online in Nice

Online again, at last - but now living in Nice (see previous blog: http://now-in-paris.blogspot.com) and life is very good. I'm now living in an apartment near the port and the old town - with the lovely one.



In Paris I lived at number 14 in a road where Lenin lived for 6 months, here I live at number 14, in a road a few hundred yards from where Nietzsche lived during his first visit (of about 6) here. Nearby there is a hillside where the first fortified castle was built and which now has Nietzsche's Terrace, from which there are spectacular views of Nice and the sea.



The weather here is wonderful, blue skies most of the time and warm; apparently it's the warmest winter so far since 1950.

The city is in temporary chaos as work on the new tramway blocks many of the main roads and sqaures, but it should be very good when it's finished - catching up with Montpellier's already established tram system.