Hi-Tech Healthcare – Santé haute technologie

I went to see a new radiographer today and was amazed at the hi-tech reception system that the mainly retired population seemed to be dealing with rather well. First you insert you medical card (called a carte vitale) and then you select why you are there. You get a ticket accompanied by an awful phone …

Winter Walk – Promenade d’hiver

We seem to be having a very mild winter this year. The temperature has rarely gone below freezing and not a single snowflake. We might well be cycling again next month! L’hiver semble très doux cette année avec peu de jours où la température est négative et aucun signe de neige. Le mois prochain verra …

Chaumont Water Tower – Château d’Eau à Chaumont

The reservoir (also known as the “water tower”) was built at the time the estate of Chaumont was acquired by Prince Henri-Amédée de Broglie before the arrival of the landscape architect Henri Duchêne. The architect later turned it to good advantage, surrounding it with a copse of trees and bushes.  In those days, the water tower’s …

Wattle at the market – Mimosa au marché

What the French call mimosa is a type of wattle indigenous to southeastern Australia that has been widely introduced in the Mediterranean. It certainly brightens up winter. Le mimosa est peut-être le symbole de la Côte d’Azur il est originaire du sud-est d’Australie. Ses belles fleurs jaune réchauffe bien l’hiver.