"I often
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 pain de campagne and bresaola, 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
to give me the greatest of all possible pleasures".
Nick Danziger
From Lonely Planet Magazine - May 2010
Your Mercantour hosts - www.space-between.co.uk
Image - view of Argentera - 3400m
