The Port area of Nice

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zaterdag 13 oktober 2007 16:20 door Jack Vanderwyk

The Port of Nice (also called Port Lympia); a view from the Tour Belanda on the hill called Chateau, which separates the Port from Vieux Nice.
The Port was built in 1672, by Count Amadeo de Castellamonte. It was only a small lagoon at the time. In 1761 the Port was expanded.

Luxury yachts and their owners took possession of the Port and its surroundings. Nowadays less than ten professional fishermen use the Port as the basis for their little boats.
The airport of Nice is the place where the most fish comes in; from Canada, Norway and Australia.

The Port, with the Chateau in the background. Behind the Chateau is Vieux Nice.

Huge ferries, like this one based in Genova, Italy, come to Nice daily, to pick up passengers and their cars.

The Port area, as viewed from the Museum of Contemporary Arts. In the circle: the penthouse apartment of my good friend Jean, from Liverpool. As you can see, the work on the Tramway is not finished yet.

View from Jean's apartment, on Mont Gros and the Observatoire. When the weather is good, she can see the Alps and the snow on top of them.

Interesting for me is this detail: the house belonging to the family of my former girlfriend, the Dutch baroness. With Jean's binoculars I can see the house where I used to stay with her for four months each year, from 1976 to 1984.
It's so good to be back here.

I took this picture of the Port area from the Matisse Museum in the Cimiez area.

The beautiful banana tree in the courtyard of Jean's apartment building. Isn't life just wonderful?

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8reacties

Mo 13-10-2007 17:04

Mooie foto's Jaap! Instead of a banana tree heb ik net honderd bloembollen geplant:-))

Maar de bananen kunnen hier ook overwinteren tegenwoordig. Stond vanochtend in de krant. Dus die komt eraan!

Jaap van Nieveld Goudriaen 13-10-2007 17:46

Hee die Mo! Thanx! Succes met je bananenboom! :-))

Xta op het punt te vertrekken met een tas vol eten, want vanavond ga ik mixed grill maken in Omar's internetcafé (bijna open) en daarna gaan we de overwinning van Engeland op Frankrijk vieren (zei hij hoopvol). :-))

Mo 13-10-2007 18:59

sinds wanneer geef jij iets om voetbal?

K 13-10-2007 19:23

Dus je gaat er een eet-internet-café van maken?
Dat is best grappig; even soepje, even internetten, even diner, even internetten, even toetje. Zo krijgt een mens de avond om.
Mooie foto's! Ben je zo hoog gewandeld?

laila 13-10-2007 19:32

Nice pictures Japio.
Ik kijk vanavond naar A beautiful Mind met de mooie Russell Crowe:-)

Jaap van Nieveld Goudriaen 13-10-2007 22:48

We won, we fucking won!!!

Europa 25-10-2007 20:51

ah Nice, nostalgia: ik heb er ooit gewoond, was lekker

Jim Hasenaar 24-11-2007 09:59

Bananenbomen zijn zo hoog niet. Het zal familie van de bananenboom zijn. Heb je er al eens benanen in zien hangen?
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