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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the road again! – to see friends in the geological
paradise which is the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Alpes de Haute Provence.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rather like the<a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/mercantour-national-park.html"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mercantour</b></a>
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engendering a “where’s that”?, the 04/05 departments possess a wealth of potential
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The land is a real spectacle of strata, outcrops, weird
shapes……and the valley terrain, a feast of fruit – so do not fear that you
might miss out on your “five a day”, as you pedal past!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rather sandwiched between us – well – the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mercantour,</b> in the South – and the<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Ecrins</b> and the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Savoie</b> to the North – the area has perhaps been rather overlooked as a holiday venue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">No shortage of lakes,
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Absolutely perfect perfect for walking, climbing, road or mountain biking……….taking
in the orchids….</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our friend, Liz Green, is just in the throes of setting up
her lovely home near <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/05300+Laragne-Mont%C3%A9glin/@44.3317549,5.7869783,12.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x12cb040f4c011f43:0x40819a5fd97a6d0!8m2!3d44.315272!4d5.821642">Laragne-Montéglin</a> </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">accommodation</b>,
or as a base for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">holidays</b> from 2019 –
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Alas this weekend – it was wet, so we enjoyed the landscape
under super cloud formations and partially sun lit skies…………we did however
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’d like to understand much more of the soil turmoil……the
geology, the Napoleon route, the local GRs……next time, with apologies for not
to be able to report more currently.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For more info - <a href="https://www.tourism-alps-provence.com/">les Alpes de Haute Provence</a>. Easy to get to/from Marseille airport by car or public
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our journey back – and<b> </b>we decided to try out <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">La Taverne</i> in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Villars sur Var</b> (we know Simone at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Les Platanes,</i> but there was no table on the day). </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kinda quirky – Roger
and Raymonde offering simple, but well-made food (wish they wouldn’t add minced
beef to their <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">blette </i>(swiss chard) ravioli!)
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<a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Liz Lord</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A big thank you to Secret Escapes....for luring us to Piedmont and Liguria for a fantastic Indian Summer escape from the Mercantour!! More of the above later.......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some time out for Jonesy and me, after a successful, if long season - thanks to everyone for their support and friendship this year!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As much reported, the summer here has been a 'mare of wet, drying out conveniently for the end of September - cheers to the weather gurus!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Coming over the Col de la Lombarde, which links Isola 2000 in France to Vinadio in Italy, was a fantastic ride under cloudless blue skies, and a perfect opportunity to </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">finalise our proposed route for our 2019 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpnEGijz2IM">Grande Traversee du Mercantour</a> walking holiday - or holiday<u>s</u> - given the level of interest to date!!</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fabulous and hot, hot, day out walking with jolly refreshment and great music, provided in the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bar La Colombiera in Pietrabruna. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The best of all worlds <u>IS</u> to be had here in the Alpes-Maritimes - we are, of course, delighted to be tucked away just North of Nice in the Mercantour National Park. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We can't guarantee this beautiful dancer from the Alonzo King Ballet company - but lots of other excitement awaits!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ah to <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27186709">wander without purpose</a> and gaze, and window shop....nothing bought aside from some great coffee - local coffee roasting - yum!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our new <a href="https://www.blogger.com/Nice%20Muhttps://www.nice.fr/en/actualites/pass-musees-de-nice?type=articles">Nice Museum Pass</a> - available to residents of the Metropole (with ID and a proof of address) - allowed us back into the <a href="http://www.musee-beaux-arts-nice.org/">Musee des Beaux Arts</a> after a gap of some 10 years - a gorgeous building and much lovely art including one of our favourites, which will shortly be gracing our kitchen wall!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks to winter opening - only from 11-6! - we did walk back and forth from central Nice several times, just taking our time and enjoying the buzz for the Nice marathon which took place on November 5 2017.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lunch - at the always generous <a href="http://lesocrate.com/">Le Socrate</a> - just off the main shopping street - Jean Medecin - a Lebanese feast at its best - and great value - even on a Saturday - they do offer an astonishingly good value lunch platter for c €12 from Monday to Friday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another recent recommendation has been for the Portuguese restaurant - <a href="https://lefooding.com/en/restaurants/restaurant-peixes-niceeixes">Peixes </a>...fish orientated as you would imagine!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.opera-nice.org/en">Opera</a> in Nice remains quaint, a hop from the flower market, and some of the most pretentious/expensive restaurants in Nice. It reminds me of being in the Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds - let's hope that they don't knock it down and create a modern monstrosity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mahler's 6th - not everyone's choice for a light couple of hours but amazingly complex and "listenable"!! - the Philharmonic has a new musical director - a Mr <a href="https://riviera-buzz.com/features/arts-culture/item/nice-philharmonic-celebrates-70th-anniversary.html">Rath, </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and talented he was too in achieving success with this tricky piece. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We were magic'd back to our Mercantour lair with a kind friend who had made the effort to do the return trip - after a short sojourn in Ma Nolan's Irish pub in Old Nice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yes - there is everything down here!! - and now we have SNOW!! - and accommodation, still available, for the Christmas week here in Berthemont les Bains.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Walking and adventure holidays in the Mercantour - and Provence, plus Gran Paradiso in Italy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For things to eyeball - the back country is very pretty, but I am always reminded that I do not care for the coastal strip - neither in France, nor in Italy. For sure there is wonderful architecture and stacks of history, but all crammed into a narrow band of land - over populated with road and rail links, and now blighted with cattle truck cruise ships. Portofino? - for long a "wish to see" - no chance to get near it!!</span></div>
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It was great to escape to the west for a couple of days before the catering onslaught of eight hungry mountain leaders last week!<br />
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We were tempted to <a href="http://www.chateauvallon.com/">Chateauvallon</a> near to Toulon to see <a href="https://www.linesballet.org/">Alonzo King</a> ballet - Chateauvallon is a small outdoor amphitheatre in a lovely - if difficult to find! - area above Toulon.<br />
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Their programme is already available into 2016 - best to book early - OR - if you can't get tickets on line straight away - buy a loyalty card for popular tickets and pay the same price for the card <u>and</u> your discounted tickets - it's great value!!!!<br />
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Back to finding the venue - my own fault entirely but I had the location in my head - and was wrong! It was quite fun - it a bit bizarre - finding ourselves in Toulon housing estates asking where the ballet was!!<br />
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Once night falls, you are given the major treat of seeing the lights of Toulon harbour twinkling below you and having a centrally heated seat - <i>afficiandos </i>bring cushions! but I was so captivated I didn't even notice the hardness of the stone!! The ballet was magic - no suprise there then!!<br />
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There wasn't much chance of grabbing anything to eat on the way back to our chambre d'hote - okay it was midnight - but a bite of something would have been very welcome.<br />
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There's not a huge amount of accommodation to the North West of Toulon - crossing Toulon was not recommended as a bright option, but we stayed in a small, friendly place in Sollies, not far from Cuers and our culinary adventure at <a href="http://www.levergerdeskouros.fr/">Le Verger des Freres Kouros</a> - where the son of the lovely Christine of the<a href="http://www.grand-chalet.com/"> Grand Chalet </a>completed some of his cheffie training - now wowing them with his pastries in Melbourne!<br />
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The early morning swims were much appreciated - thanks <a href="http://www.leschambresdegina.fr/">Gina and Jacques</a>!!!!<br />
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The resto had immediately gained brownie points in their willingness to provide a veggie menu - and is astonishingly good value with a lunchtime menu for €22. Wines about €30 a bottle. The outside dining area is very lovely - shame the motorway is just nearby but the racket of the cicadas, and fellow guests yapping, soon covers the traffic noise.<br />
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We were well tended by one of the brothers, with more than just a passing resemblance to a certain Rowan Atkinson and a young lad waiter who was a bit bemused by my "er sorry but I don't want ham"!!!! Mel took the €45 menu which was excellent........very high quality food at a bargain price.<br />
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In the evening - we were hardly peckish - but wished to escape the high decibel apero session of our car rally enthusiast fellow guests and fell upon a very good pizza place - the<i> Firenze</i> - where you can choose either small, medium and large size pizzas (read "more than enough", "huge" and "vast" into that) - wood fired oven, long established family business.........nice!!!<br />
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The area was recently described as "<i>moche</i>" but the upside of that "<i>moche</i>'ness" is good value accommodation and food, and not an ex-pat in sight - we didn't hear another English voice all weekend. <br />
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<b>Useful information</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.chateauvallon.com/">Chateauvallon</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.leschambresdegina.fr/">Les chambres de Gina</a><br />
<a href="http://www.levergerdeskouros.fr/">Le verger des Kouros </a><br />
Firenze - 0494487070 - 45 avenue de la Republique - La Farlede - closed on Wednesdays and Sunday lunchtime<br />
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<a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/">spacebetween</a><br />
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<br />liz lordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568524016932572397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914723361354665012.post-64415643754832381502015-06-11T04:21:00.001-07:002015-06-11T04:53:40.427-07:00Nature AND Art in the Mercantour<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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A very talented local photographer, Mathieu Vernerey – who has
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<b>Refuge - de Nice : July</b><br />
<b>Refuge - Madone de Fenestre : August</b><br />
<b>Refuge - la Cougourde : September </b></div>
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Launch events at 14.00, 14.00, 15.00 and 14.00, respectively, on the first day of opening.<br />
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overnight stays can be arranged on the <a href="http://www.cafnice.org/cafbase/accueil.php">Nice French Alpine Club</a> site,
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The wolf polemic continues here in the Mercantour!!<br />
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For sure on the plus side it was great news that our local wolf park has accepted three male wolves to accompany (and procreate with, one hopes) the three young female wolves. Two of the ladies - pictured above.<br />
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The down side - and surprising - given that the winter here has been so mild, is that there have been several wolf attacks in the area, very close to villages, over the past few weeks.<br />
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The first was in Venanson where six or so of a friend's young goats had been killed; the second in Roquebilliere where the wolves had the temerity to kill two dozen sheep, in the very close proximity of the house of our local mayor.<br />
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The third strike was further south near to Pelasque, topped off with a couple of deer carcasses being found in Saint Martin Vesubie.<br />
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This had lead to much uproar from local farmers - who are fortunately (?) re-imbursed for kill losses among their beasts, and the extremists who are now suggesting that wolf cubs should be sought out and killed in their lairs.<br />
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Articles below for french readers!!!<br />
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<a href="http://www.coordinationrurale.fr/cohabitation-loup-eleveur-un-reve-irrealisable.html#.VS_ERuQPu3o.twitter">Wolf kills </a><br />
<a href="http://www.nicematin.com/luceram/un-loup-abattu-par-un-berger-a-peira-cava.2184282.html">Wolf killed by hunter </a><br />
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Come to see for yourself - with us <a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/">spacebetween</a> - open doors now!!!!!<br />
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Desperately in need of a break at the end of a successful season 2014 (with thanks to all our great guests for their support over the <b>Mercantour</b> walking holiday season) ..........<a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/">we</a> take ourselves off to <b>Sicily</b> - our loins girded for a long session on <b>Trenitalia</b> - and the romance (?) of a private compartment overnight.........we sleep like dogs on a clattery old train, dubious rolling stock - trying to remember the joys of the process of travelling!<br />
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They really <u>do</u> put the train on the ferry on the short trip over the Messina Straits, which is a welcome break from the rattling, and our first "<i>arancino</i>" of the week....and are successfully re-gurgitated into <b>Palermo</b> central where we are spoilt rotten with kindness by Manuela and Manilo at the lovely<a href="http://www.laviadellebiciclette.com/"><b> Via Delle Bicicletta</b> </a>- the bikes make their appearance the following morning, as we stumble out to have a look at the eclectic <b>Palermo</b> old town - having feasted on lovely pastries and coffee.<br />
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Rather loathe to take ourselves off to pick up a hire car - as it seemed as if we hadn't really done justice to <b>Palermo</b>, we headed off into the thrash of Italian driving and the <b>Madonie Park</b> and <b>Gangi </b>(where you can pick up a house for a <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/11016777/For-sale-at-one-euro-a-house-in-an-idyllic-Sicilian-village.html">€ </a> if you are quick!)....where the <b><a href="http://www.villaraino.it/">Villa Raino</a></b> is an oasis of calm (note that the B&B is before <b>Gangi</b> to the west of the town - NOT where Google maps would take you!!!) - while the inviting pool was perhaps a bit chilly looking we have a "bring it on" supper - astringent wine - great to cut through the olive oil - listen to the trill of birds and sleep like logs!!! Hey logs and dogs.....but sleep - it was good...........and <b>Etna </b>was clearly visible in the morning - as it is - a mighty hulk of nearly 3000m - around the island. The first snow brought the slopes of the volcano into sharper relief by the end of the week.<br />
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Rather like the <b>Mercantour</b> here in France - it seems as if few tourists want to walk in the pretty <b>Madonie</b> hills (we DO need to walk however if we are offered 5K calories of delicious "bounty" a day!) - and the tourist office aghast that we would even contemplate such a mad venture.....<br />
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En route to<b> Scicli</b> - we pass by the<a href="http://www.villaromanadelcasale.it/en/"> <b>Villa Romana de Casale</b></a> which, aside from the shrieking Italian guides with cruise ship clients - was absolutely astonishing and worth the trip to <b>Sicily</b> in itself.<br />
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In <b>Scicli</b>, we throw ourselves on the mercy of Nino (Italian but German speaking too!) and his chestnut roasting friends who offer to take us to the <a href="http://www.sciclibeb.com/"><b>Scicli B&B</b></a> behind a fast moving disabilty scooter! <u>YES!!</u> Fun to be in a studio in the old town where we can eat wonderful tomatoes and plain rice for a couple of nights!!!<br />
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Massimo - and he knows who he is - is a cute teddy bear of a host - so keen to get over the splendour of his home town - and perhaps disappointed that we haven't even seen <b><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/italy/southernitalyandsicily/10289051/Sicily-Montalbanos-island.html"><i>Montalbano</i></a></b> on the box. A wealth of splendid churches in the village - a shame that the nearby coastline is a desert of ghastly - but we do manage a nice lunch in <b>Pozzallo.</b> <b>Ragusa</b> and <b>Modica</b> not visited!<br />
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The old town of <b>Syracusa</b> was a treat before we headed off with much anticipation towards <b>Taormina</b> - where perhaps a Saturday evening - not the best time to visit - indeed a beautiful location but much better during the <b>Grand Tour </b>era of the twentieth century - the twenty first has left the town rather tawdry and expensive.<br />
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However we are lucky to be staying outside the town in<b> Lettojanni</b> where we are well tended by Brita at the <a href="http://www.casalepraia.it/index_en.html"><b>Casale Praia</b> </a>and, what is more, an amazing meal at the<b> Le Pietre Restaurant </b>in Gallodoro - where we were truly astounded by the <u>10 (yes 10) </u>plates of anti pasti - having to draw a line at about 70% of the way through the meal - and then a bill of €35 for us both!!!<br />
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A drive over the hills on the following day was fun and then a wander around <b>Cefalu </b>provided a diversion (but do<u> look look look </u>at parking restrictions in Sicily's tourist towns as they are hot on parking tickets - we know!). A shame that the churches are not always open for visitors to appreciate the wealth of history.<br />
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After a hassle rich delivery of the hire car and walk back to town, we were delighted to see Manuela and Manilo again and then enjoy a cafe style Indian snack that evening...!!<br />
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Bubbling chaos (rather Indian!) in <b>Palermo</b> on the morning of our departure - but the chance to visit the magnificent cathedral - even if we miss out on the Norman splendour!<br />
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<b>Thoughts for the wary! </b><br />
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Read - The Middle Sea - John Julius Norwich - to get in the swing of things<br />
Transport - Fly there!!<br />
Visit - historic sites - first thing in the morning or at lunchtime - check opening times for churches etc<br />
Eat - go steady - there is always more to come<br />
Stay - lots of good value accommodation - check out the location to avoid being in an off season backwater, overlooking a road or train line or half finished buildings<br />
Parking - check out all the restrictions in popular towns<br />
Travel - roads are interesting! - don't plan to thrash through the miles<br />
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<b>Enjoy - Sicily has a huge amount to offer! </b><br />
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<a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/">SPACEBETWEEN</a> - we don't offer client trips to Sicily but we have contacts there now if anyone is interested!<br />
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<br />liz lordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568524016932572397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914723361354665012.post-68471239058631456062014-08-12T11:13:00.000-07:002014-08-12T11:13:43.793-07:00moving to france<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Rustic life in France!!<br />
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Don't imagine that you will parachute into France and live happily ever after!!<br />
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For sure if you are lucky enough to have a tasty pension you can settle in reasonably well and even more easily if you wish to settle into ex pat ghettos....your choice.....<br />
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If you want to work here for yourself and break into "entrepreneurial'ship", do make sure that your heart rules your head when it comes to buying any sort of property here in France, that you have excellent advice and a business plan that you have worked to death - as if you were seeing the ghastly ****s who might wish to terrorise you on Dragons' Den......<br />
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Be prepared for several years of worrying about the white envelopes which arrive on your door mat demanding monies about which you have no idea - and the not even veiled threat - that if you don't pay they will add a penalty, and be sure that you can survive without any income at all for at least five years.<br />
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Accept that you will be working long hours for a small income, but more than likely in a beautiful if crumbling place with land which is awash with brambles (who who who did invent these things?) and open your mind to the great people who live around you, and then yes, sure, you can dress up your horse and take him to the 40th anniversary party of good friends......<br />
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Nothing in life is easy - unless you had the silver spoon treatment or a lot of talent - which we have seen today can have terrible consequences.<br />
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Go for it.............<br />
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Wanting to get it from the horse's mouth - try accommodation in France or walking holidays in France - <a href="http://www.space-beetween.co.uk/">spacebetween</a> ......where you can have a great holiday with real people, and eat and drink well. Vegetarians who despair of eating well in France are very welcome - plus wolves at <a href="http://www.alpha-loup.com/">Alpha </a>on tap!<br />
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<br />liz lordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568524016932572397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914723361354665012.post-80404537508348438912014-08-12T09:57:00.000-07:002014-08-12T09:58:39.127-07:00Christmas snow shoeing in France<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Want to get away from the hustle and bustle of commerce overload over the festive season?</b><br />
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It's fun to be with like-minded people on holiday - good walking - good eating - good company - sounds the perfect break.<br />
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The obvious snow holiday is of course to slap on the planks or the surf board and zip down hill in your pretty resort. <br />
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What your hosts - <a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/">spacebetween</a> are very pleased to offer are snow holidays, just a stone's throw from the French Riviera, where you can pad around in the wilds on snow shoes, and enjoy both views down to the Med, and up to the massif of the Mercantour.<br />
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These holidays start over the Christmas and New Year period and then continue until the end of March. However with mountains up to over 3000m there is snow (even now as I type) on high level walks until the summer.<br />
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Snow shoeing is quite strenuous as an exercise but does not require any great skill - with a bit of "oomph" in your thighs - it takes a tiny amount of time to master your "tennis rackets! - no they are not really like that these days!! - and be proficient. <br />
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What is then a delight is to put your "heels" on to help you up hill, and then "yay" attach the back of your shoes for some downhill "pfloofing" - a <a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/">spacebetween</a> trademark word - if not registered!<br />
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For the inexperienced, this is running down hill in powder like a maniac and then diving over!<br />
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What could be more fun!!!<br />
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Fly to Nice and let <a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/">spacebetween</a> take the strain!!<br />
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Ever been on the prowl for<b> vegetarian food in France</b> in Nice or wherever?<br />
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Everyone to a man (or woman) these days does stress just how important food is to the holiday experience.....and quite rightly so......<br />
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SO - want to come and have a great <b>hiking holiday in France </b>in an unspoilt national park but just an hour north of Nice?.......already sounding too good to be true...,,,,,<br />
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..............AND YES then - what's more - come to France for a <b>walking holiday</b> with <a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/">spacebetween</a> in the Mercantour and if you stay with your hosts in Berthemont les Bains - you can also have a good say in what you want to eat, and if you are a veggie, gluten free, organic, vegan, allergic to all manner of things - you can be safe and sure that you will have something tasty to eat wtihout endangering your health!! and there will be no omelettes!!! If you choose the chambre d'hote option for your holiday you can also be sure that Luc and Christine in the <a href="http://www.grand-chalet.com/">Grand Chalet </a>will look after you extremely well.<br />
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It's quite strange that many of the classic food dishes here on the Med either are, or could be, vegetarian with a tiny bit of flare.....thinking socca, salade nicoise, pissaladiere, tarte aux blettes (savoury or sweet), pizza, polenta, courgette fritters, tapenade....never mind the gorgeous selection of fresh vegetables which strain at the edges of local <i>potagers</i>!!<br />
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It's often much easier to pop over the border to Liguria, Italy where at least you can be sure of a plate of home made pasta, with, if you are really lucky a good spicy tomato sauce. <br />
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Come and stay in the Alpes-Maritimes and play - ask for info from <a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/">spacebetween</a> for ideas on the coast and in Italy where your hosts have great friends who cook up a storm - such as Marla and Fab at <a href="http://www.bellabaita.com/">Bella Baita. </a>....<br />
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There's much happening here for the rest of the year - and then there is always the huge filip of the Nice Carnaval and Menton Lemon Festival in February 2015 to get us all going again after the winter.<br />
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The city that never sleeps - well - certainly doesn't go hungry!!!<br />
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For the tenth year running during the last weekend in May - Nice Prom has just hosted a fabulous exhibition of Italian food -<span style="color: #38761d;"> <a href="http://www.italieatable.fr/"><span style="color: lime;">L'Italie a Table!</span></a></span><br />
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Protected from the elements by stylish pavilions a myriad of stalls offer an absolute wealth of the best of Italian food.....come hungry and with your wallet - sparkling wine, artisanal beer, ice cream, wonderful olives, pasta, jarred anchovies, rustic bread, sausage, cheese (including our favourite a round with truffles - yum!).<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Carnivores can thrill at hog roast - for a carnivore who lives with a vegetarian this was heaven!!</b></span><br />
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It's also nice as it doesn't bust your budget - there's copious amounts of food being offered for free to taste, and for example, the mighty slab of pig in bread above is just €3.50 or €5 with a glass of red wine. <br />
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The event runs about 100m along the Prom in the area of the Theatre de Verdure. The pavillions are due to stay in place for other outdoor events throughout the summer months.<br />
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<b>What's not to like?? </b> And WHO said that French cuisine is the best in the world - not me for sure.<br />
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Either stay in Nice - there's plenty of good value hotels - or get up to the mountains just an hour north of Nice for <a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/self-catering-holidays/self-catering-holidays.html">self catering accommodation</a> in the Mercantour National Park- or enjoy a <a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/short-break-walking-holiday-french-riviera-and-the-mercantour-national-park.php">mini break</a> with <a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/">spacebetween</a>.<br />
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Nice airport has just been awarded the accolade of being the top aerial approach in the world.<br />
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The poll was undertaken by Private Fly, who specialise in reservations for private jets. Over 200 airports were taken into consideration - including London, LA and Rio!!<br />
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Apparently voters just loved the sublime beauty, richness of colours and great panorama afforded as they head down into Nice from the west and Saint Tropez or the east over Monaco.<br />
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Get to see the best of the Alpes-Maritimes - get out to the back country and the Mercantour - with <a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/">spacebetween</a>, your resident experts in the "field"!!! <br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Ce partenariat entre le parc Alpha et la réserve biologique des Monts d'Azur a pour objet la mise en place de tarifs préférentiels réservés à leurs clients respectifs.
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Ce partenariat entre le parc Alpha et la réserve biologique des Monts d'Azur a pour objet la mise en place de tarifs préférentiels réservés à leurs clients respectifs.
">A new partnership between the Mercantour's <a href="http://www.alpha-loup.com/index.php">Alpha Wolf Park</a> in Le Boreon and the </span></span><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Ce partenariat entre le parc Alpha et la réserve biologique des Monts d'Azur a pour objet la mise en place de tarifs préférentiels réservés à leurs clients respectifs.
"><a href="http://www.haut-thorenc.com/">Biological Reserve of the Monts d' Azur </a></span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Ce partenariat entre le parc Alpha et la réserve biologique des Monts d'Azur a pour objet la mise en place de tarifs préférentiels réservés à leurs clients respectifs.
">has just been forged. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Ce partenariat entre le parc Alpha et la réserve biologique des Monts d'Azur a pour objet la mise en place de tarifs préférentiels réservés à leurs clients respectifs.
">Alpha - as readers will know - houses wolves from Europe and most recently has taken delivery of three Canadian wolves (pictured above). </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="La Réserve des Monts d'Azur, une terre de liberté
">The Monts d' Azur Reserve is just 30 minutes from Grasse, near to Thorenc. </span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="La Réserve des Monts d'Azur, une terre de liberté
">It is a huge reserve where guests can explore on foot or in a horse drawn carriage, and get up close and personal to </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Une expérience inédite est proposée aux visiteurs qui peuvent y découvrir et approcher, à pied ou en calèche, bisons d'Europe, cerfs, chevaux de Przewalski, chevreuils, chamois et bien d'autres espèces encore, dont de nombreuses sont rares et protégées.
">European bison, Przewalski
horses, deer, chamois and other species. It's also possible to stay on site and enjoy various "packages" offered by the reserve.</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Une expérience inédite est proposée aux visiteurs qui peuvent y découvrir et approcher, à pied ou en calèche, bisons d'Europe, cerfs, chevaux de Przewalski, chevreuils, chamois et bien d'autres espèces encore, dont de nombreuses sont rares et protégées.
">In the first instance, visitors presenting a proof of purchase from one site will be able to gain a discount off their entry to the other site!!</span></span><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Une expérience inédite est proposée aux visiteurs qui peuvent y découvrir et approcher, à pied ou en calèche, bisons d'Europe, cerfs, chevaux de Przewalski, chevreuils, chamois et bien d'autres espèces encore, dont de nombreuses sont rares et protégées.
"><br /></span></span>
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Une expérience inédite est proposée aux visiteurs qui peuvent y découvrir et approcher, à pied ou en calèche, bisons d'Europe, cerfs, chevaux de Przewalski, chevreuils, chamois et bien d'autres espèces encore, dont de nombreuses sont rares et protégées.
">A great day out for families.</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Une expérience inédite est proposée aux visiteurs qui peuvent y découvrir et approcher, à pied ou en calèche, bisons d'Europe, cerfs, chevaux de Przewalski, chevreuils, chamois et bien d'autres espèces encore, dont de nombreuses sont rares et protégées.
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Une expérience inédite est proposée aux visiteurs qui peuvent y découvrir et approcher, à pied ou en calèche, bisons d'Europe, cerfs, chevaux de Przewalski, chevreuils, chamois et bien d'autres espèces encore, dont de nombreuses sont rares et protégées.
">Accommodation in the Mercantour - <a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/">spacebetween</a> in Berthemont les Bains</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en" style="font-size: x-small;"><span title="Date de publication : 5 mai 2014"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Image - courtesy of Alpha wolf park</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>THANKS TO THE NEW
NICE PROMENADE AND WORKS AT THE RAILWAY STATION</u></b></div>
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STATION COMING NORTH TO SAINT MARTIN VESUBIE – NOTE THAT THE STOP AT THE NICE
RAILWAY STATION IS NOW ON THE MAIN ROAD ABOUT 50M TO THE WEST OF THE RAILWAY
STATION!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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DEPARTURE STOPS FOR ALL BUSSES (I.E. the 100 service HEADING TO MONACO) TO MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE UP TO DATE INFO.</b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">More bus services in the
Vesubie – from MAY 15<sup>TH</sup> 2014…</span></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>730 line</u></b> </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>http://www.lignesdazur.com/reservation/text/730.pdf</u></b></div>
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Additional buses </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SOUTH BOUND TO NICE</b></div>
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Tuesdays and Fridays <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at 8:30 am and 3:20 p.m. from St Martin
Vésubie </div>
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MARTIN VESUBIE</b></div>
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11:55 and 4:20 p.m. from Plan du Var (Catch the 59 service
from Nice) http://www.lignesdazur.com/ftp/lignes_FR/Ligne%2059%20%28au%2012%2003%2014%29.pdf</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>SUMMER SHUTTLE BUS BETWEEN BELEVDERE AND
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>June 14 to September
14, 2014), on Saturdays and Sundays for the months of June and September, and
Fridays, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saturdays, Sundays and holidays
for the months of July and August.</div>
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liz lordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568524016932572397noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914723361354665012.post-12409918200012143732014-04-07T04:49:00.000-07:002014-04-07T04:55:58.602-07:00WOLVES - and wildlife holidays in France<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WHO is afraid of the big bad wolf????</span> </span></b></span></div>
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From April 2014, for the new spring season, there are three new
residents in Alpha, the wolf park near to Saint-Martin-Vésubie, in the Mercantour National Park, France.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Hoona</b></span>,
<span style="color: red;"><b>Healy</b></span> and <span style="color: red;"><b>Galena</b></span> arrived at <a href="http://www.alpha-loup.com/">Alpha</a> last Tuesday - long legged, short eared and granite eyed they are a very different "kettle of fish" to the current incumbents of the wolf park. They are easily distinguishable - Hoona, with fur black enough strike fear into the heart of anyone who enjoys the myth of the wolf, Galena with a small white "goatee" under her chin, and Healy with a white patch on her chest.<br />
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This handsome trio of Canadian wolves, brought in from Mulhouse in Eastern France are about a year old, and have been introduced as part of the continuous development of Alpha, according to <u>Sophie Barberis</u>, Deputy Director of the Alpha Park. A facility such as this certainly has <span style="color: red;">"teeth"</span>, being based on the perimeter of the Mercantour National Park in larch forest at about 1500m, where despite the current warm temperatures - there is still snow to mess around in.<br />
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Official opening this weekend - April 12th - and apparently if you say CANADA to reception on arrival - you may get a surprise!! </div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>For more details </b></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.alpha-loup.com/">Alpha Wolf Park</a> - Le Boreon - Saint Martin Vesubie. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alpha-Le-Parc-des-Loups-du-Mercantour/125307607499690?fref=ts">Facebook</a></div>
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<b><u>Accommodation and holidays</u></b><br />
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<a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/">spacebetween</a> - self catering accommodation in Berthemont les Bains (25 minutes away), <a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/walking-holiday-searching-for-wolves-in-the-mercantour-national-park.php">walking holidays</a> and adventure holidays in the Mercantour, France.<br />
Wolf watching holiday with late availability on April 22nd and May 15th. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Spacebetween-Walking-Adventure-Holidays/164932022367?fref=ts">Facebook</a></div>
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<b><u>Restos</u></b><br />
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Good eating near by at <a href="http://www.realite-virtuelle.net/restaurant/le_boreon_alpha_loup/fr/index.php">"O a la Bouche"</a> - open all day but not in the evenings<br />
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<b><u>Accommodation</u></b><br />
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Chalet accommodation in Le Boreon - <a href="http://www.arberc.com/">L'Arberc</a><br />
Chambre d'hote accommodation - <a href="http://www.grand-chalet.com/">Grand Chalet</a> - in Valdeblore (20 minutes away)<br />
Gite d'etape - <a href="http://www.giteduboreon.com/">Gite du Boreon</a> in Le Boreon <br />
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<b><u>Activities</u></b><br />
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<a href="http://www.horseandventures.com/">Horse riding</a> with Denis Longfellow from the middle of June to end September<br />
Fishing - season just started, snow shoeing at altitude, fantastic walking and climbing! <br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Images courtesy of Alpha </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With <a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/" target="_blank">spacebetween</a> in the Mercantour now offering flexible activity holidays which allow you to enjoy their comfortable accommodation in Berthemont les Bains - plus choose to add on transport and food - and then select what you want to do - this card is another great bonus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your hosts <a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/" target="_blank">spacebetween</a> currently checkin' out how they might be able to have some cards available for their guests too - so zero hassle!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some <a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/gite-availability.html#calendar_ibex" target="_blank">availability</a> for the Easter and summer term half term, and summer school holidays. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">spacebetween - berthemont les bains - just an hour north of Nice.</span><br />
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This is the new promenade du Paillon in Nice - a wonderful green lung in the heart of Nice - (runs parallel to the sea two or three blocks inland. Lovely for strolling on a Sunday morning with the kids - there are also some superbly designed childrens' playgrounds <i>en route - </i>or - play at being a big kid yourself by dodging in and out of the rythmic fountains!!!<br />
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A short video<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7GhbeM1hZM"> here</a> to give you a good flavour for it.<br />
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While you are taking a turn before a welcome coffee and croissant break, or socca and a rose (with an accent!) - also head to the Quai des Etats-Unis where a (smallish!) replica of the<a href="http://www.nicematin.com/nice/le-quai-des-etats-unis-et-sa-statue-de-la-liberte-inaugures-samedi-a-nice.1602638.html"> Statue of Liberty </a>now graces the quai, looking hopefully out to sea.<br />
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No time like the present to enjoy the lovely spring weather down here in the Alpes-Maritimes - a perfect holiday break in France - use the knowledge of your resident experts in the Mercantour - Liz and Mel of <a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/">space-between</a> - and watch out for their new website just after Valentine's Day!!! Enjoy some time on the coast enjoying the Nice Carnaval or Menton Lemon Festival (both from mid February), or even the Mimosa festival in Cannes-Mandelieu before taking some time out in the snow in the Mercantour - a National Park just an hour north where there is an abundance of the white stuff currently and plenty of wolves and other beasties getting ready to awaken from their winter slumbers.<br />
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Liz Lord and Mel Jones - <a href="http://www,space-between.co.uk/">spacebetween</a> - self catering accommodation plus walking and adventure holidays in the Mercantour - France.<br />
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www.space-between.co.ukliz lordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568524016932572397noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914723361354665012.post-25814365455961450812013-12-12T04:35:00.000-08:002013-12-12T04:35:05.989-08:00Nick Danziger - living in the Alpes-Maritimes<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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travel to three or four continents a year, covering locations from furnace-like
deserts to teeming mega-cities. I spend too much time at 30,000 feet, but once
I am home I am in one of the most beautiful corners of the world. As I look out
of my window in the South of France, I can see the beginning of the
Mediterranean Alps. Within an hour and a half, my family can trek to unspoilt
wilderness areas, walking on to picnic by a lake in an amphitheatre of
mountains. Trekking along the border between France and Italy means every
picnic is a feast of </span></i><span style="line-height: 115%;">pain de campagne</span><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and </span></i><span style="line-height: 115%;">bresaola</span><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">, coated in olive oil and
lemon, with olives, cheese and wine. We trek in all seasons, which offers us
clear blue Mediterranean skies in summer, blankets of descending mist in
autumn, snow in winter, and crisp but usually dry weather in spring. If we are
lucky we will spot a chamois or ibex; they are as curious to watch us as we are
to watch them. It is not just the physical beauty of this place that takes my
breath away, but three elements - home, family and the mountains – that combine
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exaggerating as they have been banging on about the<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Mercantour</b> for the last 10 years……but finally… finally… the unique
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as it is a large area – some 1300 km2 covering six French and Italian parks –
namely the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mercantour</b>, the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Alpi Marittime</b> plus 4 other smaller
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for this project is its geological uniqueness – a visual feast naturally, plus the
great diversity of plant and animal species making it one of the 34
biodiversity "hot spots" on the planet, to say nothing of the
splendid evocative site of <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">the</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Vallee
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liz lordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14568524016932572397noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914723361354665012.post-61602965298673544602013-07-30T02:07:00.000-07:002013-07-30T02:07:36.052-07:00Cool walking in the Mercantour, France - a quick escape to Roya in the Tinee!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Escape from the <b><i>canicule</i></b> - or the carnage, after yesterday's tempests - on the <b>French Riviera</b>!<br />
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The crazy weather this year has created extra special conditions here - the above picture was taken last year looking down on <b>Vignols </b>on our way over to the <b>Refuge de Longon</b> after a day trailing on the impressive sphinx-like <b>Mount Mounier</b>.<br />
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This year - and like an idiot I didn't take the camera - the landscape is just so verdant (much more so than the parched picture above! - and rich with flowers and water pouring every where.<br />
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From the <b>Tinee</b> valley, the village of <b>Roya </b>is just a short, if narrow, drive up the valley. There's not a lot there but there is a welcoming looking gite d'etape - <b><a href="http://www.mavieilleecole.com/">Ma Veille Ecole </a></b>- which has been run by the same family since 2006. We'll be giving it a try soon! <br />
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The <b>GR5 </b>takes you down to a river where picnic tables in the shade looked very inviting. The <b>GR5 </b>winds slowly and non aggressively up through forest so you have plenty of time to catch you breath and enjoy the <b>Alpine flowers</b>. <br />
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You pass an area on the other side of the gurgling water, which is ideal for ice climbing in the winter - although there is now of course the artificial <b>ice tower in Le Boreon</b> in winter months for novices and non novices to have a trial out on before getting into big nature - and also have the security of having a bar next door!!<br />
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The path eventually comes out onto an open valley plain where marmot were scampering around giving us their best warning whistles, apparently oblivious to the 100 or so (yes a 100 or so - it's not a typo!) <b>Griffon vultures</b> which were leisurely circling over head. Straight out of <b>Lord of the Rings</b>.<br />
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As it was hot, we only had half a day, and no real fixed agenda we just pottered about admiring the "micro" stuff - the flowers, butterflies, stunning weird insects, scat (including wolf scat), bone remains ...... and eyeing up possible venues for <b>wild swimming</b>. A delight!!!<br />
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The feel of the terrain is so different from the <b>Vesubie</b>, and we at <b><a href="http://www.space-between.co.uk/">spacebetween</a> </b>are very keen to get some short breaks together so that guests can come an enjoy the mix of some classic <b>GR - Grande Randonnee</b>- walking, some excellent off piste walking and of course the pleasure of being well fed and watered at the end of the day!<br />
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This is still - great walking - only <b>an hour and a half from the Cote D'Azur</b> - (and 50 minutes from us in Berthemont) come and de-stress in the mountains. Rejuvination in a flash.<br />
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And thanks to Leslie Frasier and friends of <b><a href="http://www.leschatsdumercantour.com/">Les Chats du Mercantour </a></b>for the lovely picnic lunch in their field following our wee randonnee. For cat lovers, Leslie does sterling work for wild cats in the Alpes-Maritimes, running sterlisation schemes and a massive re-homing operation for all sorts of beasties. She lives in Saint Etienne de Tinee - if you wished to visit, or foster/adopt cats needing a kind owner.<br />
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<b>Accommodation and walking holiday in the Mercantour National Park and beyond!!</b><br />
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If we can only get away for a short break from the <b>Mercantour</b> at any one time, there could be worse mini escapes in France or Italy, than zooting over the border into Italy!!!<br />
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While Italy is only a stone's throw as the golden eagle flies, we either have to drive down to Nice on the coast, east to Ventimiglia and then twenty minutes north into the boonies, or over to the Roya valley to the western edges of lovely Liguria.<br />
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Great value accommodation can be found in a handful of <i>agriturismos, </i>where<i>, e</i>ven in the summer you can get good B&B accommodation for €30-35 per person per night.<br />
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In comparison to headier prices found near to the coast on the Cote d'Azur or further west in Provence this is a good deal. We opted for the <a href="http://www.alpagan.it/">Al Pagan,</a> which is just outside the small village of Pigna.<br />
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There are six cutely named apartments in the house which has a lovely eyrie position with splendid views over to the village of Baiardo - the driveway is not for the faint-hearted but it's do-able.<br />
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You'll receive a hearty welcome from Roberto and Elisa and the cats and dog. We were pleased to enjoy wine from their neighbouring vineyard and delicious fresh fruit and vegetables from their own veg patch.<br />
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We'd had a home cooked and rather belly busting lunch in <i>La Posta</i> in the middle of sleepy Pigna - rather overwhelmed by the delicious, but just too difficult to resist, plate of "nibbles" (ho ho!) and the home made pasta. Regrettably (no!) we were obliged to sit and watch the sun go down from our own little garden way above Pigna (see above).<br />
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