2%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691798976521016146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hw1k0XWOM5M/Tv1U0Ox9pUI/AAAAAAAAZmo/yURrpW76TKU/s1600/conversation%2Bagain%2B%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B2%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hw1k0XWOM5M/Tv1U0Ox9pUI/AAAAAAAAZmo/yURrpW76TKU/s320/conversation%2Bagain%2B%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B2%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691798760363763010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A conversation by the Christmas tree that stands by Porte Sainte-Antoine, the ancient entrance to the Old Town.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Une conversation près de l'arbre de Noël qui se dresse à la Porte Saint-Antoine, l'ancienne entrée de la vieille ville.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-2137818600827561291?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/2137818600827561291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=2137818600827561291&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2137818600827561291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2137818600827561291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/in-conversation.html' title='In Conversation'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UsuiwzkbpS4/Tv1VA0B3k1I/AAAAAAAAZm0/VtP4GNk_ktk/s72-c/conversation%2Bagain%2B%2B2%2B%25282%2Bof%2B2%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-8667745105611141857</id><published>2011-12-29T06:53:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-29T06:55:27.204+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Markets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Restaurants and Bars'/><title type='text'>Oysters</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J-OUXJcP8BM/TvtOc-yHYVI/AAAAAAAAZlU/rAEShpGTryM/s1600/oysters%2B4%2Buse%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J-OUXJcP8BM/TvtOc-yHYVI/AAAAAAAAZlU/rAEShpGTryM/s640/oysters%2B4%2Buse%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691228813909254482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5yVhnfOdWu8/TvtONRNTfmI/AAAAAAAAZlI/PHsljtuTeTM/s1600/oysters%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5yVhnfOdWu8/TvtONRNTfmI/AAAAAAAAZlI/PHsljtuTeTM/s320/oysters%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691228543977225826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Oysters are everywhere at Christmas.  I wouldn't mind a euro for every box of oysters I saw piled up around the market.  You can buy them to&lt;br /&gt;take home,  of course, but you can also buy them, as you see here, to eat in a little restaurant with a glass of wine and served with a Menton lemon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Il y a des huîtres  partout à Noël. Je serais heureuse d'avoir un euro pour chaque boîte d'huîtres que j'ai vu entassées autour du marché. Vous pouvez les acheter pour ramener à la maison bien sûr, mais vous pouvez également les déguster, comme vous le voyez ici, dans un petit restaurant avec un verre de vin et servies avec un citron de Menton.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iyYoVNH6UWA/TvtMS5U-xMI/AAAAAAAAZk8/vPSvLkcf9JY/s1600/oysters%2B3%2Buse%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iyYoVNH6UWA/TvtMS5U-xMI/AAAAAAAAZk8/vPSvLkcf9JY/s400/oysters%2B3%2Buse%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691226441622930626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-8667745105611141857?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/8667745105611141857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=8667745105611141857&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8667745105611141857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8667745105611141857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/oysters.html' title='Oysters'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J-OUXJcP8BM/TvtOc-yHYVI/AAAAAAAAZlU/rAEShpGTryM/s72-c/oysters%2B4%2Buse%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-8306776837087000547</id><published>2011-12-28T06:47:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-28T06:47:00.374+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fêtes'/><title type='text'>Santa in Disguise</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qgDE49ULLIg/TvnMsTMBByI/AAAAAAAAZkk/_5Pg3To3dWY/s1600/Waitress%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qgDE49ULLIg/TvnMsTMBByI/AAAAAAAAZkk/_5Pg3To3dWY/s640/Waitress%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690804665596315426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Father Christmas doesn't always look like Father Christmas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Le Père Noël ne ressemble pas toujours au Père Noël. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-8306776837087000547?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/8306776837087000547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=8306776837087000547&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8306776837087000547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8306776837087000547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/santa-in-disguise.html' title='Santa in Disguise'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qgDE49ULLIg/TvnMsTMBByI/AAAAAAAAZkk/_5Pg3To3dWY/s72-c/Waitress%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-8983790633864240182</id><published>2011-12-27T06:46:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-27T06:52:34.427+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Old Town'/><title type='text'>These Old Streets</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BFxL6gGpZqk/TviW_--ylcI/AAAAAAAAZjc/PHuvbshpCAo/s1600/walking%2Bthe%2Bdog%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BFxL6gGpZqk/TviW_--ylcI/AAAAAAAAZjc/PHuvbshpCAo/s640/walking%2Bthe%2Bdog%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690464155164906946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's Christmas Eve and a lady walks her dog in the medieval streets of the Old Town.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's easy to let the mind blur and imagine another lady - centuries ago - long dress, dirt on the hem,  as she walks to the market on &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Place aux Herbes&lt;/span&gt;.  These old streets breathe history.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;C'est la veille de Noël et une dame promène son chien dans les rues médiévales de la Vieille Ville.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Il est facile de laisser l'esprit s'évader pour imaginer une autre dame - dans les siècles passés &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;  - en  robe longue, de la saleté sur l'ourlet tandis qu' elle se promène au marché de la Place aux Herbes. Ces vieilles rues respirent l'histoire.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-8983790633864240182?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/8983790633864240182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=8983790633864240182&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8983790633864240182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8983790633864240182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/old-streets.html' title='These Old Streets'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BFxL6gGpZqk/TviW_--ylcI/AAAAAAAAZjc/PHuvbshpCAo/s72-c/walking%2Bthe%2Bdog%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-7416029023981145651</id><published>2011-12-26T07:09:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-26T21:11:56.440+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Markets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food and Wine'/><title type='text'>Seafood</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z9-ywZ-LAiU/TvgQ0GxRzVI/AAAAAAAAZi4/6KU9Lawq9dk/s1600/seafood%2B1%2Buse%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z9-ywZ-LAiU/TvgQ0GxRzVI/AAAAAAAAZi4/6KU9Lawq9dk/s640/seafood%2B1%2Buse%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690316616539163986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6pNy5BDkyPc/TvgQfVS56EI/AAAAAAAAZis/hsReZB755T4/s1600/seafood%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6pNy5BDkyPc/TvgQfVS56EI/AAAAAAAAZis/hsReZB755T4/s320/seafood%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690316259661047874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The French love seafood at Christmas - langouste, langoustines, prawns,  scallops and of course oysters. Menton's market positively overflowed  with good things to buy on Christmas Eve and eventually long queues  formed outside the various fish stalls and fish shops. Me...? I chose a  dish of scallops and prawns. Delicious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you had a wonderful Christmas Eve or Christmas Day dinner. What did you eat?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A Noël, les Français aiment les fruits de mer: langouste, langoustines, crevettes, Saint-Jacques et huîtres bien sûr. Le marché de Menton  déborde littéralement de bonnes choses à acheter la veille de Noël et à  l'occasion, de longues  files d'attente se forment à l'extérieur des  étals de poissons et des poissonneries. Moi ... ? J'ai choisi un plat  de coquilles Saint. Jacques et de crevettes. Délicieux! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;J'espère que vous avez eu un merveilleux dîner pour le réveillon de Noël  ou un déjeuner pour le jour de Noël. Qu'avez-vous mangé ? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f9sq5XRBc14/TvgQMRpugzI/AAAAAAAAZig/RmFseiuZzC4/s1600/seafood%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f9sq5XRBc14/TvgQMRpugzI/AAAAAAAAZig/RmFseiuZzC4/s400/seafood%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690315932265513778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-7416029023981145651?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/7416029023981145651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=7416029023981145651&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7416029023981145651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7416029023981145651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/seafood.html' title='Seafood'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z9-ywZ-LAiU/TvgQ0GxRzVI/AAAAAAAAZi4/6KU9Lawq9dk/s72-c/seafood%2B1%2Buse%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-2991139528876661734</id><published>2011-12-25T06:42:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-25T06:47:54.629+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fêtes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dogs'/><title type='text'>Merry Christmas!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7f9EUpR-rus/Tva4FbtP_MI/AAAAAAAAZh8/TqNr_shvFiM/s1600/Marlow%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7f9EUpR-rus/Tva4FbtP_MI/AAAAAAAAZh8/TqNr_shvFiM/s640/Marlow%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689937582705605826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A very Merry Christmas to you, dear readers of Menton Daily Photo. And a  heartfelt thank you for your continued support and encouragement and  comments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And Marlow, who lives in Monte Carlo, says woof!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Un très Joyeux Noël à vous , chers lecteurs de Menton Daily Photo.  Et  un grand merci pour votre fidèle soutien, vos encouragements et vos  commentaires.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Marlow, qui vit à Monte-Carlo, vous dit  wouf ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-2991139528876661734?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/2991139528876661734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=2991139528876661734&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2991139528876661734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2991139528876661734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/merry-christmas.html' title='Merry Christmas!'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7f9EUpR-rus/Tva4FbtP_MI/AAAAAAAAZh8/TqNr_shvFiM/s72-c/Marlow%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-2050037486952509908</id><published>2011-12-24T06:30:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-24T06:31:30.451+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fêtes'/><title type='text'>Crash!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S04fwMe0hUM/TvSUcwEaDGI/AAAAAAAAZhk/6QToxI9SIOY/s1600/Skating%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S04fwMe0hUM/TvSUcwEaDGI/AAAAAAAAZhk/6QToxI9SIOY/s640/Skating%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689335450936413282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VEgFXgMQsBg/TvSTI6Au3kI/AAAAAAAAZhM/7lztxJO1Kjk/s1600/Skating%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VEgFXgMQsBg/TvSTI6Au3kI/AAAAAAAAZhM/7lztxJO1Kjk/s320/Skating%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689334010496343618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There's always a helping hand if someone falls over.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And if you can't skate, the multi-coloured chairs are good to sit on or  hold on to. Having said that, I noticed some boys using them to run into  other kids and knock them over. Not nice!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Il y a toujours une main secourable si quelqu'un tombe. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Et si vous ne pouvez pas patiner, des chaises multicolores permettent de  s'asseoir ou de s'y accrocher. Cela dit, j'ai remarqué que certains  garçons les utilisaient afin de courir parmi les autres enfants et  les  renverser. Ce n'est pas très sympathique! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-2050037486952509908?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/2050037486952509908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=2050037486952509908&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2050037486952509908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2050037486952509908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/crash.html' title='Crash!'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S04fwMe0hUM/TvSUcwEaDGI/AAAAAAAAZhk/6QToxI9SIOY/s72-c/Skating%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-7072202178363589420</id><published>2011-12-23T06:16:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-23T09:14:09.882+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fêtes'/><title type='text'>More Candyfloss</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A_hOIuQRjms/TvQT4SDhw9I/AAAAAAAAZhA/bniKQyIRe4g/s1600/candyfloss%2Bagain%2B3%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A_hOIuQRjms/TvQT4SDhw9I/AAAAAAAAZhA/bniKQyIRe4g/s640/candyfloss%2Bagain%2B3%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689194086916015058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ri5w-VZEBCc/TvN0OMJx09I/AAAAAAAAZgQ/1ROSEAuzdhA/s1600/candyfloss%2Bagain%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ri5w-VZEBCc/TvN0OMJx09I/AAAAAAAAZgQ/1ROSEAuzdhA/s320/candyfloss%2Bagain%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689018541428298706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Two beauties enjoying their candyfloss and, in the smaller photo, the ever-smiling lady who makes it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Deux beautés appréciant leur barbe à papa et, dans la petite photo, la dame toujours souriante qui les fait. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-7072202178363589420?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/7072202178363589420/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=7072202178363589420&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7072202178363589420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7072202178363589420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/more-candyfloss.html' title='More Candyfloss'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A_hOIuQRjms/TvQT4SDhw9I/AAAAAAAAZhA/bniKQyIRe4g/s72-c/candyfloss%2Bagain%2B3%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-9129739596810010289</id><published>2011-12-22T07:18:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-22T07:32:27.095+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fêtes'/><title type='text'>Candyfloss</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cFnu-z-lbtE/TvLNGbvTvgI/AAAAAAAAZfg/YYglU85Sb1Q/s1600/ice%2Bskaters%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cFnu-z-lbtE/TvLNGbvTvgI/AAAAAAAAZfg/YYglU85Sb1Q/s640/ice%2Bskaters%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688834789731450370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XnosCmHTyc4/TvLMFJixJlI/AAAAAAAAZfU/LiFmCc5vrYA/s1600/ice%2Bskaters%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XnosCmHTyc4/TvLMFJixJlI/AAAAAAAAZfU/LiFmCc5vrYA/s320/ice%2Bskaters%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688833668155516498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;After an hour of fun on the ice rink, these girls have treated themselves to some candyfloss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Après une heure de plaisir sur la patinoire, ces jeunes filles se sont offert une barbe à papa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-9129739596810010289?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/9129739596810010289/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=9129739596810010289&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/9129739596810010289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/9129739596810010289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/candyfloss.html' title='Candyfloss'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cFnu-z-lbtE/TvLNGbvTvgI/AAAAAAAAZfg/YYglU85Sb1Q/s72-c/ice%2Bskaters%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-6812605648850350481</id><published>2011-12-21T07:01:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-21T07:01:19.237+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fêtes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cats'/><title type='text'>Cat and Mouse...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nKeTsP2fu2A/TvDAhkds6CI/AAAAAAAAZew/lQxKMQ65sr0/s1600/cat%2Band%2Bmouse%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nKeTsP2fu2A/TvDAhkds6CI/AAAAAAAAZew/lQxKMQ65sr0/s640/cat%2Band%2Bmouse%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688258012325406754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gnYzWJWIjZE/TvDAS9Z-wPI/AAAAAAAAZek/Vf6gPybF_7E/s1600/cat%2Band%2Bmouse%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gnYzWJWIjZE/TvDAS9Z-wPI/AAAAAAAAZek/Vf6gPybF_7E/s320/cat%2Band%2Bmouse%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688257761322647794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This cat has been trained to weave in and out of the rungs of the ladder and to ignore the white mice sitting on the edge!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ce chat a été entrainé  à passer de part et d'autre des barreaux de  l'échelle et à ignorer les souris blanches, assises sur le bord ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-6812605648850350481?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/6812605648850350481/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=6812605648850350481&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6812605648850350481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6812605648850350481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/cat-and-mouse.html' title='Cat and Mouse...'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nKeTsP2fu2A/TvDAhkds6CI/AAAAAAAAZew/lQxKMQ65sr0/s72-c/cat%2Band%2Bmouse%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-6480450084270574145</id><published>2011-12-20T06:49:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-20T07:03:43.259+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cats'/><title type='text'>Hoop-la!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6WwrKkaNoRc/TvAi3DKxcQI/AAAAAAAAZd0/BmTtKDmo4zM/s1600/cat%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6WwrKkaNoRc/TvAi3DKxcQI/AAAAAAAAZd0/BmTtKDmo4zM/s640/cat%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688084658507575554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9NPfrO8I4WA/TvAiF4SOLiI/AAAAAAAAZdc/cztbyqU9OU8/s1600/cat%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9NPfrO8I4WA/TvAiF4SOLiI/AAAAAAAAZdc/cztbyqU9OU8/s320/cat%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688083813772439074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There's a lot of entertainment going on in the Jardin Bioves this  Christmas - especially if you are a child - or a big one like me. You  can ice-skate, visit Santa Claus, take a train ride, fall about in a  giant bubble floating on water, ride a giant caterpillar and watch a  display of performing animals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This cat happily jumped through a hoop of fire for the treat he got the  other side. All the animals were in beautiful condition and obviously  have a great rapport with their owner/trainer, Jean-Luc. Each one  performed for only a minute or two at the most. We'll meet more animals:  cats, dogs, a goose, various exotic chickens, pigeons and white mice.  There were also sheep and a goat for children to pet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pour ce Noël, beaucoup de divertissements sont proposés dans le Jardin  Biovès - surtout si vous êtes un enfant - ou une personne de ma taille!  Vous pouvez patiner, rencontrer le Père Noël, prendre un petit train, faire des culbutes dans une bulle géante flottant sur l'eau, monter  sur une chenille géante et regarder un  spectacle effectué par des  animaux. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Ce chat a sauté joyeusement dans un cerceau de feu pour attraper la  friandise qui l'attendait de l'autre côté. Tous les animaux étaient dans  un état magnifique et bien évidemment avaient un bon rapport avec leur  propriétaire / entraîneur, Jean-Luc. Chacun exécutait un numéro d'  une ou deux minutes au plus. Nous verrons d'autres animaux: des  chats, des chiens, une oie, différentes poules exotiques, des pigeons et  des souris blanches. Les enfants peuvent aussi toucher et caresser des moutons et une chèvre. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-6480450084270574145?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/6480450084270574145/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=6480450084270574145&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6480450084270574145'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6480450084270574145'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/hoop-la.html' title='Hoop-la!'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6WwrKkaNoRc/TvAi3DKxcQI/AAAAAAAAZd0/BmTtKDmo4zM/s72-c/cat%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-5555104116393308725</id><published>2011-12-19T07:24:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T07:40:54.229+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sport'/><title type='text'>Training for the Tour?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bYyC6i2S7-E/Tu7bqi3pJ1I/AAAAAAAAZdI/jtJrQEMtuHo/s1600/cyclist%2B5%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bYyC6i2S7-E/Tu7bqi3pJ1I/AAAAAAAAZdI/jtJrQEMtuHo/s640/cyclist%2B5%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687724903376693074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9L5zN3YXJX4/Tu7ZvPmLuqI/AAAAAAAAZc8/KsMyu_2y-B8/s1600/cyclist%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9L5zN3YXJX4/Tu7ZvPmLuqI/AAAAAAAAZc8/KsMyu_2y-B8/s320/cyclist%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687722785079278242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Everyday you see cyclists on the Côte d'Azur. The French, as everyone  knows, are mad about cycling, whether they are in training for the Tour  de France or simply belong to a local cycling club. And the windy steep  roads to the hill villages are perfect for training. I once saw Lance  Armstrong on the Route de Gorbio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sur la Côte d' Azur, on voit des cyclistes tous les jours. Les Français,  comme chacun sait, sont des fous de vélo, qu'ils s'entrainement pour le  Tour de France ou que tout simplement ils font partie d'un club  cycliste local. Et les routes sinueuses et raides qui mènent aux  villages perchés sont parfaites pour l'entrainement. Une fois, j'ai  même  vu Lance Armstrong sur la route de Gorbio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aUq4rxsvDIg/Tu7Y5scx2-I/AAAAAAAAZcw/zMs-4vR1_4Y/s1600/cyclist%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aUq4rxsvDIg/Tu7Y5scx2-I/AAAAAAAAZcw/zMs-4vR1_4Y/s400/cyclist%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687721865111526370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-5555104116393308725?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/5555104116393308725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=5555104116393308725&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5555104116393308725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5555104116393308725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/training-for-tour.html' title='Training for the Tour?'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bYyC6i2S7-E/Tu7bqi3pJ1I/AAAAAAAAZdI/jtJrQEMtuHo/s72-c/cyclist%2B5%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-3634401393409919981</id><published>2011-12-18T06:31:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-18T06:35:12.052+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shopping'/><title type='text'>The Honey Shop</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pHVyxn8nPZw/TuzZmD0_JCI/AAAAAAAAZb0/AsEIhSlTQUw/s1600/honey%2Bshop%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pHVyxn8nPZw/TuzZmD0_JCI/AAAAAAAAZb0/AsEIhSlTQUw/s640/honey%2Bshop%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687159677347898402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-20NRNUaGAFM/TuzZUDi7YRI/AAAAAAAAZbo/zgXG5YIWnos/s1600/honey%2Bshop%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-20NRNUaGAFM/TuzZUDi7YRI/AAAAAAAAZbo/zgXG5YIWnos/s320/honey%2Bshop%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687159368034509074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Not the latest fashion in Menton hats but a dummy to entice you into Menton's honey shop in the pedestrian street.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ce n'est pas la dernière mode de chapeaux à Menton, mais un mannequin  pour vous attirer dans la boutique du miel de Menton dans la rue  piétonne. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-3634401393409919981?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/3634401393409919981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=3634401393409919981&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3634401393409919981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3634401393409919981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/honey-shop.html' title='The Honey Shop'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pHVyxn8nPZw/TuzZmD0_JCI/AAAAAAAAZb0/AsEIhSlTQUw/s72-c/honey%2Bshop%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-6715523992751723822</id><published>2011-12-17T06:41:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-17T06:42:54.206+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shopping'/><title type='text'>A Christmas State of Mind</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2iCBHq2-mJc/TutCbp03jxI/AAAAAAAAZa4/qlWb_3xf-wA/s1600/girl%2Bin%2Bsanta%2Bhat%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2iCBHq2-mJc/TutCbp03jxI/AAAAAAAAZa4/qlWb_3xf-wA/s640/girl%2Bin%2Bsanta%2Bhat%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686711997336882962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Someone's already in a Christmas state of mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Voilà quelqu'un qui est déjà dans l'esprit de Noël.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-6715523992751723822?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/6715523992751723822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=6715523992751723822&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6715523992751723822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6715523992751723822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/christmas-state-of-mind.html' title='A Christmas State of Mind'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2iCBHq2-mJc/TutCbp03jxI/AAAAAAAAZa4/qlWb_3xf-wA/s72-c/girl%2Bin%2Bsanta%2Bhat%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-627105228172217224</id><published>2011-12-16T07:17:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T07:20:59.188+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shopping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dogs'/><title type='text'>Let's Go Shopping!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xaxodKEoIFk/TuriOKIhM3I/AAAAAAAAZZ8/4DoOkhNRSZI/s1600/dog%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xaxodKEoIFk/TuriOKIhM3I/AAAAAAAAZZ8/4DoOkhNRSZI/s640/dog%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686606212374803314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QEIHDcDxiYI/Tuo6IFmd8DI/AAAAAAAAZZk/yv0xrGMyhio/s1600/danette%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QEIHDcDxiYI/Tuo6IFmd8DI/AAAAAAAAZZk/yv0xrGMyhio/s320/danette%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686421390125559858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;France welcomes dogs almost anywhere. No problem taking a dog to a restaurant, of course - a water bowl will be is provided.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm not sure of the law concerning dogs in a supermarket. Probably not  allowed and certainly I've never seen a big dog walking around a  supermarket, but you often see a small pooch sitting in a bag placed  inside the shopping trolley - doubtless hoping their owner will browse  the dog food section.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is Danette, by the way. She's a Bichon Maltais (a Maltese Terrier) and is three years old.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;En  France,  les chiens sont accueillis presque partout. Il n'y a pas de  problème si on amène un chien dans un restaurant où bien sûr - une  gamelle d'eau lui sera offerte. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Je ne suis pas sûre de la loi concernant les chiens dans un  supermarché. Ce n'est probablement pas autorisé , et je n'ai certainement  jamais vu un gros chien s'y déplaçant, mais on voit souvent un petit  toutou dans un sac placé à l'intérieur du chariot qui a sans doute  l'espoir que son propriétaire va parcourir le rayon des aliments pour  chiens. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; A ce propos, voici Danette. C'est un Bichon Maltais , elle a de trois ans. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-627105228172217224?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/627105228172217224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=627105228172217224&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/627105228172217224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/627105228172217224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/lets-go-shopping.html' title='Let&apos;s Go Shopping!'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xaxodKEoIFk/TuriOKIhM3I/AAAAAAAAZZ8/4DoOkhNRSZI/s72-c/dog%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-5803731734302028238</id><published>2011-12-15T06:34:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T07:31:35.729+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Old Town'/><title type='text'>Changeable</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-76lQpso6RP0/TurlewHFb1I/AAAAAAAAZaU/PtUon1JlkDY/s1600/cloud%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-76lQpso6RP0/TurlewHFb1I/AAAAAAAAZaU/PtUon1JlkDY/s640/cloud%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686609795982126930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h6Ca_7OEhac/Turjwzfgg_I/AAAAAAAAZaI/qvWMaV2jP9M/s1600/cloud%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h6Ca_7OEhac/Turjwzfgg_I/AAAAAAAAZaI/qvWMaV2jP9M/s320/cloud%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686607907104261106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just in case you think it's always sunny in Menton, here's cloud and wind for you ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Juste dans le cas où vous pensez qu'à Menton il y a toujours du soleil, voici des nuages ​​et du vent pour vous ... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-5803731734302028238?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/5803731734302028238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=5803731734302028238&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5803731734302028238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5803731734302028238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/changeable.html' title='Changeable'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-76lQpso6RP0/TurlewHFb1I/AAAAAAAAZaU/PtUon1JlkDY/s72-c/cloud%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-3258054500154748130</id><published>2011-12-14T07:08:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-14T12:56:16.296+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Dolceacqua'/><title type='text'>Downside Up</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SBfI7_PQ4sw/Tud2e6TX4_I/AAAAAAAAZYE/fHdlcls5QhA/s1600/reflection%2Bother%2Bway%2Bup%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SBfI7_PQ4sw/Tud2e6TX4_I/AAAAAAAAZYE/fHdlcls5QhA/s640/reflection%2Bother%2Bway%2Bup%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685643327997207538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;Dolceacqua&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;'I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself.'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;~ Francois Truffaut&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;J'ai toujours préféré le reflet de la vie à la vie elle-même.' &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt; ~François Truffaut &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-3258054500154748130?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/3258054500154748130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=3258054500154748130&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3258054500154748130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3258054500154748130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/wrong-way-up.html' title='Downside Up'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SBfI7_PQ4sw/Tud2e6TX4_I/AAAAAAAAZYE/fHdlcls5QhA/s72-c/reflection%2Bother%2Bway%2Bup%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-3390520843461598193</id><published>2011-12-13T07:15:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-13T16:13:32.085+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Dolceacqua'/><title type='text'>The Italian Flag</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R4qufS1AN3U/TuYWCxn8ywI/AAAAAAAAZXg/TK-ZDdbm9NQ/s1600/reflet%2Bdolceacqua%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R4qufS1AN3U/TuYWCxn8ywI/AAAAAAAAZXg/TK-ZDdbm9NQ/s640/reflet%2Bdolceacqua%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685255816538278658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've popped across the Italian border today. Note the reflection of the Italian flags in the River Nervia - at Dolceacqua.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Aujourd'hui, nous traversons la frontière italienne.  Admirez le reflet des drapeaux italiens dans la Nervia - à Dolceacqua. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-3390520843461598193?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/3390520843461598193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=3390520843461598193&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3390520843461598193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3390520843461598193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/italian-flag.html' title='The Italian Flag'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R4qufS1AN3U/TuYWCxn8ywI/AAAAAAAAZXg/TK-ZDdbm9NQ/s72-c/reflet%2Bdolceacqua%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-1706238781307640986</id><published>2011-12-12T09:15:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-12T09:22:32.675+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Restaurants and Bars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ports and Yachts'/><title type='text'>Déjeuner in December</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Di_cX2ESAbE/TuTN--Oh6II/AAAAAAAAZWk/kqmzgD3SOVY/s1600/table%2Boverlooking%2Bthe%2Bport%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Di_cX2ESAbE/TuTN--Oh6II/AAAAAAAAZWk/kqmzgD3SOVY/s640/table%2Boverlooking%2Bthe%2Bport%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684895111387932802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A table overlooking the Old Port, the Mediterranean and Italy beyond.  Can't be bad ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Décembre. Une table avec vue sur le Vieux-Port , la Méditerranée et l'Italie au-delà. On ne peut avoir mieux ... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-1706238781307640986?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/1706238781307640986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=1706238781307640986&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1706238781307640986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1706238781307640986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/dejeuner-in-december.html' title='Déjeuner in December'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Di_cX2ESAbE/TuTN--Oh6II/AAAAAAAAZWk/kqmzgD3SOVY/s72-c/table%2Boverlooking%2Bthe%2Bport%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-1328431213862803863</id><published>2011-12-11T06:49:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-11T06:51:11.643+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shopping'/><title type='text'>Avoidance</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fUbC_zmnrw8/TuOZ6CHe7AI/AAAAAAAAZWA/1ZoamkzEnto/s1600/Father%2BChristmas%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fUbC_zmnrw8/TuOZ6CHe7AI/AAAAAAAAZWA/1ZoamkzEnto/s640/Father%2BChristmas%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684556376951417858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e3yay1NK_gA/TuRELwW50qI/AAAAAAAAZWM/mmr1yyPL0vM/s1600/father%2Bchristmas%2Bagain%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e3yay1NK_gA/TuRELwW50qI/AAAAAAAAZWM/mmr1yyPL0vM/s320/father%2Bchristmas%2Bagain%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684743598398624418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I tried to avoid him - honestly! - but there he was peering out at me...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Honnêtement! J'ai essayé de l'éviter - mais il était là me regardant d'un air interrogateur...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-1328431213862803863?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/1328431213862803863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=1328431213862803863&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1328431213862803863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1328431213862803863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/avoidance.html' title='Avoidance'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fUbC_zmnrw8/TuOZ6CHe7AI/AAAAAAAAZWA/1ZoamkzEnto/s72-c/Father%2BChristmas%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-8698649435516888479</id><published>2011-12-10T06:27:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-10T06:39:25.180+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Old Town'/><title type='text'>Gutter Acrobatics</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z2Ves-XC_Fw/TuLvhASKqTI/AAAAAAAAZVo/2KVKZ3J93WE/s1600/painter%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z2Ves-XC_Fw/TuLvhASKqTI/AAAAAAAAZVo/2KVKZ3J93WE/s640/painter%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684369029985904946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AjWCqZ5wE8k/TuLurCeknJI/AAAAAAAAZVc/dVJ4QkAZyVs/s1600/painter%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AjWCqZ5wE8k/TuLurCeknJI/AAAAAAAAZVc/dVJ4QkAZyVs/s320/painter%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684368102861872274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As you can see from this guy's jacket he works for a company that does 'acrobatic work' - I'd say so!  I think he's working on the guttering.  Rather him than me...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Comme vous pouvez le voir sur la veste de cet homme,  il travaille pour une entreprise de 'Travaux Acrobatiques' - je dirais donc! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Je pense qu'il travaille sur les gouttières. Mieux vaut lui que moi ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dIYUxVKynbU/TuLubY_mmRI/AAAAAAAAZVQ/0-ZGYWMtRj8/s1600/painter%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dIYUxVKynbU/TuLubY_mmRI/AAAAAAAAZVQ/0-ZGYWMtRj8/s400/painter%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684367834028087570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-8698649435516888479?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/8698649435516888479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=8698649435516888479&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8698649435516888479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8698649435516888479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/gutter-acrobatics.html' title='Gutter Acrobatics'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z2Ves-XC_Fw/TuLvhASKqTI/AAAAAAAAZVo/2KVKZ3J93WE/s72-c/painter%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-2514626252614779389</id><published>2011-12-09T06:43:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-09T06:43:00.740+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Old Town'/><title type='text'>The Postman Doesn't always Ring Twice</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OriffQF-I3s/TuDVFYZmR8I/AAAAAAAAZU4/I2CvVqLVDwU/s1600/la%2Bposte%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OriffQF-I3s/TuDVFYZmR8I/AAAAAAAAZU4/I2CvVqLVDwU/s640/la%2Bposte%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683777018167445442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B4u9R_07gX8/TuDURXqi2YI/AAAAAAAAZUs/gnUM_jp9wMg/s1600/la%2Bposte%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B4u9R_07gX8/TuDURXqi2YI/AAAAAAAAZUs/gnUM_jp9wMg/s320/la%2Bposte%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683776124616890754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;No, I don't think '&lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038854/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;the postman always rings twice.' &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is simply where he's parked his bike whilst he delivers the mail on foot - the only way to do it in the Old Town.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Non, je ne pense pas que &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_facteur_sonne_toujours_deux_fois"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;'le facteur sonne toujours deux fois.' &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;C'est tout simplement l'endroit où il a garé son vélo alors qu'il  distribue le courrier à pied - la seule façon de le faire dans la  vieille ville. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-2514626252614779389?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/2514626252614779389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=2514626252614779389&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2514626252614779389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2514626252614779389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/postman-doesnt-always-ring-twice.html' title='The Postman Doesn&apos;t always Ring Twice'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OriffQF-I3s/TuDVFYZmR8I/AAAAAAAAZU4/I2CvVqLVDwU/s72-c/la%2Bposte%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-9078331085454255849</id><published>2011-12-08T06:26:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T06:26:01.423+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beach and Sea'/><title type='text'>A Rock of One's Own</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DzmJ6p4WzhQ/Tt5eoG1mJ6I/AAAAAAAAZTI/fdilK1Ftk-E/s1600/man%2Bon%2Brocks%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DzmJ6p4WzhQ/Tt5eoG1mJ6I/AAAAAAAAZTI/fdilK1Ftk-E/s640/man%2Bon%2Brocks%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683083822911334306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sea, spray and a rock on which to sit and think...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;La mer, les embruns et un rocher pour s'asseoir et réfléchir... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-9078331085454255849?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/9078331085454255849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=9078331085454255849&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/9078331085454255849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/9078331085454255849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/rock-of-ones-own.html' title='A Rock of One&apos;s Own'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DzmJ6p4WzhQ/Tt5eoG1mJ6I/AAAAAAAAZTI/fdilK1Ftk-E/s72-c/man%2Bon%2Brocks%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-4543737514679256502</id><published>2011-12-07T06:39:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T17:39:42.644+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='People'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Gorbio'/><title type='text'>My Neighbour - Rose</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0bWvpm4Z-98/Tt7_eSfJq2I/AAAAAAAAZTU/MW7CJwy4VBU/s1600/Mme%2BP%2B5%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0bWvpm4Z-98/Tt7_eSfJq2I/AAAAAAAAZTU/MW7CJwy4VBU/s640/Mme%2BP%2B5%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683260675611798370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some followers of this blog already know that it is my neighbour and  friend, Agnès, who corrects the French translations every day. Agnès is  more than a neighbour, she is a dear friend and so was her mother, Rose.  This is my small tribute to Rose who passed away on November 25th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For years, before Agnes retired, I used to walk down the track most days  to sit and chat with Rose. She would correct my French and rap my  knuckles when I got something wrong. For me, an English person in a  foreign country, to be accepted almost as family by a neighbour - well I  can't begin to tell you how much it meant. Rose would sometimes call me  her second daughter (we didn't mention that she was barely old enough  for that!) She'd talk often about her beloved Algeria where she was born  to Italian parents. It was in 1962 that she, her husband and daughter  Agnès, then aged 13, had to leave Algeria when it &lt;span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;became independent&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;of France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.  I can't imagine how difficult it must have been to leave a village and  country you love so much. There was a large photograph of her village on  the wall and she loved to talk about her childhood there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of all though I remember Rose's peals of laughter. She'd giggle  like a child. She had such a wonderful childlike joy in life. During this last year, she'd been ill and her health increasingly declined,  but sometimes the old humour would sparkle through. Happily and sadly  she's at peace now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My thoughts are with Agnès, her son Nicolas and daughter Laurence, and  grandchild, little Clara. I grieve with you and will miss Rose forever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Certains lecteurs de ce blog savent déjà que c'est ma voisine et amie,  Agnès, qui corrige les traductions en français tous les jours. Agnès est  plus qu'une voisine, elle est une amie chère comme l'était aussi sa  mère, Rose. C'est mon petit hommage à Rose, qui est nous a quittés le  25 Novembre dernier. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pendant des années, avant la retraite d'Agnès, j'avais l'habitude de  descendre souvent sur le petit chemin et de m'asseoir pour discuter avec  Rose. Elle corrigeait mon français et me tapait sur les doigts quand il  m'arrivait de me tromper. Pour moi, anglaise en pays étranger,  être  acceptée presque comme de la famille par une voisine -  je vous laisse  imaginer ce que  cela signifiait. Rose  m'appelait parfois sa deuxième  fille (disons  qu'elle était à peine assez âgée pour ça!) Elle parlait  souvent de son Algérie bien-aimée, là où elle était née de parents  italiens. C'est en 1962  qu'elle, son mari et sa fille Agnès, alors  âgée de 13 ans, avaient dû quitter l'Algérie devenue indépendante de la  France. Je ne peux pas imaginer comme il a du être difficile de  quitter le village et le pays que l'on aime tant. Il y avait une grande  photographie de son village sur un mur et elle aimait à parler de son  enfance là-bas. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Je me souviens surtout des éclats de rire de Rose. Elle avait le rire  et la merveilleuse joie de vivre d'une enfant. Dans la dernière année,  elle était malade et son état de santé s'est dégradé peu à peu mais  parfois son humour ressurgissait. Heureusement mais tristement elle  est en paix maintenant. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mes pensées sont avec Agnès, son fils  Nicolas, sa fille Laurence, et  Clara sa petite-fille.  Je pleure avec vous et Rose me manquera pour  toujours.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-4543737514679256502?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/4543737514679256502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=4543737514679256502&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/4543737514679256502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/4543737514679256502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/my-neighbour-rose.html' title='My Neighbour - Rose'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0bWvpm4Z-98/Tt7_eSfJq2I/AAAAAAAAZTU/MW7CJwy4VBU/s72-c/Mme%2BP%2B5%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-4709894980870639933</id><published>2011-12-06T06:34:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-06T06:34:00.452+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beach and Sea'/><title type='text'>The Menton Flintstones...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ANVFBUV2cRI/Tt0O3NP9_oI/AAAAAAAAZSA/KkKwgD4svSs/s1600/bone%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ANVFBUV2cRI/Tt0O3NP9_oI/AAAAAAAAZSA/KkKwgD4svSs/s640/bone%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682714646423666306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This man is using that massive bone as if it were a baseball bat to hit  pebbles into the sea. Perhaps he thinks he's one of the Flintstones...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Cet homme utilise cet os massif comme s'il s'agissait d'une batte de  baseball pour lancer des cailloux dans la mer. Peut-être se prend-t-il  pour l'un des Pierrafeu ... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-4709894980870639933?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/4709894980870639933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=4709894980870639933&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/4709894980870639933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/4709894980870639933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/menton-flintstones.html' title='The Menton Flintstones...'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ANVFBUV2cRI/Tt0O3NP9_oI/AAAAAAAAZSA/KkKwgD4svSs/s72-c/bone%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-126520555614765302</id><published>2011-12-05T08:33:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-05T09:00:47.878+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beach and Sea'/><title type='text'>Beating the Waves</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-imNfOvDQgVQ/Ttx5LDbDh3I/AAAAAAAAZRc/QOPWKXRRD1w/s1600/swimmer%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-imNfOvDQgVQ/Ttx5LDbDh3I/AAAAAAAAZRc/QOPWKXRRD1w/s640/swimmer%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682550060639029106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wv_1RB5Xrv4/Ttx44wwJgoI/AAAAAAAAZRQ/45sNmOsJmYo/s1600/swimmer%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wv_1RB5Xrv4/Ttx44wwJgoI/AAAAAAAAZRQ/45sNmOsJmYo/s320/swimmer%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682549746389582466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Rough water makes it difficult for this man to get into the sea and swim but eventually he made it. Snapped on November 23.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pour cet homme, la mer agitée rend difficile son entrée dans l'eau   pour nager, mais finalement il a réussi à le faire. Photo prise le 23  Novembre. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gtgVKtcGGZU/Ttx0EZImb7I/AAAAAAAAZRE/3Q9yy2IFZQU/s1600/swimmer%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gtgVKtcGGZU/Ttx0EZImb7I/AAAAAAAAZRE/3Q9yy2IFZQU/s400/swimmer%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682544448649981874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-126520555614765302?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/126520555614765302/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=126520555614765302&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/126520555614765302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/126520555614765302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/beating-waves.html' title='Beating the Waves'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-imNfOvDQgVQ/Ttx5LDbDh3I/AAAAAAAAZRc/QOPWKXRRD1w/s72-c/swimmer%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-1076463975516059608</id><published>2011-12-04T07:54:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-06T18:27:37.383+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Exhibitions'/><title type='text'>PhotoMenton - Last Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jJPLa07z5Hs/TtsdZRDV_YI/AAAAAAAAZQs/QqKmYV-GMGQ/s1600/My%2BPhotos.%2B5%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jJPLa07z5Hs/TtsdZRDV_YI/AAAAAAAAZQs/QqKmYV-GMGQ/s640/My%2BPhotos.%2B5%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682167674769374594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bMsDa32ISyM/Ttsc-K4R05I/AAAAAAAAZQg/xAn4_uDVS5Y/s1600/My%2BPhotos.%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bMsDa32ISyM/Ttsc-K4R05I/AAAAAAAAZQg/xAn4_uDVS5Y/s320/My%2BPhotos.%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682167209255883666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And of course photographers love taking photos of photos!  Above, talented photographer, &lt;a href="http://yvongarcia.fr/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Yvon Garcia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://yvongarcia.fr/"&gt;. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today is our last day at PhotoMenton. There's much more to see but I  think it's time to see what else is happening in Menton and the  villages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But for those of you interested, if you click you will find &lt;a href="http://www.photomenton.com/archives/2011/galerie/index.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;photos  of every photographers' stand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And as some of you have kindly asked, mine is shown below. I'm pleased enough with some of the photos but I didn't pay enough attention to a real theme. My theme, of  course, was Menton and the villages but there is too much going on -  performers, architectural details, some black and white, some colour,  some vertical, some horizontal and probably too many! Not good! I  learned a big lesson this year. I need a more specific theme and next  year I'll try and get it right. Everyone at PhotoMenton has been  absolutely wonderful - all the other photographers are so encouraging,  so generous in their comments, so helpful with valuable advice and  answering my endless questions. I've made new and valued friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thankyou so much to PhotoMenton - to Maxime, Magali, Philippe, Yvon, Simone, Patrick, Marc and Jeannine and all the team. Can't wait for next year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Et bien sûr les photographes aiment prendre des photos de photos..... ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;Ci-dessus,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;photographe de talent &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://yvongarcia.fr/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Yvon Garcia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://yvongarcia.fr/"&gt;.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aujourd'hui, c'est notre dernier jour à PhotoMenton. Il y aurait  encore beaucoup à voir mais je pense qu'il est temps de s'intéresser à  nouveau à ce qui se passe dans Menton et les villages voisins. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mais pour ceux d'entre vous qui le souhaitent, cliquez et vous  trouverez &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.photomenton.com/archives/2011/galerie/index.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;des photos des stands de tous les photographes&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;  Et comme  certains me l'ont   gentiment demandé, le mien est indiqué ci-dessous.   Je suis plutôt satisfaite de certaines de mes photos car je n'avais pas de thème suffisamment défini.Bien sûr, mon  thème  était  Menton et ses villages, mais il y avait trop de choses -  des artistes, des détails architecturaux, certains en noir et blanc,  d'autres en couleurs, certains verticaux, certains horizontaux et  probablement trop nombreux !  Ce n'était pas bon! Cette année, j'ai donc  pris une grande leçon.  J'ai besoin de choisir un thème plus précis et  l'an prochain j' essayerai de mieux faire les choses.  A PhotoMenton,  tout le monde a été absolument merveilleux - tous les autres  photographes sont très encourageants, très généreux dans leurs  commentaires et si utiles grâce à leurs précieux conseils et leurs  réponses à mes questions sans fin. J'ai fait la connaissance d'amis  nouveaux et précieux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Merci beaucoup à PhotoMenton - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;à Maxime&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;, Magali&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;, Philippe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, Yvon, Simone,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Patrick&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, Marc&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;et Jeannine&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;et toute l'équipe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Vivement l'année  prochaine ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BNUuwaQhTf8/Ttsa8FurkrI/AAAAAAAAZQU/l2wKGLqFNuI/s1600/My%2Bphotos.%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BNUuwaQhTf8/Ttsa8FurkrI/AAAAAAAAZQU/l2wKGLqFNuI/s400/My%2Bphotos.%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682164974490456754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-1076463975516059608?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/1076463975516059608/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=1076463975516059608&amp;isPopup=true' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1076463975516059608'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1076463975516059608'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/photomenton-last-day.html' title='PhotoMenton - Last Day'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jJPLa07z5Hs/TtsdZRDV_YI/AAAAAAAAZQs/QqKmYV-GMGQ/s72-c/My%2BPhotos.%2B5%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-5520079572077933501</id><published>2011-12-03T06:04:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-03T06:04:00.323+01:00</updated><title type='text'>PhotoMenton - the Photographer's Daughter</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uE_C1-58w6Y/TtkJcOUAilI/AAAAAAAAZOE/pNTzBtCsvu0/s1600/laurent%2527s%2Bdaugher%2Bfinal%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uE_C1-58w6Y/TtkJcOUAilI/AAAAAAAAZOE/pNTzBtCsvu0/s640/laurent%2527s%2Bdaugher%2Bfinal%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681582785387596370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r7F7aBKsshI/TtkHMERk_FI/AAAAAAAAZN4/rVk0fM9UpOI/s1600/laurent%2527s%2Bdaugher%2Bfinal%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r7F7aBKsshI/TtkHMERk_FI/AAAAAAAAZN4/rVk0fM9UpOI/s320/laurent%2527s%2Bdaugher%2Bfinal%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681580308791884882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If you are a photographer's daughter, you are so used to being  photographed you ignore the cameras...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meet Johanne, the adorable  daughter of photographer, &lt;a href="http://www.laurentroch.com/en/bio.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;Laurent Roch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and his wife, Stephanie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Si vous êtes la fille d'un photographe, vous êtes tellement habituée à  être photographiée que vous ignorez les appareils-photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici Johanne,  l'adorable fille du photographe, &lt;a style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.laurentroch.com/fr/bio.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Laurent Roch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; et de son épouse,  Stéphanie.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FEK3xZMSMis/TtkFdrcco1I/AAAAAAAAZNs/Kj3D_1hKpR0/s1600/laurent%2527s%2Bdaugher%2Bfinal%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FEK3xZMSMis/TtkFdrcco1I/AAAAAAAAZNs/Kj3D_1hKpR0/s400/laurent%2527s%2Bdaugher%2Bfinal%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681578412340978514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-5520079572077933501?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/5520079572077933501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=5520079572077933501&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5520079572077933501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5520079572077933501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/photomenton-photographers-daughter.html' title='PhotoMenton - the Photographer&apos;s Daughter'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uE_C1-58w6Y/TtkJcOUAilI/AAAAAAAAZOE/pNTzBtCsvu0/s72-c/laurent%2527s%2Bdaugher%2Bfinal%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-276113799621808784</id><published>2011-12-02T07:53:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-02T08:14:45.791+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Exhibitions'/><title type='text'>PhotoMenton - Hidden Nudes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xhz6r9MmikA/Tth3qWY29pI/AAAAAAAAZM8/kQ8n8q2l8jI/s1600/Hidden%2Bnudes%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xhz6r9MmikA/Tth3qWY29pI/AAAAAAAAZM8/kQ8n8q2l8jI/s640/Hidden%2Bnudes%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681422499375937170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TtGvuJRFldw/Tth3WrcpRSI/AAAAAAAAZMw/BiRhhje-tX0/s1600/Hidden%2Bnudes%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TtGvuJRFldw/Tth3WrcpRSI/AAAAAAAAZMw/BiRhhje-tX0/s320/Hidden%2Bnudes%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681422161431577890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There was some beautiful nude photography at the exhibition but during  the weekdays when the school children visited, these were covered by  giant posters. As you see, it didn't stop some of the older students and  a visiting adult couple finding them!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here you find the work of &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/philcannes/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Philippe Battesti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(left)&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.hervegourdel.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Hervé Gourdel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(below)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Quelques belles photographies de nus se trouvaient à l'exposition , mais  pendant la semaine, alors que les enfants des écoles étaient en visite,  elles étaient recouvertes par des posters géants. Comme vous le voyez,  cela n'a pas empêché certains des étudiants les plus âgés ainsi qu'un  couple de visiteurs adultes de les admirer !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ceci est le travail de &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Philippe Battesti&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;(à gauche)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; et &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.hervegourdel.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;Hervé Gourdel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;(en bas)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5yonEuEI5-k/Tth3AO1G61I/AAAAAAAAZMk/i-9G3vYdWvI/s1600/Hidden%2Bnudes%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5yonEuEI5-k/Tth3AO1G61I/AAAAAAAAZMk/i-9G3vYdWvI/s640/Hidden%2Bnudes%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681421775792434002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hPSRMWI0raI/Tth2W__RUcI/AAAAAAAAZMM/nmulZ56lZI0/s1600/Hidden%2Bnudes%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hPSRMWI0raI/Tth2W__RUcI/AAAAAAAAZMM/nmulZ56lZI0/s400/Hidden%2Bnudes%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681421067433890242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-276113799621808784?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/276113799621808784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=276113799621808784&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/276113799621808784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/276113799621808784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/photomenton-hidden-nudes.html' title='PhotoMenton - Hidden Nudes'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xhz6r9MmikA/Tth3qWY29pI/AAAAAAAAZM8/kQ8n8q2l8jI/s72-c/Hidden%2Bnudes%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-2530584317872185265</id><published>2011-12-01T07:19:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-01T07:35:29.574+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Exhibitions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Daily Photo Theme Day:'/><title type='text'>PhotoMenton - the School Children</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d8icuEqg1Xc/Ttcd2F-XEBI/AAAAAAAAZMA/CUzZpJCSrB8/s1600/children%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d8icuEqg1Xc/Ttcd2F-XEBI/AAAAAAAAZMA/CUzZpJCSrB8/s640/children%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681042270105047058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UacPn6qZ9cc/TtcdaGIYCiI/AAAAAAAAZL0/FNRoj2gaPXM/s1600/action%2Bgroup%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UacPn6qZ9cc/TtcdaGIYCiI/AAAAAAAAZL0/FNRoj2gaPXM/s320/action%2Bgroup%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681041789110716962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;During the week, the exhibition was invaded by hundreds of school children from Menton and Roquebrune.  The young were seated on the floor and the photos explained to them.  The older students had been given tasks to find photographs that illustrated 10 different subjects&lt;br /&gt;headings. They then had to photograph the photograph.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today is Theme Day in the City Daily Photo group and the subject is 'action' - &lt;a href="http://www.citydailyphoto.com/portal/themes_archive.php?tid=64"&gt;Click here to view thumbnails for all participants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Durant la semaine, l'exposition a été envahie par des centaines d'écoliers de Menton et Roquebrune. Les jeunes étaient assis par terre  et les photos leur étaient commentées. Les élèves plus âgés étaient  chargés de trouver des photographies illustrant dix thèmes différents  qu'ils devaient ensuite photographier.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.citydailyphoto.com/portal/themes_archive.php?tid=64"&gt;S'il vous plaît cliquer pour voir comment les autres autour du monde dans City Daily Photo ont interprété le thème d'aujourd'hui - 'action'.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hvQJL5wlIeE/TtcdH_3YlwI/AAAAAAAAZLo/UNy8w2m2Nb0/s1600/action%2Bgroup%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hvQJL5wlIeE/TtcdH_3YlwI/AAAAAAAAZLo/UNy8w2m2Nb0/s400/action%2Bgroup%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681041478191191810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EYLGuHmDmYI/TtccvD5CrII/AAAAAAAAZLc/fQYppSmXfTw/s1600/action%2Bgroup%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-2530584317872185265?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/2530584317872185265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=2530584317872185265&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2530584317872185265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2530584317872185265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/12/photomenton-school-children.html' title='PhotoMenton - the School Children'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d8icuEqg1Xc/Ttcd2F-XEBI/AAAAAAAAZMA/CUzZpJCSrB8/s72-c/children%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-1860039212577469562</id><published>2011-11-30T06:40:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-30T07:26:04.606+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Exhibitions'/><title type='text'>PhotoMenton - the Blacks and the Whites</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JA7Hwy7-9TE/TtXDJp9nWSI/AAAAAAAAZJw/3p19vT70wMM/s1600/Black%2Band%2Bwhite%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JA7Hwy7-9TE/TtXDJp9nWSI/AAAAAAAAZJw/3p19vT70wMM/s640/Black%2Band%2Bwhite%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680661075648272674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vyy2rmcXZ8Y/TtXC_ZoWWzI/AAAAAAAAZJk/NWDQ_8ExnVQ/s1600/Black%2Band%2Bwhite%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vyy2rmcXZ8Y/TtXC_ZoWWzI/AAAAAAAAZJk/NWDQ_8ExnVQ/s320/Black%2Band%2Bwhite%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680660899465419570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There was, of course, lots of black and white photography - lots of  FABULOUS black and white photography. Indeed, the winner of the public  vote, Timothée Aspert, showed beautiful black and white street  photography.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How it works, in terms of the vote, is that visitors pay 3 euros to  enter the exhibition and when they leave they vote for the exhibitor  whose photos they like best.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The main photo shows one of Timothée's beautiful shots. In the smaller  pic, we see a stunning landscape by &lt;a href="http://www.imago-michel.com/biographie-photographe.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Michel Lecocq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and finally, a wonderful old man by &lt;a href="http://www.laurentroch.com/fr/accueil.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Laurent Roch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. And for an extra treat,  we have a truly great five minute video by Laurent called Street  Photography. Sit back, turn on the sound and enjoy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Il y avait, bien sûr, beaucoup de photographies en noir et blanc -  beaucoup de FABULEUSES photographies. En effet, le gagnant du vote du  public, Timoth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;é&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;e Aspert, a exposé de belles photographies de la rue en  noir et blanc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Comment voter? En entrant à l'exposition, chaque visiteur paie 3 euros  et en repartant, il peut  voter, avec le bulletin remis à l'entrée, pour  l'exposant dont il a préféré les photos. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a photo principale montre une des belles prises de Timoth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;é&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;e.  Dans la petite image, nous voyons un paysage époustouflant par &lt;a href="http://www.imago-michel.com/biographie-photographe.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Michel Lecocq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; et  enfin, un vieil homme merveilleux photographié par &lt;a href="http://www.laurentroch.com/fr/accueil.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Laurent Roch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Et  comme cadeau supplémentaire, nous avons une vidéo vraiment étonnan&lt;/span&gt;te &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;de cinq  minutes par Laurent, appelée Street Photography. Asseyez-vous, mettez  le son et profitez... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zsVr3J-YV3w/TtXCkzM4GjI/AAAAAAAAZJY/jQ7MoORbdDQ/s1600/Black%2Band%2Bwhite%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zsVr3J-YV3w/TtXCkzM4GjI/AAAAAAAAZJY/jQ7MoORbdDQ/s400/Black%2Band%2Bwhite%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680660442473044530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DkHEPTlKNN0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-1860039212577469562?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/1860039212577469562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=1860039212577469562&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1860039212577469562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1860039212577469562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/photomenton-blacks-and-whites.html' title='PhotoMenton - the Blacks and the Whites'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JA7Hwy7-9TE/TtXDJp9nWSI/AAAAAAAAZJw/3p19vT70wMM/s72-c/Black%2Band%2Bwhite%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-52067033674559879</id><published>2011-11-29T06:22:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-29T09:30:46.187+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Exhibitions'/><title type='text'>PhotoMenton - Looking and Seeing</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Uow6x7nOgEg/TtOni0wuK-I/AAAAAAAAZI0/mfItrtZKvz8/s1600/Visitor%2Bto%2BPhotoMenton%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Uow6x7nOgEg/TtOni0wuK-I/AAAAAAAAZI0/mfItrtZKvz8/s640/Visitor%2Bto%2BPhotoMenton%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680067771764714466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--VaDLL3ZODU/TtSX9zHkx1I/AAAAAAAAZJA/pHCzy3libaA/s1600/visitor%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--VaDLL3ZODU/TtSX9zHkx1I/AAAAAAAAZJA/pHCzy3libaA/s320/visitor%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680332117970831186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Some people look and see the photos. Others look but their eyes are  glazed. This visitor to PhotoMenton is really concentrating and  absorbing what she sees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Thanks to friends of this blog who have asked to see the photos I exhibited.  Will post a pic in a few days. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Certaines personnes regardent et voient les photos. D'autres regardent  mais leurs yeux sont vides. Cette visiteuse de PhotoMenton se  concentre  et elle est vraiment absorbée par ce qu'elle voit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;Merci à&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;des amis de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;ce blog&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;qui ont&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;demandé à voir&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;les photos que j'ai&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;exposées.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Je vais&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;mettre une photo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;en quelques jours&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-52067033674559879?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/52067033674559879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=52067033674559879&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/52067033674559879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/52067033674559879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/photomenton-looking-and-seeing.html' title='PhotoMenton - Looking and Seeing'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Uow6x7nOgEg/TtOni0wuK-I/AAAAAAAAZI0/mfItrtZKvz8/s72-c/Visitor%2Bto%2BPhotoMenton%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-4092220530279265157</id><published>2011-11-28T07:08:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-28T08:57:44.074+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Exhibitions'/><title type='text'>PhotoMenton - Three Photographers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-twBfxSy1pt8/TtMoei1z2WI/AAAAAAAAZIQ/qEU15KMnj88/s1600/Photographers%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-twBfxSy1pt8/TtMoei1z2WI/AAAAAAAAZIQ/qEU15KMnj88/s640/Photographers%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679928060258015586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DE-z8DX6vfk/TtMn_6NwSEI/AAAAAAAAZIE/aYgS0kEOvME/s1600/Photographers%2B1%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DE-z8DX6vfk/TtMn_6NwSEI/AAAAAAAAZIE/aYgS0kEOvME/s320/Photographers%2B1%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679927533956515906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There are as many styles of photos and there are photographers.  Here  are just three for today.  The first is the work of &lt;a href="http://phipho.net/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Philippe Refalo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; who  presents beautiful panoramas taken in Grasse, famous for its perfume.   I've never seen vertical panoramas before and these attracted a lot of  attention. He was third in the Prix du Public.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below is the display of &lt;a href="http://www.associationphoton.com/photographes/bio-musard.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Michelle Musard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; called 'Illusions of the Palais  Royale'.  Not only are the photos so charming but each is presented in  an old frame that is so right for the subject.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And finally, a photo from talented photographer, &lt;a href="http://www.menton-art.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Philippe Chiodi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;'s  and one of his beautiful reflections.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More another day...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Results of the Marathon Photo can be found &lt;a href="http://www.photomenton.com/marathon.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;HERE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Il y a autant de styles de photos qu'il y a de photographes. En voici seulement trois pour aujourd'hui. Le premier est l'oeuvre de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://phipho.net/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Philippe  Refalo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; qui présente de belles vues de Grasse, ville célèbre pour ses parfums. Je n'avais jamais vu de panoramas verticaux avant ceux-ci qui ont attiré beaucoup d'attention. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Il a gagn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;é&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; troisieme dans le Prix du Public.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ci-dessous l'affichage de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.associationphoton.com/photographes/bio-musard.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Michelle Musard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; appelé "Illusions du Palais Royal." Non seulement les photos sont très captivantes, mais en plus chacune est présentée dans un vieux cadre qui est excellent pour le sujet. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mf9TVR4JCcE/TtMyqyEHMnI/AAAAAAAAZIc/XJAoffaAFqg/s1600/uuuuusee%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mf9TVR4JCcE/TtMyqyEHMnI/AAAAAAAAZIc/XJAoffaAFqg/s400/uuuuusee%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679939265619243634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Et pour finir, une des belles photos des Réflets  du photographe de talent, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.menton-art.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Philippe Chiodi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cEqhZXH_nhQ/TtMlx8yQ7WI/AAAAAAAAZHs/Vo6d2JM2IGg/s1600/Photographers%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cEqhZXH_nhQ/TtMlx8yQ7WI/AAAAAAAAZHs/Vo6d2JM2IGg/s400/Photographers%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679925095105097058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;D'autres styles pour la suite.&lt;/span&gt;..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Résultats de la Photo Marathon se trouve &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.photomenton.com/marathon.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;ICI.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-4092220530279265157?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/4092220530279265157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=4092220530279265157&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/4092220530279265157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/4092220530279265157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/photomenton-three-photographers.html' title='PhotoMenton - Three Photographers'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-twBfxSy1pt8/TtMoei1z2WI/AAAAAAAAZIQ/qEU15KMnj88/s72-c/Photographers%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-5140678762386434591</id><published>2011-11-27T06:49:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-27T06:56:58.569+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Exhibitions'/><title type='text'>PhotoMenton - the Post-It Note</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5WiRhVYBWYU/TtHQ5LHy7WI/AAAAAAAAZHg/wPPVS2AEZbA/s1600/usse%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5WiRhVYBWYU/TtHQ5LHy7WI/AAAAAAAAZHg/wPPVS2AEZbA/s640/usse%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679550285747514722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oztTyrvkSRU/Ts_cgauoTyI/AAAAAAAAZG8/pZIShy_MP1I/s1600/notelets%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oztTyrvkSRU/Ts_cgauoTyI/AAAAAAAAZG8/pZIShy_MP1I/s320/notelets%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679000104626310946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This exhibitor, Stefano Bassetti, has a charming idea. He has posted dozens of small photos  and then invited the public to take any photo they like, write a few  words on a notelet and post it in place of the photo. Publicity for him,  of course, as his name is on the photo and a nice memento for the  person who took it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Cet exposant, Stefano Bassetti, a eu une idée charmante. Il a affiché des dizaines de  petites photos et a ensuite invité le public à en prendre une  qu'ils  aiment, d'écrire quelques mots sur une petite carte et de l'afficher à  la place de la photo. C'est ainsi une publicité pour lui puisque  son  nom est sur ​​la photo et un souvenir agréable pour la personne qui l'a  prise. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-5140678762386434591?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/5140678762386434591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=5140678762386434591&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5140678762386434591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5140678762386434591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/photomenton-post-it-note.html' title='PhotoMenton - the Post-It Note'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5WiRhVYBWYU/TtHQ5LHy7WI/AAAAAAAAZHg/wPPVS2AEZbA/s72-c/usse%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-5448114366669481506</id><published>2011-11-26T06:41:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-26T16:47:41.889+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Exhibitions'/><title type='text'>PhotoMenton - Charles Aznavour</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kE-dkwcFn2Y/Ts_N_ckwIfI/AAAAAAAAZGk/-QWLo_o12bQ/s1600/Charles%2BAznavour%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kE-dkwcFn2Y/Ts_N_ckwIfI/AAAAAAAAZGk/-QWLo_o12bQ/s640/Charles%2BAznavour%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678984145023279602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ogpz8m1iYvI/Ts_NrVi57nI/AAAAAAAAZGY/qNLZ9frDTwo/s1600/Charles%2BAznavour%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ogpz8m1iYvI/Ts_NrVi57nI/AAAAAAAAZGY/qNLZ9frDTwo/s320/Charles%2BAznavour%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678983799539101298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Who knew that the well-known singer, Charles Aznavour was such a good  photographer? He was the honoured invitee at PhotoMenton this year.  Here are a few of his photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The self-portrait of Charles Aznavour is signed and is to be auctioned in favour of &lt;a href="http://www.hamap.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;HAMAP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ui savait que le célèbre chanteur, Charles Aznavour est un si bon  photographe ? Il est l'invité d'honneur de PhotoMenton cette année.  Voici quelques-unes de ses photos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps atn"&gt;L'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="atn"&gt;auto-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;portrait de Charles&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Aznavour est&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;signé par lui&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;sera vendu aux enchères&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;en faveur du &lt;a href="http://www.hamap.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;HAMAP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hamap.org/"&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CL-vYjjE5-0/Ts_WaxaYziI/AAAAAAAAZGw/9ArSL1KvHRs/s1600/Charles%2BAznavour%2Bus%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CL-vYjjE5-0/Ts_WaxaYziI/AAAAAAAAZGw/9ArSL1KvHRs/s400/Charles%2BAznavour%2Bus%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678993410566442530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-5448114366669481506?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/5448114366669481506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=5448114366669481506&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5448114366669481506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5448114366669481506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/photomenton-charles-aznavour.html' title='PhotoMenton - Charles Aznavour'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kE-dkwcFn2Y/Ts_N_ckwIfI/AAAAAAAAZGk/-QWLo_o12bQ/s72-c/Charles%2BAznavour%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-7434978810665464366</id><published>2011-11-25T06:00:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-25T07:49:51.085+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Exhibitions'/><title type='text'>PhotoMenton - the Photo Marathon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOJ4lEq46ng/Ts6IThDyteI/AAAAAAAAZEs/5b_fXWfW6HI/s1600/Marathon%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOJ4lEq46ng/Ts6IThDyteI/AAAAAAAAZEs/5b_fXWfW6HI/s640/Marathon%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678626049033942498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kcw49W7R-8s/Ts6IBys_RLI/AAAAAAAAZEg/peJzxFnusK8/s1600/Marathon%2B%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kcw49W7R-8s/Ts6IBys_RLI/AAAAAAAAZEg/peJzxFnusK8/s320/Marathon%2B%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678625744532489394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;One of the many great things that takes place is the day of the Photo  Marathon. You arrive with your camera and an empty memory card - you can  do this alone or with a partner but it's more fun with a partner. This year there were 50 teams. You  are given three subjects. Here is &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Maxime Pérégrini&lt;/span&gt;, the  talented photographer and President of PhotoMenton informing the photographers that the  subjects this year are 'Outside the Cocteau Museum', 'Reflections' and  'Humour.' Once you've taken the photos and this can take you several  hours you go back to the exhibition, the photos on the card are uploaded  and you tell the organiser which three photos you wish to enter in the  competition, for which, by the way, there are great prizes like  super-duper printers. You are, of course, not allowed to make any  changes to the photos. You then wait for the winners to be announced at  the end of the exhibition. I'll let you know who wins, of course and  show you the photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Association PhotoMenton's main aim is to promote photography and  through this, to support l'ONG HAMAP.  &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.hamap.org"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;HAMAP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is a charity  working to stop land mines. To support this charity, PhotoMenton has  held a photography festival each November in Menton since 2005. Each  year, PhotoMenton offers over 120 photographers, mostly amateurs,  a  unique opportunity to exhibit in a prestigious venue: the Palais de  l'Europe. In 2010, PhotoMenton raised 12,000 euros for HAMAP.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Un des moments importants de l'exposition est le jour du Marathon Photo.  Il faut arriver avec votre appareil photo et une carte mémoire vide.  Vous pouvez le faire seul ou avec un partenaire ce qui est plus amusant.  Ils &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;é&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;taient une cinquantaine d'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;é&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;quipes. On donne trois thèmes.  Voici Maxime Pérégrini, le photograph de talent et Président de  PhotoMenton qui informe les photographes sur les thèmes de cette année: "L'extérieur du Musée Cocteau", "Réflexions" et  "Humour".  Une fois les  photos prises, et cela peut vous prendre plusieurs heures, vous revenez à  l'exposition. Les photos de la carte sont téléchargées et parmi elles,  vous en choisissez trois que vous indiquez à l'organisateur pour  qu'elles entrent dans la compétition, compétition pour laquelle, soit  dit en passant, il y a des grands prix comme de supers imprimantes.  Vous n'avez bien sûr, pas le droit d'apporter de modification aux  photos. Vous devez ensuite attendre la proclamation des résultats  qui a  lieu à la fin de l'expo. Je vous ferai  bien sûr, connaitre les  lauréats  dont je  montrerai les photos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; L'association PhotoMenton a pour but essentiel la promotion de la  photographie et le soutien de l'ONG HAMAP - la lutte contre le d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;é&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;minage.  Pour soutenir  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.hamap.org"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;HAMAP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;, l'association organise en novembre depuis 2005 un festival de la  photographie à Menton. Chaque année, PhotoMenton offre à plus de 120  photographes, amateurs pour la plupart, l'occasion unique d'exposer dans  un lieu prestigieux: le Palais de l'Europe. En 2010, PhotoMenton a  permis de récolter 12000 euros pour HAMAP. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aDi2KbnD4bg/Ts6GuZ9O3UI/AAAAAAAAZEU/7tJAtCgf6tw/s1600/Marathon%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B2%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aDi2KbnD4bg/Ts6GuZ9O3UI/AAAAAAAAZEU/7tJAtCgf6tw/s400/Marathon%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B2%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678624311960591682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-7434978810665464366?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/7434978810665464366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=7434978810665464366&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7434978810665464366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7434978810665464366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/photomenton-photo-marathon.html' title='PhotoMenton - the Photo Marathon'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOJ4lEq46ng/Ts6IThDyteI/AAAAAAAAZEs/5b_fXWfW6HI/s72-c/Marathon%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-7060067265141411083</id><published>2011-11-24T06:24:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-04T07:42:47.914+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Exhibitions'/><title type='text'>PhotoMenton</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eHn_YULPcM4/Ts3bIlO8HlI/AAAAAAAAZDM/lh7poUoDfcg/s1600/PhotoMenton%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eHn_YULPcM4/Ts3bIlO8HlI/AAAAAAAAZDM/lh7poUoDfcg/s640/PhotoMenton%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678435645664271954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HjVrbnPj8xE/Ts3XtjN8S7I/AAAAAAAAZDA/09NJeqqReyU/s1600/PhotoMenton%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HjVrbnPj8xE/Ts3XtjN8S7I/AAAAAAAAZDA/09NJeqqReyU/s320/PhotoMenton%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678431882731867058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It's PhotoMenton time again. 120 exhibitors, over a thousand photos in every style and subject you can imagine. A real treasure trove of  talent. Over the next few days we'll take a look at some of the photos  on exhibition and meet some of the photographers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This video &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(scroll down page)&lt;/span&gt; was made by one of the exhibitors, the talented and so very  nice, Patrick Varotto. Do click on it - it shows everyone waiting to  start the marathon, the fabulous President of PhotoMenton, Maxime  Peregrini (we'll meet Maxime another time) explaining how it works and what the subjects are. And then Patrick takes us on a short  tour of the exhibition. Thanks Patrick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow: the Photo Marathon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Revoilà le temps de PhotoMenton: cent vingts exposants, plus d'un mill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ier  de photographies de tous  styles et sujets que vous pouvez imaginer. Un  véritable trésor de talents. Au cours des prochains jours nous allons  admirer quelques-unes des photos exposées et rencontrer certains des  photographes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ette vidéo a été faite par l'un des exposants, le talentueux et aussi  très agréable Patrick Varotto.  Cliquez sur elle - il montre toutes les  personnes qui attendent pour commencer le marathon et le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;fabuleux &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;président  de PhotoMenton, Maxime Peregrini (nous rencontrerons Maxime une autre  fois) qui les informe sur le déroulement de la compétition et sur les  thèmes choisis. Ensuite, Patrick nous emmène faire une courte visite de  l'exposition. Merci Patrick.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Demain: Le Marathon Photo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NDme9J1b4ec" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/---ql6ONYA0g/Ts3biAf0D7I/AAAAAAAAZDY/g7xd_sOyUys/s1600/PhotoMenton%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 356px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/---ql6ONYA0g/Ts3biAf0D7I/AAAAAAAAZDY/g7xd_sOyUys/s400/PhotoMenton%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678436082479534002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-7060067265141411083?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/7060067265141411083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=7060067265141411083&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7060067265141411083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7060067265141411083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/photomenton.html' title='PhotoMenton'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eHn_YULPcM4/Ts3bIlO8HlI/AAAAAAAAZDM/lh7poUoDfcg/s72-c/PhotoMenton%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-945635864476761764</id><published>2011-11-23T06:47:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-23T06:53:18.374+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beach and Sea'/><title type='text'>Don't Bury your Head in the Sand</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R2mjbJSRjPk/TsyHPnkTwII/AAAAAAAAZBI/7o479pOot7M/s1600/swan%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R2mjbJSRjPk/TsyHPnkTwII/AAAAAAAAZBI/7o479pOot7M/s640/swan%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678061932596412546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-53AJgXVNhBs/TsvSa1DX0kI/AAAAAAAAZAk/h07xOKkgt2Q/s1600/swan%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-53AJgXVNhBs/TsvSa1DX0kI/AAAAAAAAZAk/h07xOKkgt2Q/s320/swan%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677863113590297154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Do you suppose the swan is burying its head in the sand because it doesn't like the guitar music?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Croyez-vous que ce cygne est entrain de cacher sa tête dans le sable car il n'aime pas le son de la guitare ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;pre class="moz-signature" cols="72"&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-945635864476761764?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/945635864476761764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=945635864476761764&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/945635864476761764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/945635864476761764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/dont-bury-your-head-in-sand.html' title='Don&apos;t Bury your Head in the Sand'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R2mjbJSRjPk/TsyHPnkTwII/AAAAAAAAZBI/7o479pOot7M/s72-c/swan%2B4%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-1968927187835879057</id><published>2011-11-22T06:18:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-22T06:18:00.301+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='People'/><title type='text'>Flowers for Mama</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UBvNMl6k6Xk/TssV7ECh8fI/AAAAAAAAY_E/rmREEgSfiGQ/s1600/flowers%2Bfor%2Bmother%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UBvNMl6k6Xk/TssV7ECh8fI/AAAAAAAAY_E/rmREEgSfiGQ/s640/flowers%2Bfor%2Bmother%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677655859671462386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cym2YsiXsyY/TssVTmv_QkI/AAAAAAAAY-4/bcffS_cvtCI/s1600/flowers%2Bfor%2Bmother%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cym2YsiXsyY/TssVTmv_QkI/AAAAAAAAY-4/bcffS_cvtCI/s320/flowers%2Bfor%2Bmother%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677655181794165314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yellow roses for Mother.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Les roses jaunes pour Maman. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F2DchC8u8YE/TssUw_9bpkI/AAAAAAAAY-s/iI4B-MDYawg/s1600/flowers%2Bfor%2Bmother%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F2DchC8u8YE/TssUw_9bpkI/AAAAAAAAY-s/iI4B-MDYawg/s400/flowers%2Bfor%2Bmother%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677654587266016834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-1968927187835879057?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/1968927187835879057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=1968927187835879057&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1968927187835879057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1968927187835879057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/flowers-for-mama.html' title='Flowers for Mama'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UBvNMl6k6Xk/TssV7ECh8fI/AAAAAAAAY_E/rmREEgSfiGQ/s72-c/flowers%2Bfor%2Bmother%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-8286784023280239057</id><published>2011-11-21T07:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-21T07:04:29.981+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gardens - Jardins Biovès'/><title type='text'>Autumn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Y3zRXJVh4c/TslQEzNyZkI/AAAAAAAAY-M/FPFlkc52U-k/s1600/Autumn%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Y3zRXJVh4c/TslQEzNyZkI/AAAAAAAAY-M/FPFlkc52U-k/s640/Autumn%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677156848674956866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EukdYFFhX-U/TslOuMmwywI/AAAAAAAAY-A/M34si-1JqUs/s1600/Autumn%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EukdYFFhX-U/TslOuMmwywI/AAAAAAAAY-A/M34si-1JqUs/s320/Autumn%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677155360841976578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Jardin Biovès. Looks like Autumn's here...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Jardin Biovès. On dirait que l'automne est là... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-8286784023280239057?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/8286784023280239057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=8286784023280239057&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8286784023280239057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8286784023280239057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/autumn.html' title='Autumn'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Y3zRXJVh4c/TslQEzNyZkI/AAAAAAAAY-M/FPFlkc52U-k/s72-c/Autumn%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-7691232053621220606</id><published>2011-11-20T06:44:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-20T06:44:00.238+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Markets'/><title type='text'>A Sizeable Conversation</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kjEd2eC85Yc/TsVIOUh3llI/AAAAAAAAY8U/fdoFBtpVRBo/s1600/size%2Bmatters%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kjEd2eC85Yc/TsVIOUh3llI/AAAAAAAAY8U/fdoFBtpVRBo/s640/size%2Bmatters%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676022316236510802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Size matters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;La taille qui importe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-7691232053621220606?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/7691232053621220606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=7691232053621220606&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7691232053621220606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7691232053621220606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/sizeable-conversation.html' title='A Sizeable Conversation'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kjEd2eC85Yc/TsVIOUh3llI/AAAAAAAAY8U/fdoFBtpVRBo/s72-c/size%2Bmatters%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-1908039104568691287</id><published>2011-11-19T06:34:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-19T06:45:15.225+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beach and Sea'/><title type='text'>It's Not Spring Yet!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U6uVseMXWoU/TsaJw4eixEI/AAAAAAAAY9E/s57h3I_-iJk/s1600/pigeons%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U6uVseMXWoU/TsaJw4eixEI/AAAAAAAAY9E/s57h3I_-iJk/s640/pigeons%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676375853234308162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Someone should tell these pigeons that it's not spring yet...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Quelqu'un devrait dire à ces pigeons que ce n'est pas encore le printemps...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-1908039104568691287?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/1908039104568691287/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=1908039104568691287&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1908039104568691287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1908039104568691287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/its-not-sprng-yet.html' title='It&apos;s Not Spring Yet!'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U6uVseMXWoU/TsaJw4eixEI/AAAAAAAAY9E/s57h3I_-iJk/s72-c/pigeons%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-2922648189119622168</id><published>2011-11-18T06:47:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-18T06:47:00.275+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Old Town'/><title type='text'>Window Seat</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jifqF-8zSvY/TsVI9mlqIFI/AAAAAAAAY8g/89w22ci6lIw/s1600/sitting%2Bdown%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jifqF-8zSvY/TsVI9mlqIFI/AAAAAAAAY8g/89w22ci6lIw/s640/sitting%2Bdown%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676023128538095698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes you just have to sit down...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Parfois il est juste necessaire de s'asseoir...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-2922648189119622168?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/2922648189119622168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=2922648189119622168&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2922648189119622168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2922648189119622168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/window-seat.html' title='Window Seat'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jifqF-8zSvY/TsVI9mlqIFI/AAAAAAAAY8g/89w22ci6lIw/s72-c/sitting%2Bdown%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-6888273522863894433</id><published>2011-11-17T07:02:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T07:05:47.010+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beach and Sea'/><title type='text'>Azur Blue</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E4lzEFlnrvI/TsP7EF9CtaI/AAAAAAAAY7k/U2Et8TtwICI/s1600/blue%2Bsea%2Buse%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E4lzEFlnrvI/TsP7EF9CtaI/AAAAAAAAY7k/U2Et8TtwICI/s640/blue%2Bsea%2Buse%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675656003153212834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November in Menton. Sometimes the blue is so blue you can't believe it. No wonder it's called the Cote d'Azur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Novembre à Menton. Parfois, le bleu est si bleu plus qu'on  ne peut l'imaginer. Pas étonnant que ça s'appelle la Côte d'Azur.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-6888273522863894433?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/6888273522863894433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=6888273522863894433&amp;isPopup=true' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6888273522863894433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6888273522863894433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/azur-blue.html' title='Azur Blue'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E4lzEFlnrvI/TsP7EF9CtaI/AAAAAAAAY7k/U2Et8TtwICI/s72-c/blue%2Bsea%2Buse%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-5505895074303724839</id><published>2011-11-16T06:30:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-16T06:35:47.935+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cemeteries'/><title type='text'>Plumes over the Russian Chapel</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wYYPlaOBAxs/TsNKs_DHL_I/AAAAAAAAY60/ZudV6KSbInY/s1600/Russian%2Bchapel%2Bfor%2Btoday%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wYYPlaOBAxs/TsNKs_DHL_I/AAAAAAAAY60/ZudV6KSbInY/s640/Russian%2Bchapel%2Bfor%2Btoday%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675462092116144114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We've seen the Russian chapel in the old cemetery before but don't you  love the way it appeared - yesterday - to be framed by those plumes of  cloud?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Nous avons déjà  vu la chapelle russe du vieux cimetière, mais  n'aimez-vous pas la façon dont elle  apparaissait - hier - encadrée par  ces panaches de nuages​​? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-5505895074303724839?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/5505895074303724839/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=5505895074303724839&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5505895074303724839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5505895074303724839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/plumes-over-russian-chapel.html' title='Plumes over the Russian Chapel'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wYYPlaOBAxs/TsNKs_DHL_I/AAAAAAAAY60/ZudV6KSbInY/s72-c/Russian%2Bchapel%2Bfor%2Btoday%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-8352996761884998640</id><published>2011-11-15T06:33:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-15T06:33:00.208+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Restaurants and Bars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Old Town'/><title type='text'>Sunday morning - 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Itw1Gyc6FFo/TsE1CKvpelI/AAAAAAAAY50/JwGTltvQsus/s1600/Sunday%2Bmorning%2Bagain%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Itw1Gyc6FFo/TsE1CKvpelI/AAAAAAAAY50/JwGTltvQsus/s640/Sunday%2Bmorning%2Bagain%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674875316823751250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunday morning at Place du Cap.  The grown-ups chat over coffee, the  children ride bikes or roller blade around the square. The sun shines.   Everyone is happy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Dimanche matin, Place du Cap. Les adultes discutent autour d'un café, les enfants font du vélo ou du roller autour de la place. Le soleil brille. Tout le monde est heureux.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-8352996761884998640?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/8352996761884998640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=8352996761884998640&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8352996761884998640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8352996761884998640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/sunday-morning-2.html' title='Sunday morning - 2'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Itw1Gyc6FFo/TsE1CKvpelI/AAAAAAAAY50/JwGTltvQsus/s72-c/Sunday%2Bmorning%2Bagain%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-5565372935059279026</id><published>2011-11-14T06:48:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-14T07:03:20.522+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Old Town'/><title type='text'>Sunday morning</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mxSGmNEp2cI/TsCtvCsbwyI/AAAAAAAAY4s/R6G36yqIe5s/s1600/man%2Band%2Bdog%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mxSGmNEp2cI/TsCtvCsbwyI/AAAAAAAAY4s/R6G36yqIe5s/s640/man%2Band%2Bdog%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674726554175521570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TrTmkyleOvQ/TsCs2vAbH3I/AAAAAAAAY4g/KOztgUo5PvQ/s1600/2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TrTmkyleOvQ/TsCs2vAbH3I/AAAAAAAAY4g/KOztgUo5PvQ/s320/2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674725586817982322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sunshine, a dog at your feet, coffee and a newspaper - Sunday morning at &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Place du Cap.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Soleil, un chien à vos pieds , un café et un journal -  Dimanche matin à la Place du Cap.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bP8iUIaJPUU/TsCsCoA2USI/AAAAAAAAY4U/d0w7kO1_O9o/s1600/man%2Band%2Bdog%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-5565372935059279026?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/5565372935059279026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=5565372935059279026&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5565372935059279026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5565372935059279026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/sunday-morning.html' title='Sunday morning'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mxSGmNEp2cI/TsCtvCsbwyI/AAAAAAAAY4s/R6G36yqIe5s/s72-c/man%2Band%2Bdog%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-6213534143931732050</id><published>2011-11-13T06:44:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-13T06:44:00.584+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sculptures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gardens - Palais Carnoles'/><title type='text'>The Zebra-striped Rhino</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wa_Re1kqQ2Y/Tr6x-Z6tchI/AAAAAAAAY3w/R9xa4kyuQxs/s1600/rhinoceros%2Buse%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wa_Re1kqQ2Y/Tr6x-Z6tchI/AAAAAAAAY3w/R9xa4kyuQxs/s640/rhinoceros%2Buse%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674168266200543762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I1kSzdMqojs/Tr6xVAE-7wI/AAAAAAAAY3k/eY504kDyIWU/s1600/rhinoceros%2Buse%2B23%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I1kSzdMqojs/Tr6xVAE-7wI/AAAAAAAAY3k/eY504kDyIWU/s320/rhinoceros%2Buse%2B23%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674167554889674498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The gardens of the Palais Carnoles. Shadows from a cycad make this  rhinoceros look more like a zebra. The sculpture is the work of  Ukrainian artist, Alexandra de Lazareff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Les jardins du Palais Carnolès. Les ombres  du cycas font que ce  rhinocéros ressemble plutôt à un zèbre. La sculpture est l'œuvre de  l'artiste ukrainien, Alexandra de Lazareff. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;pre class="moz-signature" cols="72"&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nADgIaioDVs/Tr6wwYCfUqI/AAAAAAAAY3Y/gQa2mp6_oEU/s1600/rhinoceros%2Buse%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-6213534143931732050?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/6213534143931732050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=6213534143931732050&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6213534143931732050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6213534143931732050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/zebra-striped-rhino.html' title='The Zebra-striped Rhino'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wa_Re1kqQ2Y/Tr6x-Z6tchI/AAAAAAAAY3w/R9xa4kyuQxs/s72-c/rhinoceros%2Buse%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-2144500083607300400</id><published>2011-11-12T06:21:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-12T06:21:00.818+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beach and Sea'/><title type='text'>Wind</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ViMHWLHDJrk/Tr09n0jMIDI/AAAAAAAAY2o/qISNuAXGAGI/s1600/wind%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ViMHWLHDJrk/Tr09n0jMIDI/AAAAAAAAY2o/qISNuAXGAGI/s640/wind%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673758859887124530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was taken five days ago.  The rain had momentarily stopped but the wind blew - see how it catches the palms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Cette photo a été prise il y a five jours . La pluie avait momentanément  cessé, mais le vent soufflait - voyez comment il secoue les palmiers. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-2144500083607300400?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/2144500083607300400/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=2144500083607300400&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2144500083607300400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2144500083607300400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/wind.html' title='Wind'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ViMHWLHDJrk/Tr09n0jMIDI/AAAAAAAAY2o/qISNuAXGAGI/s72-c/wind%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-4826540500245267292</id><published>2011-11-11T06:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-11T06:27:10.276+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beach and Sea'/><title type='text'>The Dog and the Driftwood</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BLVAAPJ3AOA/TrwYbh-RYGI/AAAAAAAAY1g/6qGutuOJ7GU/s1600/Sablettes%2Bdog%2Buse%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BLVAAPJ3AOA/TrwYbh-RYGI/AAAAAAAAY1g/6qGutuOJ7GU/s640/Sablettes%2Bdog%2Buse%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673436491835072610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HEcltUr_HSs/TrwW873Xh1I/AAAAAAAAY1U/jzSQcI6FFSY/s1600/Sablettes%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HEcltUr_HSs/TrwW873Xh1I/AAAAAAAAY1U/jzSQcI6FFSY/s320/Sablettes%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673434866697865042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;After the rain, the storms, the wind, the sun is back. This is the  Sablettes beach yesterday - a beautiful blue sky but broken canoes and a  load of detritrus washed up onto the sand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Menton got off easily though. Roquebrune has far more problems with  destroyed beaches and sadly in the Var (the next department along from  the Alpes-Martimes) they suffered terrible flooding and 7 deaths.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A local canine is more than happy to help move some of the driftwood. You can see more of Scott at &lt;a href="http://www.rivieradogs.com/2011/11/scott.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Riviera Dogs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Après la pluie, la tempête, le vent, le soleil est de retour. Voici la  plage des Sablettes  hier, sous  un beau ciel bleu mais avec des  canots brisés et une couverture de détritus échoués sur le sable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Menton s'en sort bien. Roquebrune a eu beaucoup plus de problèmes avec  des plages détruites et malheureusement  le Var ( département voisin   des Alpes- Maritimes ) a subi de terribles inondations et on y compte 7  morts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Un chien de la ville est plus qu'heureux d' aider à déplacer une partie  des bois flottés. Vous pouvez  en savoir plus sur  Scott plus dans  &lt;a href="http://www.rivieradogs.com/2011/11/scott.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Riviera Dogs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-4826540500245267292?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/4826540500245267292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=4826540500245267292&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/4826540500245267292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/4826540500245267292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/dog-and-driftwood.html' title='The Dog and the Driftwood'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BLVAAPJ3AOA/TrwYbh-RYGI/AAAAAAAAY1g/6qGutuOJ7GU/s72-c/Sablettes%2Bdog%2Buse%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-4493015285259699156</id><published>2011-11-10T06:36:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-10T06:45:00.427+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beach and Sea'/><title type='text'>A Dip at Sunset</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SIK7BemZ9Pw/TrquiOFN8CI/AAAAAAAAY0M/al2A4NgrPSQ/s1600/swim%2Bat%2Bsunset%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SIK7BemZ9Pw/TrquiOFN8CI/AAAAAAAAY0M/al2A4NgrPSQ/s640/swim%2Bat%2Bsunset%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673038583545327650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TC7kbU_dYr0/TrqsYt-cVbI/AAAAAAAAY0A/RSQJbqx0OS0/s1600/swim%2Bat%2Bsunset%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B2%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TC7kbU_dYr0/TrqsYt-cVbI/AAAAAAAAY0A/RSQJbqx0OS0/s320/swim%2Bat%2Bsunset%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B2%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673036221284898226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sunset, looking towards Monaco. And just a few minutes later...the sun has gone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See the swimmer taking a late dip. These were taken on the 2nd November - the day before the rains started and which have, hopefully, now stopped.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Un coucher de soleil en regardant en direction de Monaco . Et quelques minutes plus tard ... le soleil a disparu. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Regardez le nageur prenant un bain en fin de journée. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ces photos ont été prises le 2 Novembre - le jour avant le début des pluies qui j'espère, vont maintenant cesser. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-4493015285259699156?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/4493015285259699156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=4493015285259699156&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/4493015285259699156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/4493015285259699156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/dip-at-sunset.html' title='A Dip at Sunset'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SIK7BemZ9Pw/TrquiOFN8CI/AAAAAAAAY0M/al2A4NgrPSQ/s72-c/swim%2Bat%2Bsunset%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-7228449797678628348</id><published>2011-11-09T06:10:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T06:15:20.530+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Ulysses and the Birds</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8O5uC8rBBA0/TrlbMuFMqrI/AAAAAAAAYzc/GXjawukHrCw/s1600/Ulysses%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8O5uC8rBBA0/TrlbMuFMqrI/AAAAAAAAYzc/GXjawukHrCw/s640/Ulysses%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672665479736240818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brighter skies after all that rain.  Ulysses and the couple on a bench enjoy the view.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ciel lumineux, après toute cette  pluie. Ulysse et un couple sur un banc profitent de la vue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-7228449797678628348?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/7228449797678628348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=7228449797678628348&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7228449797678628348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7228449797678628348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/ulysses-and-birds.html' title='Ulysses and the Birds'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8O5uC8rBBA0/TrlbMuFMqrI/AAAAAAAAYzc/GXjawukHrCw/s72-c/Ulysses%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-928077469985395119</id><published>2011-11-08T06:53:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T06:57:55.418+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Old Town'/><title type='text'>The Poppy Umbrella</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EHbwBhFwNs4/TrjEH8FezMI/AAAAAAAAYys/2vaOAyop6pQ/s1600/umbrella%2Blady%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EHbwBhFwNs4/TrjEH8FezMI/AAAAAAAAYys/2vaOAyop6pQ/s640/umbrella%2Blady%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672499371340385474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elegance in the rain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Elégance sous  la pluie. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-928077469985395119?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/928077469985395119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=928077469985395119&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/928077469985395119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/928077469985395119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/poppy-umbrella.html' title='The Poppy Umbrella'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EHbwBhFwNs4/TrjEH8FezMI/AAAAAAAAYys/2vaOAyop6pQ/s72-c/umbrella%2Blady%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-4434601451766664559</id><published>2011-11-07T06:55:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T07:51:40.568+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Old Town'/><title type='text'>Place du Cap</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vl-NCpdt9Rg/TrbKXjZcwsI/AAAAAAAAYxw/LDsp9PnfCV8/s1600/One%2Ba%2Bday%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vl-NCpdt9Rg/TrbKXjZcwsI/AAAAAAAAYxw/LDsp9PnfCV8/s640/One%2Ba%2Bday%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671943286707503810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Place du Cap, Menton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This photo comes with love and thanks to dear &lt;a href="http://brattleborobrief.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Brattcat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, with whom I learned to love photography in the rain.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I just need someone to hold my umbrella...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Place du Cap, Menton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Cette photo est adressée avec amour et un grand merci à la chère &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://brattleborobrief.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Brattcat,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;avec qui j'ai appris à aimer la photographie sous la pluie.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Maintenant, j'ai juste besoin de quelqu'un pour tenir mon parapluie...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-4434601451766664559?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/4434601451766664559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=4434601451766664559&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/4434601451766664559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/4434601451766664559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/place-du-cap.html' title='Place du Cap'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vl-NCpdt9Rg/TrbKXjZcwsI/AAAAAAAAYxw/LDsp9PnfCV8/s72-c/One%2Ba%2Bday%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-1084471978037487702</id><published>2011-11-06T06:09:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-06T06:09:00.130+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Old Town'/><title type='text'>Rain</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZSFc5YoqUOU/TrVi7BzGCTI/AAAAAAAAYwc/I_sBtORgkBg/s1600/Rain%2Bjeans%2B5%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZSFc5YoqUOU/TrVi7BzGCTI/AAAAAAAAYwc/I_sBtORgkBg/s640/Rain%2Bjeans%2B5%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671548071977552178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y03_lZa-m6w/TrVhX3yB-BI/AAAAAAAAYwQ/xzBEmR1Y2So/s1600/Rain%2Bjeans%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y03_lZa-m6w/TrVhX3yB-BI/AAAAAAAAYwQ/xzBEmR1Y2So/s320/Rain%2Bjeans%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671546368481687570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Rain, rain, rain. Looking at this attractive lady's saturated jeans, perhaps she should have worn boots?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;De la pluie, de la pluie,encore de la pluie. En regardant les jeans saturées de cette belle dame, peut-être qu'elle aurait dû porter des bottes?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L6E-rLwr2kA/TrVgcfckfvI/AAAAAAAAYwE/jDUidVSzn-M/s1600/Rain%2Bjeans%2B6%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L6E-rLwr2kA/TrVgcfckfvI/AAAAAAAAYwE/jDUidVSzn-M/s400/Rain%2Bjeans%2B6%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671545348336942834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-1084471978037487702?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/1084471978037487702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=1084471978037487702&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1084471978037487702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1084471978037487702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/rain.html' title='Rain'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZSFc5YoqUOU/TrVi7BzGCTI/AAAAAAAAYwc/I_sBtORgkBg/s72-c/Rain%2Bjeans%2B5%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-7113861905833872232</id><published>2011-11-05T06:09:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-05T17:00:29.494+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beach and Sea'/><title type='text'>The Car Wash</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZdOQOUfAYE4/TrTGdHimC0I/AAAAAAAAYu8/73Wtlc611rk/s1600/car%2Bwash%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZdOQOUfAYE4/TrTGdHimC0I/AAAAAAAAYu8/73Wtlc611rk/s640/car%2Bwash%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671376034308950850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iIhadqMUBPI/TrTFXT9-_pI/AAAAAAAAYuw/9NSGo-_Wu2g/s1600/car%2Bwash%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iIhadqMUBPI/TrTFXT9-_pI/AAAAAAAAYuw/9NSGo-_Wu2g/s320/car%2Bwash%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671374835054214802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Summer's over...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(I took this photo yesterday.  Today the road has been closed)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;L'été est fini... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-7113861905833872232?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/7113861905833872232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=7113861905833872232&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7113861905833872232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7113861905833872232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/car-wash.html' title='The Car Wash'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZdOQOUfAYE4/TrTGdHimC0I/AAAAAAAAYu8/73Wtlc611rk/s72-c/car%2Bwash%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-1281877915847438299</id><published>2011-11-04T06:35:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-04T17:09:23.646+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gardens - La Serre de la Madone'/><title type='text'>Through a Wall, Squarely</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SaEMefkjbw8/TrKKyhq0n7I/AAAAAAAAYr8/tD1wnPANGlQ/s1600/hole%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bwall%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SaEMefkjbw8/TrKKyhq0n7I/AAAAAAAAYr8/tD1wnPANGlQ/s640/hole%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bwall%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670747481448947634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A square cut in a wall creates a frame at the Gardens of la Serre de la Madone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Une ouverture carrée dans un mur crée un cadre dans les Jardins de La Serre de la Madone. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-1281877915847438299?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/1281877915847438299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=1281877915847438299&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1281877915847438299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1281877915847438299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/through-wall-squarely.html' title='Through a Wall, Squarely'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SaEMefkjbw8/TrKKyhq0n7I/AAAAAAAAYr8/tD1wnPANGlQ/s72-c/hole%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bwall%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-5195647676369591425</id><published>2011-11-03T06:52:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-03T06:52:00.673+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Towns near to Menton: Bordighera'/><title type='text'>Siesta</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E7OQ93_4Gnk/TrGDxzIfJWI/AAAAAAAAYrM/HytZOcmDFoE/s1600/siesta%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E7OQ93_4Gnk/TrGDxzIfJWI/AAAAAAAAYrM/HytZOcmDFoE/s640/siesta%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670458297398797666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;'I usually take a two hour nap from one to four.' ~  Yogi Berra &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;J'ai l'habitude de faire une sieste de deux heures - de 13h00 a 16h00.' ~ Yogi Berra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-5195647676369591425?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/5195647676369591425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=5195647676369591425&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5195647676369591425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5195647676369591425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/siesta.html' title='Siesta'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E7OQ93_4Gnk/TrGDxzIfJWI/AAAAAAAAYrM/HytZOcmDFoE/s72-c/siesta%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-6272711901890387193</id><published>2011-11-02T08:35:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-02T08:38:11.862+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Towns near to Menton: Bordighera'/><title type='text'>Bordighera - Parasols</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8YVEPAVaq_0/TrAIjJ-I2DI/AAAAAAAAYqo/gGzEJw-srnA/s1600/Bordighera%2Breflet%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8YVEPAVaq_0/TrAIjJ-I2DI/AAAAAAAAYqo/gGzEJw-srnA/s640/Bordighera%2Breflet%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670041330924443698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parasols reflected in the window of a beach hotel in Bordighera.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Des parasols qui se reflètent dans la fenêtre d'un hôtel de plage à Bordighera. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-6272711901890387193?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/6272711901890387193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=6272711901890387193&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6272711901890387193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/6272711901890387193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/bordighera-parasols.html' title='Bordighera - Parasols'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8YVEPAVaq_0/TrAIjJ-I2DI/AAAAAAAAYqo/gGzEJw-srnA/s72-c/Bordighera%2Breflet%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-2748521152343073322</id><published>2011-11-01T06:31:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T06:35:33.195+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Towns near to Menton: Bordighera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Daily Photo Theme Day:'/><title type='text'>Bordighera - Don't fall over the edge...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FzGGRdP6O_k/Tq7woa6CanI/AAAAAAAAYp4/Z2szMobizWI/s1600/USE%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FzGGRdP6O_k/Tq7woa6CanI/AAAAAAAAYp4/Z2szMobizWI/s640/USE%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669733558114216562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S_XO0nUNFus/Tq7LumoKgkI/AAAAAAAAYo8/GPWnlHJ3Rrk/s1600/fence%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S_XO0nUNFus/Tq7LumoKgkI/AAAAAAAAYo8/GPWnlHJ3Rrk/s320/fence%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669692982409462338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In a land where villages are built on many different levels - particularly the hill villages of France and Italy - fences, railings, walls - all are essential if you don't want to fall over the edge.  Here we see one in Bordighera Alta in Italy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.citydailyphoto.com/portal/themes_archive.php?tid=63"&gt;Please click here to see how others around the world have interpreted today's theme - Fences&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Dans un pays où les villages sont construits sur différents niveaux - en  particulier les villages perchés de France et d'Italie - les clôtures,  grilles, murs - sont tous indispensables si vous ne voulez pas tomber  par dessus bord. Ici nous voyons une barrière à Bordighera Alta, en  Ita&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;lie. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.citydailyphoto.com/portal/themes_archive.php?tid=63"&gt;S'il vous plaît cliquer pour voir comment les autres autour du monde ont interprété le thème d'aujourd'hui - les clôtures.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bgPrNj3lRwM/Tq7MFlIgAQI/AAAAAAAAYpI/kbWWzwGoMhI/s1600/fence%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bgPrNj3lRwM/Tq7MFlIgAQI/AAAAAAAAYpI/kbWWzwGoMhI/s400/fence%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669693377145209090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WRdqCJlSsw0/Tq7GpsQPUmI/AAAAAAAAYok/ZMksbYD1KHc/s1600/fence%2B1%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-2748521152343073322?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/2748521152343073322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=2748521152343073322&amp;isPopup=true' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2748521152343073322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2748521152343073322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/11/bordighera-dont-fall-over-edge.html' title='Bordighera - Don&apos;t fall over the edge...'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FzGGRdP6O_k/Tq7woa6CanI/AAAAAAAAYp4/Z2szMobizWI/s72-c/USE%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-3584093391171777364</id><published>2011-10-31T06:16:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-31T06:16:00.462+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Towns near to Menton: Bordighera'/><title type='text'>Bordighera - all in the DNA</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wZNdO9C222s/Tq2B7Ioo3tI/AAAAAAAAYno/gxWx1BIYib8/s1600/Italian%2Bboy%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wZNdO9C222s/Tq2B7Ioo3tI/AAAAAAAAYno/gxWx1BIYib8/s640/Italian%2Bboy%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669330358859521746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No wonder Italians always look so immaculate, so stylish - it all starts in childhood or more likely it's in their DNA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take this little boy, living in a medieval village yet he wears  fashionable shoes and socks, beautifully pressed cut off jeans, he has a  small bag and of course the latest electronic gadget.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pas étonnant si les Italiens ont toujours l'air si net, si élégant -  tout commence dans l'enfance ou plus probablement, c'est dans leur ADN.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Prenez ce petit garçon qui, vivant dans un village médiéval, porte  pourtant  des chaussures et des chaussettes à la mode, un jean bien  coupé et magnifiquement repassé, avec un petit sac et bien sûr le  dernier gadget électronique. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-3584093391171777364?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/3584093391171777364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=3584093391171777364&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3584093391171777364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3584093391171777364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/10/bordighera-all-in-dna.html' title='Bordighera - all in the DNA'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wZNdO9C222s/Tq2B7Ioo3tI/AAAAAAAAYno/gxWx1BIYib8/s72-c/Italian%2Bboy%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-644211699784250354</id><published>2011-10-30T06:06:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-30T06:06:00.134+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Towns near to Menton: Bordighera'/><title type='text'>Bordighera - a Merrier World</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t4zczKUQRb8/Tqu75nzUqDI/AAAAAAAAYlc/yVw7P2grIBo/s1600/Little%2Bwooden%2BMan%2B%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t4zczKUQRb8/Tqu75nzUqDI/AAAAAAAAYlc/yVw7P2grIBo/s640/Little%2Bwooden%2BMan%2B%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668831154587084850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iMy6qBV3tk0/Tqu7d7sFuqI/AAAAAAAAYlQ/zkZWhLsQAxQ/s1600/Little%2Bwooden%2BMan%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iMy6qBV3tk0/Tqu7d7sFuqI/AAAAAAAAYlQ/zkZWhLsQAxQ/s320/Little%2Bwooden%2BMan%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668830678889118370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;'If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.' &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;~    J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;'Si un plus grand nombre d’entre nous préférait la nourriture, la gaieté  et les chansons aux entassements d’or, le monde serait plus rempli de  joie.'&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;~    J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-644211699784250354?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/644211699784250354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=644211699784250354&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/644211699784250354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/644211699784250354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/10/bordighera-merrier-world.html' title='Bordighera - a Merrier World'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t4zczKUQRb8/Tqu75nzUqDI/AAAAAAAAYlc/yVw7P2grIBo/s72-c/Little%2Bwooden%2BMan%2B%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-8862196454841766911</id><published>2011-10-29T06:51:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-29T06:52:07.138+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Towns near to Menton: Bordighera'/><title type='text'>Bordighera - the Flower Lady</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6IGF3-8ymGo/TqrNhPax6eI/AAAAAAAAYko/Um0BFAURFHo/s1600/lady%2Bin%2Bred%2B%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6IGF3-8ymGo/TqrNhPax6eI/AAAAAAAAYko/Um0BFAURFHo/s640/lady%2Bin%2Bred%2B%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668569051957422562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-maK5RqnwZNA/TqrKLhikwOI/AAAAAAAAYkc/5ZhShoNl0lQ/s1600/lady%2Bin%2Bred%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-maK5RqnwZNA/TqrKLhikwOI/AAAAAAAAYkc/5ZhShoNl0lQ/s320/lady%2Bin%2Bred%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668565380329947362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This joyful lady is decorating her corner of the village with flowers for the following day's Fete Day.  Later, like every Italian I've ever met, she was more than happy to pose for a photo amd smile her wonderful smile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Cette joyeuse dame décore son coin de village avec des fleurs pour la   Fête du lendemain. Ensuite, comme tous les italiens que j'ai toujours  rencontrés , elle s'est montrée  très heureuse de poser pour une photo  en offrant son merveilleux  sourire. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2ULDvQLQinA/TqrIwwoM92I/AAAAAAAAYkQ/9MbOODXJAaY/s1600/lady%2Bin%2Bred%2B%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2ULDvQLQinA/TqrIwwoM92I/AAAAAAAAYkQ/9MbOODXJAaY/s400/lady%2Bin%2Bred%2B%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668563821011990370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-8862196454841766911?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/8862196454841766911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=8862196454841766911&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8862196454841766911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8862196454841766911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/10/bordighera-flower-lady.html' title='Bordighera - the Flower Lady'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6IGF3-8ymGo/TqrNhPax6eI/AAAAAAAAYko/Um0BFAURFHo/s72-c/lady%2Bin%2Bred%2B%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-8713055864735205751</id><published>2011-10-28T07:19:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T07:36:24.527+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Towns near to Menton: Bordighera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cats'/><title type='text'>Bordighera - a Corner for a Chat</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A34SXuZtP_w/Tqo_Hwuz0EI/AAAAAAAAYjU/Inzo0Vv6xn4/s1600/chairs%2B34%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A34SXuZtP_w/Tqo_Hwuz0EI/AAAAAAAAYjU/Inzo0Vv6xn4/s640/chairs%2B34%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668412483572060226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Climb up a narrow streets that widens at the top before it continues off to the right.  Here, you'll find a bench on either side and the end, two chairs, lavender growing out of the rocks, bougainvillea tumbling over the wall...and a cat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Montez le long d'une des rues étroites qui s'élargit vers le haut avant  de poursuivre vers la droite. Ici, vous trouverez un banc de chaque côté  puis, deux chaises, de la lavande qui pousse dans la roche, des  bougainvillées qui retombent sur un mur ... et un chat. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-8713055864735205751?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/8713055864735205751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=8713055864735205751&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8713055864735205751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8713055864735205751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/10/bordighera-corner-for-chat.html' title='Bordighera - a Corner for a Chat'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A34SXuZtP_w/Tqo_Hwuz0EI/AAAAAAAAYjU/Inzo0Vv6xn4/s72-c/chairs%2B34%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-8640231559860426234</id><published>2011-10-27T07:04:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-27T07:04:00.602+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Towns near to Menton: Bordighera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Restaurants and Bars'/><title type='text'>Bordighera - Antica Trattoria Garibaldi</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-krM6oaTRP94/TqgQIaPiyDI/AAAAAAAAYao/QOjr3ySbXNA/s1600/corks%2Bday%2Btwo%2B%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-krM6oaTRP94/TqgQIaPiyDI/AAAAAAAAYao/QOjr3ySbXNA/s640/corks%2Bday%2Btwo%2B%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667797867715282994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-61wD58E3v5E/TqgP2oCWv5I/AAAAAAAAYac/pjRsGPUiHYc/s1600/corks%2Bday%2Btwo%2B%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-61wD58E3v5E/TqgP2oCWv5I/AAAAAAAAYac/pjRsGPUiHYc/s320/corks%2Bday%2Btwo%2B%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667797562180419474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It was 11h.00 and the door to this restaurant was open. Note the corks you saw yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://avignon-in-photos.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and I couldn't resist a peak.  So pretty and SO Italian. And the menu &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(click to enlarge)&lt;/span&gt; is really quite reasonable - at least by the standards of restaurants in this part of the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's called &lt;a href="http://www.anticatrattoriagaribaldi.it/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Antica Trattoria Garibaldi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie, next time we must eat here...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Il était 11h.00 et la porte de ce restaurant était ouverte.Voici les bouchons que vous avez vus hier.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://avignon-in-photos.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; et moi ne pouvions  résister à l'envie de jeter un rapide coup  d'œil  . Si beau et si italien. Et le menu &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(cliquez pour agrandir) &lt;/span&gt;est  vraiment très raisonnable - au moins par rapport aux prix des  restaurants dans cette partie du monde.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Cela s'appelle l'&lt;a href="http://www.anticatrattoriagaribaldi.it/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Antica Trattoria Garibaldi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Nathalie, la prochaine fois, nous devrons manger ici ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sDx-4HBiGaQ/TqgPhTkbL_I/AAAAAAAAYaQ/QsllD8XBSrE/s1600/corks%2Bday%2Btwo%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sDx-4HBiGaQ/TqgPhTkbL_I/AAAAAAAAYaQ/QsllD8XBSrE/s400/corks%2Bday%2Btwo%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667797195908919282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-8640231559860426234?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/8640231559860426234/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=8640231559860426234&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8640231559860426234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/8640231559860426234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/10/bordighera-antica-trattoria-garibaldi.html' title='Bordighera - Antica Trattoria Garibaldi'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-krM6oaTRP94/TqgQIaPiyDI/AAAAAAAAYao/QOjr3ySbXNA/s72-c/corks%2Bday%2Btwo%2B%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-7234776031683978984</id><published>2011-10-26T07:02:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-26T07:05:10.975+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Towns near to Menton: Bordighera'/><title type='text'>Bordighera - Corks</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TDLq8jdKSRE/Tqbcj6Uw2WI/AAAAAAAAYZE/9LyArqQkGGQ/s1600/Corks%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TDLq8jdKSRE/Tqbcj6Uw2WI/AAAAAAAAYZE/9LyArqQkGGQ/s640/Corks%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667459690602223970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Corks.  Italian corks, of course.  Tomorrow we'll see where I found these.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;'There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mfkfisher.com/about.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;M. F. K. Fisher&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;"&gt;Bouchons. Bouchons italiens, bien sûr. Demain, nous verrons où je les ai trouvés.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;«Il y a une communion de plus que celle de notre corps quand le pain est rompu et le vin est bu."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mfkfisher.com/about.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;M.F.K.Fisher&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-7234776031683978984?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/7234776031683978984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=7234776031683978984&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7234776031683978984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7234776031683978984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/10/bordighera-corks.html' title='Bordighera - Corks'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TDLq8jdKSRE/Tqbcj6Uw2WI/AAAAAAAAYZE/9LyArqQkGGQ/s72-c/Corks%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-3499867562569353973</id><published>2011-10-25T06:45:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-25T06:53:23.073+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Towns near to Menton: Bordighera'/><title type='text'>Bordighera - the Post Office</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hex7HGGPIMo/TqVFhgmAfEI/AAAAAAAAYYg/sZLmvMqcI1o/s1600/post%2Boffice%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hex7HGGPIMo/TqVFhgmAfEI/AAAAAAAAYYg/sZLmvMqcI1o/s640/post%2Boffice%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667012148102986818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bordighera Alta. If you walk into a sunlit square and see this post office, you know immediately you will love this place.   I did ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Bordighera Alta . Si vous arrivez sur une place ensoleillées et voyez ce  bureau de poste , vous savez immédiatement que vous allez adorer cet  endroit. Ce que j'ai fait ... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-3499867562569353973?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/3499867562569353973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=3499867562569353973&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3499867562569353973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/3499867562569353973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/10/bordighera-post-office.html' title='Bordighera - the Post Office'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hex7HGGPIMo/TqVFhgmAfEI/AAAAAAAAYYg/sZLmvMqcI1o/s72-c/post%2Boffice%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-1762173859900371878</id><published>2011-10-24T06:36:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T06:36:42.949+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Towns near to Menton: Bordighera'/><title type='text'>Bordighera - Shadowland</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--R8Ie7tECx8/TqQ4RlMtfwI/AAAAAAAAYX8/IGctnynsGXs/s1600/Bordighera%2B1%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 640px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--R8Ie7tECx8/TqQ4RlMtfwI/AAAAAAAAYX8/IGctnynsGXs/s640/Bordighera%2B1%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666716105833283330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lu4Km3tHaWg/TqQ3SC9mqRI/AAAAAAAAYXw/vlV_2pZqwBA/s1600/Bordighera%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lu4Km3tHaWg/TqQ3SC9mqRI/AAAAAAAAYXw/vlV_2pZqwBA/s320/Bordighera%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666715014311356690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Bordighera is a seaside town just beyond Ventimiglia across the Italian border. It's known as the City of Palms and during Holy Week the Vatican uses the fronds of Bordighera's palms to the exclusion of all others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I spent half a day in Bordighera recently when I went there to meet up with the lovely and talented Nathalie from &lt;a href="http://avignon-in-photos.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Avignon in Photos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;who was staying there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These shots were taken as we wandered the beautiful old town, known as Alta Bordighera.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More tomorrow...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Bordighera est une ville balnéaire juste après Vintimille à la frontière  italienne. Elle est connue comme la Ville des Palmiers et pendant la  Semaine Sainte le Vatican utilise les palmes des arbres de Bordighera à  l'exclusion de tous autres. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Récemment, j'ai passé une demi-journée à Bordighera  quand j'y suis  allée  pour rencontrer la belle et talentueuse Nathalie d'&lt;a href="http://avignon-in-photos.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Avignon en  Photos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; qui séjournait là. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ces photos ont été prises alors que nous nous  promenions dans la belle vieille ville, connue comme Alta Bordighera. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Plus  demain...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-1762173859900371878?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/1762173859900371878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=1762173859900371878&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1762173859900371878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/1762173859900371878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/10/bordighera-shadowland.html' title='Bordighera - Shadowland'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--R8Ie7tECx8/TqQ4RlMtfwI/AAAAAAAAYX8/IGctnynsGXs/s72-c/Bordighera%2B1%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-5936486635037783486</id><published>2011-10-23T06:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T06:43:08.688+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Gorbio'/><title type='text'>A Village Wedding -  the Last Hoorah</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UooRx0NxDgE/TqLOg8IOEPI/AAAAAAAAYXY/Ugv8A_5Y7yA/s1600/last%2Bday%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UooRx0NxDgE/TqLOg8IOEPI/AAAAAAAAYXY/Ugv8A_5Y7yA/s640/last%2Bday%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666318346477244658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EXtTpeBV5AI/TqLM764lb6I/AAAAAAAAYXA/j25bYKWjfEg/s1600/last%2Bday%2B%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EXtTpeBV5AI/TqLM764lb6I/AAAAAAAAYXA/j25bYKWjfEg/s320/last%2Bday%2B%2B3%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666316610976444322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our final day at this wonderful wedding and a few remaining images: the  bride's train, the happy couple, but the last photo had to be of the  adorable Winona, niece of the bride. It was with &lt;a href="http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/09/village-wedding-winona.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;Winona&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; we started this  series and so we finish with her - playing with her Auntie Valérie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again, long life and happiness to Sandra and Emmanuel. It was such a  pleasure to take this series of photos of your great day. Thank you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici la fin de ce merveilleux mariage et quelques dernières images  :  la traine de la mariée, le couple heureux , mais la dernière photo sera  celle de Winona, l'adorable nièce de l'épouse. C'est avec &lt;a href="http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/09/village-wedding-winona.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;Winona&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; nous  avons commencé cette série et ainsi nous  finissons avec elle -  jouant  avec sa tante Valérie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Encore une fois, longue vie et bonheur à Sandra et Emmanuel. C'était un  grand plaisir à prendre cette série de photos de votre grand jour. Je  vous en remercie.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TnX0VikFChE/TqLDEuE8WJI/AAAAAAAAYW0/4AU_VhlJ450/s1600/last%2Bday%2B%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JVRQHvRvj_o/TqLOLLMzNAI/AAAAAAAAYXM/VsxmM1-13Ss/s1600/last%2Bday%2B%2BUSE%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JVRQHvRvj_o/TqLOLLMzNAI/AAAAAAAAYXM/VsxmM1-13Ss/s400/last%2Bday%2B%2BUSE%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666317972565865474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-5936486635037783486?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/5936486635037783486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=5936486635037783486&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5936486635037783486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/5936486635037783486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/10/village-wedding-last-hoorah.html' title='A Village Wedding -  the Last Hoorah'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UooRx0NxDgE/TqLOg8IOEPI/AAAAAAAAYXY/Ugv8A_5Y7yA/s72-c/last%2Bday%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-2343139861802441728</id><published>2011-10-22T06:38:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-22T06:45:05.207+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Gorbio'/><title type='text'>A Village Wedding - Hugs &amp; Kisses</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WOcRURZLM3M/TqF6_oRSnUI/AAAAAAAAYWE/B75wgQvUPYY/s1600/hugs%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WOcRURZLM3M/TqF6_oRSnUI/AAAAAAAAYWE/B75wgQvUPYY/s640/hugs%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665945039769083202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l5eSXhLg7oA/TqF6vA1hltI/AAAAAAAAYV4/AxBy9eaW85Q/s1600/hugs%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l5eSXhLg7oA/TqF6vA1hltI/AAAAAAAAYV4/AxBy9eaW85Q/s320/hugs%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665944754305734354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There's a lot of hugging and kissing goes on at weddings which is no surprise when there is such a happy bride.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Comme dans tous les mariages, il y a  beaucoup d'accolades et d' embrassades ce qui n'est pas une surprise avec une mariée si heureuse.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-2343139861802441728?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/2343139861802441728/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=2343139861802441728&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2343139861802441728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/2343139861802441728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/10/village-wedding-hugs-kisses.html' title='A Village Wedding - Hugs &amp; Kisses'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WOcRURZLM3M/TqF6_oRSnUI/AAAAAAAAYWE/B75wgQvUPYY/s72-c/hugs%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-7142527729582640603</id><published>2011-10-21T06:52:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-21T07:08:47.014+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Gorbio'/><title type='text'>A Village Wedding -  the Uninvited Guest</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eA53_kJYxnQ/TqD8n8aZQeI/AAAAAAAAYVU/CjKttP8eAjU/s1600/Boutchette%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eA53_kJYxnQ/TqD8n8aZQeI/AAAAAAAAYVU/CjKttP8eAjU/s640/Boutchette%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665806094394016226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-17g7VjHV2Nc/TqD8VUXvSYI/AAAAAAAAYVI/7eb6mLbXIWU/s1600/Boutchette%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-17g7VjHV2Nc/TqD8VUXvSYI/AAAAAAAAYVI/7eb6mLbXIWU/s320/Boutchette%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665805774407813506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rivieradogs.com/2009/08/boutchette-bad-pup.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Boutchette the Bassett Hound&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, who is one of the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Restaurant Beauséjour&lt;/span&gt; dogs, doesn't need an invitation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rivieradogs.com/2009/08/boutchette-bad-pup.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"&gt;Boutchette, le Bassett Hound&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; qui est l'un des chiens du restaurant Beauséjour, n'a  pas eu  besoin d'une invitation. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38581932-7142527729582640603?l=www.mentondailyphoto.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/feeds/7142527729582640603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=38581932&amp;postID=7142527729582640603&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7142527729582640603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38581932/posts/default/7142527729582640603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mentondailyphoto.com/2011/10/village-wedding-uninvited-guest.html' title='A Village Wedding -  the Uninvited Guest'/><author><name>Jilly</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9gyA0tzaNA0/TNRIj8nwxPI/AAAAAAAAUDQ/fAxW3HNDuWQ/S220/IMG_7704_5.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eA53_kJYxnQ/TqD8n8aZQeI/AAAAAAAAYVU/CjKttP8eAjU/s72-c/Boutchette%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38581932.post-6227510527447945076</id><published>2011-10-20T06:19:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T06:19:00.233+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Villages near to Menton: Gorbio'/><title type='text'>A Village Wedding - Good Things</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vQ6_wXqQTpQ/Tp76SMewGlI/AAAAAAAAYUA/FkobJesURuI/s1600/Food%2Bwedding%2Bfor%2BAgnes%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vQ6_wXqQTpQ/Tp76SMewGlI/AAAAAAAAYUA/FkobJesURuI/s640/Food%2Bwedding%2Bfor%2BAgnes%2B%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665240571773459026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HE9pZ3ujBE4/Tp76HbQLvcI/AAAAAAAAYT0/sPIup36O0ec/s1600/Food%2Bwedding%2Bfor%2BAgnes%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HE9pZ3ujBE4/Tp76HbQLvcI/AAAAAAAAYT0/sPIup36O0ec/s320/Food%2Bwedding%2Bfor%2BAgnes%2B2%2B%25281%2Bof%2B1%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665240386760326594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here are some of the many good things to eat at the reception, prepared by the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Restaurant Beausejour&lt;/span&gt;.  Those tiny cherry tomatoes on skewers have been cooked and then dipped in sesame seeds - delicious!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition, guests were offered a choice of many different drinks including Pernod and Kir Royale - champagne flavoured with a syrup. There were four flavours but I can only remember two: Cassis and Blackberry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was truly touched when the mother of the bride invited me to join in the celebrations and have a drink.  A special moment that made me feel even more part of this village I love so much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;Voici&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;quelques exemples des&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;bonnes choses propos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;é&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;es&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;à la réception.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Il y avait&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;beaucoup de plats delicieux prepa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;rés par le&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;restaurant&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Beauséjour&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Les miniscules brochettes &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;de tomates&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;cerises&lt;/span&gt; qui&lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;ont&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;été cuites puis&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;roul&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;é&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;es dans&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;des graines de sésame&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;délicieux!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;De plus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, les invités se sont&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;vus offrir &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;un choix de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;plusieurs&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;boissons différentes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;, dont du &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;Pernod et&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;du Kir&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Royal&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;- champagne&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;aromatisé&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;au sirop&lt;/span&gt; de &lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;quatre&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;saveurs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;, mais&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;je ne peux me souvenir que de&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt; deux&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Cassis et&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Mûre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;J'ai été vraiment&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;touchée quand&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;la mère&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;de la mariée&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;m'a invitée à&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;me joindre &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;à&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt; la r&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;é&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;ception pour&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt; boire un verre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Un moment&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;spécial qui&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;m'a fait sentir&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;bien integree &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;à&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt; c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;e village&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;que j'aime tant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; 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