Photos II: South we go!

[selenak]

Same warning as before: dial-up folk beware!





Within the Tessin. Anyone who bathes in this beauty of a river is crazy, because of the currents.



...but it sure looks magnificent from above!



Ascona at the Lago Maggiore



More of same.



Portofino in Italy



Where perfume comes from. A rose field near Grasse, and next door to our bed & breakfeast. Vive la France!



Villa of the Rothschild sister


Her Spanish Garden. Ay me, Alhambra!



That woman sure knew how to live.



Monument erected to praise Augustus. Show off.



...and my favourite part of the Cote (to drive at), when the rocks change to red.


Next time, same channel: Sanary and French Switzerland!

Comments

[kathyh]

More wonderful photographs (and what glorious weather you had). I've never been to that part of Switzerland, Italy or France and you're certainly tempting me!

[selenak.livejournal.com]

It's so worth travelling to and through. And yes, we were ever so lucky with the weather. Guess what? Today it's cloudy and cold, now I'm in Bamberg...

[smashsc.livejournal.com]

I love the color repetition you got in that last picture. The limitless depth of field really works in your favor in the photo and red really pulls the eye from the rocks in the middleground to the rooftops in the background and then the red bush (I guess it is a bush) in the foreground.
Beautiful.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

All praise is due to the photographer, i.e. my Aged Parent, who is really quite splendid in this and other regards. Also, yes, it's a bush.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

The rocks in the Esterel change to red because they contain bauxite - it's one of the few places in Metropolitan France to have it. I think it's even mined somewhere, or at least it was 30 years ago.

Can you do anything (stay, eat?)at villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, or just visit? And is the furniture/art stuff interesting?

[selenak.livejournal.com]

You can eat there, shop the usual sightseeing stuff, but not stay. And yes, the furniture and art is interesting. She was quite in the habit of buying an entire castle just to get one painting or sculpture she fancied.

Oh, btw: She renamed the House "Ile de France". After her favourite boat, mind.*g*