Exploring the past of a city is a bit like a criminal investigation

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Azure window, Island of Gozo, Malta

The Azure Window collapsed. A few weeks ago, on 8^th March, the International women’s day, a heavy storm destroyed this natural wonder, the pride of Malta. Yet the media did not make much of it; no big headlines, no lead stories, no spectacular video footage.

Here are a couple of photos of it, seen on a glorious sunny day in October 2016.

 

Nice, FRANCE, wintertime

Forget the snow, the fog and the cold, it is the citrus season here and the clementine trees look beautiful

 

 

LA DEFENSE, FRANCE

 

An Open-Air Museum

Sculpture

 

 

One might argue that this is not the most suitable place for this impressive piece of modern art, but there you have it – after a lengthy restoration, Caro’s “After Olympia” is back at La Defense.
 



You can just make out Calder’s Big Red Spider in the background

Cesar’s 40-feet Thumb has also undergone a major clean-up

 



Before

Only Barrias' “La Defense de Paris”, the most iconic statue of Paris’ business district, still awaits to be placed on its pedestal, its cleaning long since finished.








After

The Peacocks at Bagatelle and their Albino Cousin at Versailles (FRANCE)

 



Showing off

 

 





 
Half albino

 





 

 

Albino peacock at Versailles

(Domain Marie Antoinette)

 

 

 

 

Deauville, FRANCE

Almost 50 years since the creation of the iconic French film Un Homme et une Femme, Deauville still retains its old charm and attracts the rich and the shameless. Les Planches, the wooden-decked promenade with the names of famous actors splashed on the railings of the beach chalets, is as popular as ever, the Marina is busy and the Casino, the luxury Normandy Barriere Hotel and the exclusive shopping district are never short of customers. Only the weather is unreliable, but it doesn’t stop the punters to enjoy the place!

Les Planches de Deauville

Hôtel Normandy Barrière



Port de Plaisance

Fontainebleau, FRANCE

Château de Fontainebleau seen from the Carp Lake

This magnificent palace has been lived in continuously for 7 centuries - since the Capetians until the time of Napoleon III. With 1500 rooms and about 130 acres of parkland, it’s one of the largest of the French Royal châteaux.

At night