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Published: August 13th 2008
Nice:
I am not sure why the French are labeled as rude. We have not found that to be the case. In some obvious ways, the south of France reminds me of Southern California where I lived for many years. The climate is dry and sunny and the hills above the coastal towns have exposed rock and limited foliage during our visit in the late summer.
The French love the beaches, the sun, ca...
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Steve Wight
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playground of Russian oligarchs
Today's edition of the french newspaper Le Monde was all abuzz over the purchase by some unnamed russian oligarch of an estate near Nice (somewhere on the cape between Nice and Monaco) for 300 to 500 million Euros. The mayor of Nice commented that would be most of the city's annual budget. So are the russians actually annexing Nice as the fear mongering papers suggest? Did you even encounter any expat russians in the Nice nightlife?