Notes and Pictures from the Côte d’Azur (5) – Menton
This series finishes in the last town along the Côte d’Azur, just a few kilometres from the Italian border. Menton is mainly known for its lemons and this can already...
Notes and Pictures from the Côte d’Azur (4): Antibes
Of all the places I visited while I was in the south of France, Antibes was my favourite. We spent a day there, and the next time I go back...
Notes and Pictures from the Côte d’Azur (3) – Clouds over Cannes
Mid-September is a good time to visit the Côte d’Azur, if you want to avoid the crowds. The downside is that the weather can be quite unstable. It wasn’t exactly...
Notes and Pictures from the Côte d’Azur (2)
A Day in Montecarlo – The day after I arrived in Nice was my birthday and, always eager to add another country to my list, we decided to spend the...
Notes and pictures from the Côte d’Azur: Nice
This is the start of a short series of posts on the week I spent along the Côte d’Azur. At first I wanted to pack it all into one post,...
Under a sky of stars – tango in Nice
There’s something about dancing outside. When I go to an indoor milonga, I often feel as if I am stepping into another world. Outdoors it’s there, beside everyday life, often...
A day around the Port of Marseille
After spending my first night in Marseille dancing tango, I set out the next day to explore one of the city’s main attractions: the Old Port. The area has been...
Tango in Marseille
It was the first evening of my holidays and it was raining. The venue was supposed to be a ten minute walk from where I was staying. So when I...
8 Things I learnt during NaNoWriMo 2017
A bit more than a month ago, I announced that I was participating in a writing challenge known as NaNoWriMo. The aim was to write 50,000 words during the 30...
NaNoWriMo 2017: still writing
So it is now four weeks since I announced that I was doing NaNoWriMo this year. You may recall that I promised weekly updates of my progress. You can read...