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Although ultimately a victor in World Wars I and II, France suffered extensive losses in its empire, wealth, manpower, and rank as a dominant nation-state. Nevertheless, France today is one of the most modern countries in the world and is a leader am... [read more]
Although ultimately a victor in World Wars I and II, France suffered extensive losses in its empire, wealth, manpower, and rank as a dominant nation-state. Nevertheless, France today is one of the most modern countries in the world and is a leader am... [read more] Blog: The French Riveria: From the sublime to the abject
Date: April 28th 2008
Day 6: Nice First impressions are so often the right ones; they give a real instinctual grasp of something before thought and reason take over. And so it proved with Nice. As I noted in my last dispatch (which was quite a while ago, but more on that latter), Nice and the French Riviera combined the sublime and the abject in remarkable proximity. First, the sublime. The most notable of this ... read more
Date: April 28th 2008
Day 6: Nice First impressions are so often the right ones; they give a real instinctual grasp of something before thought and reason take over. And so it proved with Nice. As I noted in my last dispatch (which was quite a while ago, but more on that latter), Nice and the French Riviera combined the sublime and the abject in remarkable proximity. First, the sublime. The most notable of this ... read more
