"French Ideal of Bicycle-Sharing Meets Reality" - NYTimes.com

We now have this program here in Nice, and one can rent a bike at the food of Mont Boron. I have not seen any similar report of what the experience has been here from utlization to theft - it was launched only in July of this year.

Globalazur

A new real estate agency on Mont Boron.

Nice Le Port - the Port of Nice - the area surrounding Residence Port Nicea

Airplanes

If Mt Boron were not here, airplanes arriving at Nice Airport - when the winds make it best to land from the east - would fly directly overhead. But we have a noise abatement program in place, and most airplanes comply by zigging to the south before zagging north and west again in order to get to the runway. We are close enough to the planes that we can make out which airline each is. If we see one clearly flying as though we were not here, to whom can we complain?

Recycling

We have an excellent recylcing program here. They pick up from a designated cart that they give each of us - once a week.

What they don't pick up and what cannot be dropped off any place that I have found are plastic bags and office papers. I have asked why not, and am still waiting for an answer.

English readers with an interest in Mont Boron?

I wonder how many English readers there may be with an interest in, or connection to, Mont Boron. I am writing this in English, but probably need a version francaise. Or at least regular posts en francais. I will consider doing so.

Improvements!

Not only are we finally getting a sewer line in front of our house - to which we soon should be able to connect, but it looks like we may be getting a new water line as well. A crew is digging up the Route Forestiere from Col de Villefranche and laying new pipe.

Alas, this means that bus service is interrupted for most of each day until 15 Nov.

And one more - we seem to be getting a new parcours of exercise stations! We have long had one here but it had fallen into disuse and general distress. Now a new set of stops seem to be emerging in the forest and I surely look forward to tackling all that I can when it is finished.

WebTimeMedias - Un espace vert sur le parking Sulzer !

The Riviera Ports: Cannes, Nice, Villefranche and Golfe du Juan along side the Côte d’Azur proposes leisure boating, yachting and Mediterranean cruises. Travel also to Corsica from the port of Nice.

"Ukraine Will Not Allow Adoption Proposed by Elton John" - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

"Elton John Wants to Adopt Ukrainian Toddler" - NYTimes.com

"Rental Bikes In France Popular With Vandals" - NPR

Lots to be learned in Nice from the experiences in Paris and Lyon.....

"Property overseas: chill wind on Cap Ferrat" - Telegraph

Fortunately, this is not Mont Boron, only within view from Mont Boron!

"In Europe, Hostels Branch Out From Young Backpackers" - NYTimes.com

The Team Côte d'Azur Newsletter - Invest in Côte d’Azur

French Architect Has Designs On Vegas Desert : NPR

Vivre les villes

It's too bad that there do not seem to be any Mont Boron events scheduled these three days.

Telephone pole plan?

What is the plan for telephone poles on Mt Boron? As they bury more and more wires, the telephone wires seem to be the only ones that remain. Why have they not been buried too? I would expect that the poles would all be transformed into street lights, no, with no wires hanging from them? That said, it surely is sad to see the vandalism near Mt Alban where the relatively new street lights have been destroyed and are hanging in a couple of cases in pieces.

Nouvel's 'Exuberance' Rewarded with Pritzker : NPR

Jean Nouvel - Pritzker Prize - Architecture - New York Times