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A week in Nice

February 13, 2020

 

 

Hard to believe nearly a year has passed since I filled my sketchbook with drawings in Nice, and that I’ll be there again in just 12 days time.

Here are some happy memories from February 2019.

Cours Saleya in “Old Nice” a flower market before lunch and bric-a-brac in the afternoon

 

A balustrade in the Chateau Gardens

 

Trees in the Chateau Gardens

 

Nice Harbour, the entrance viewed from the Chateau Gardens

 

 

The Monastery Garden at Cimiez a short walk from where Matisse and Dufy are buried on the hill overlooking the city.

 

A drink before lunch in Place Garibaldi

 

Nice Opera, before the performance of a Sunday family concert of magical harp music by Dohnanyi and Francaix

 

Nice Opera

The Harpists

 

Waiting for the bus by the Old Port

 

Gardens by the Musee Massena

 

Lunch on the Promenade

 

Patterns at Villa Kerylos

 

Pine tree outside Villa Kerylos

 

Towards the mountains and Eze from Port St. Jean

 

Last evening, watching the bay from the blue chairs

This is one of several sketch diaries from in and around Nice.  Can’t wait to get there again and see my friend!