<a href="http://www.paulsmit.biz/features.html">FEATURE</a> (Category: <a href="http://www.paulsmit.biz/features.html#europe">Europe</a> | <a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=_alps_&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserAlbum">Alps</a> | <a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=_france_&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserAlbum">France</a> | <a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=_allseasons_&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserAlbum">all seasons</a> | <a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=_outdoor_&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserAlbum">outdoor</a> | <a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=_hiking_&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserAlbum">hiking</a> | <a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=_mountains_&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserAlbum">mountains</a> | <a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchWords=_coasts_&NickName=paulsmit&searchType=UserAlbum">coasts</a>)<BR><h3><font color="#666666"><i>Southern France: Four Hikes above the Côte d'Azur</i></font><BR></h3><h4><font color="#666666">Hiking amongst fragrant flowers, enjoying an occasional snack of figs, grapes or blackberries, with a view of both the Alps and the coast. Experience the mountainous hinterland of Menton at the Côte d'Azur. <a href="http://www.paulsmit.biz/summaries/mentonnais/mentonnais-e.html"><font color="#666666">Here</font></a> you can read excerpts of this feature.</font></h4> http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2648/2068677_Xdpfv-Ti-1.jpg http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/gallery/59581_vp3Wf/ 2008-02-10T05:51:12Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />'Map of the hikes.' © Peter de Vries. This map is for indication purposes only. It has not my copyright, so I cannot sell you the rights to publish it. However I can bring you into contact ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#2068681_rqYiU" title="'Map of the hikes.' © Peter de Vries. This map is for indication purposes only. It has not my copyright, so I cannot sell you the rights to publish it. However I can bring you into contact ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/MapMentonnaisF/2068681_rqYiU-Th.jpg" width="128" height="150" alt="'Map of the hikes.' © Peter de Vries. This map is for indication purposes only. It has not my copyright, so I cannot sell you the rights to publish it. However I can bring you into contact ..." title="'Map of the hikes.' © Peter de Vries. This map is for indication purposes only. It has not my copyright, so I cannot sell you the rights to publish it. However I can bring you into contact ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:39:37Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/MapMentonnaisF/2068681_rqYiU-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2628] 'Marriage in Menton.' Watching the newly married couple coming out of the église St. Michel in the Old Town of Menton. Photo Paul Smit.</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#252941305_GSAxA" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2628] 'Marriage in Menton.' Watching the newly married couple coming out of the église St. Michel in the Old Town of Menton. Photo Paul Smit."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2628/252941305_GSAxA-Th.jpg" width="94" height="150" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2628] 'Marriage in Menton.' Watching the newly married couple coming out of the église St. Michel in the Old Town of Menton. Photo Paul Smit." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2628] 'Marriage in Menton.' Watching the newly married couple coming out of the église St. Michel in the Old Town of Menton. Photo Paul Smit." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-16T18:40:40Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2628/252941305_GSAxA-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2631] 'Old town of Menton.' The influence of Liguria in Italy reverberates in everything, symbolised by the baroque church towering over the old town centre. But as th ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#2068680_bu2Nm" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2631] 'Old town of Menton.' The influence of Liguria in Italy reverberates in everything, symbolised by the baroque church towering over the old town centre. But as th ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2631/2068680_bu2Nm-Th-1.jpg" width="92" height="150" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2631] 'Old town of Menton.' The influence of Liguria in Italy reverberates in everything, symbolised by the baroque church towering over the old town centre. But as th ..." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2631] 'Old town of Menton.' The influence of Liguria in Italy reverberates in everything, symbolised by the baroque church towering over the old town centre. But as th ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:13:15Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2631/2068680_bu2Nm-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2662] 'Good life in Menton.' Life can be good in Menton. Photo Paul Smit.</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#2068669_dZQZf" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2662] 'Good life in Menton.' Life can be good in Menton. Photo Paul Smit."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2662/2068669_dZQZf-Th-1.jpg" width="97" height="150" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2662] 'Good life in Menton.' Life can be good in Menton. Photo Paul Smit." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2662] 'Good life in Menton.' Life can be good in Menton. Photo Paul Smit." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:17:32Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2662/2068669_dZQZf-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2648] 'Eze above the Côte.' From a distance Eze is the most enchanting 'village littoral' of the Côte d'Azur. Here its roofs are seen from the Exotic Garden, with th ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#2068677_Xdpfv" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2648] 'Eze above the Côte.' From a distance Eze is the most enchanting 'village littoral' of the Côte d'Azur. Here its roofs are seen from the Exotic Garden, with th ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2648/2068677_Xdpfv-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2648] 'Eze above the Côte.' From a distance Eze is the most enchanting 'village littoral' of the Côte d'Azur. Here its roofs are seen from the Exotic Garden, with th ..." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2648] 'Eze above the Côte.' From a distance Eze is the most enchanting 'village littoral' of the Côte d'Azur. Here its roofs are seen from the Exotic Garden, with th ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:28:27Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2648/2068677_Xdpfv-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2714] 'The elm of Gorbio.' The old elm, planted in 1713, is the centre of it all. Except for the boys at night. They gravitate around the local coquette, a teenage BB. ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#2068679_ARLKo" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2714] 'The elm of Gorbio.' The old elm, planted in 1713, is the centre of it all. Except for the boys at night. They gravitate around the local coquette, a teenage BB. ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2714/2068679_ARLKo-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2714] 'The elm of Gorbio.' The old elm, planted in 1713, is the centre of it all. Except for the boys at night. They gravitate around the local coquette, a teenage BB. ..." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2714] 'The elm of Gorbio.' The old elm, planted in 1713, is the centre of it all. Except for the boys at night. They gravitate around the local coquette, a teenage BB. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:05:34Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2714/2068679_ARLKo-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2713] 'Hiker in Gorbio.' Hiker in the perched village of Gorbio in the hinterland of Menton. Photo Paul Smit.</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#252941333_G7z3n" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2713] 'Hiker in Gorbio.' Hiker in the perched village of Gorbio in the hinterland of Menton. Photo Paul Smit."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2713/252941333_G7z3n-Th.jpg" width="98" height="150" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2713] 'Hiker in Gorbio.' Hiker in the perched village of Gorbio in the hinterland of Menton. Photo Paul Smit." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2713] 'Hiker in Gorbio.' Hiker in the perched village of Gorbio in the hinterland of Menton. Photo Paul Smit." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-16T18:43:25Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2713/252941333_G7z3n-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2715] 'Gorbio.' Hiker overlooking the perched village of Gorbio in the hinterland of Menton, just after sunset. Photo Paul Smit.</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#252941366_H4WFB" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2715] 'Gorbio.' Hiker overlooking the perched village of Gorbio in the hinterland of Menton, just after sunset. Photo Paul Smit."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2715/252941366_H4WFB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2715] 'Gorbio.' Hiker overlooking the perched village of Gorbio in the hinterland of Menton, just after sunset. Photo Paul Smit." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2715] 'Gorbio.' Hiker overlooking the perched village of Gorbio in the hinterland of Menton, just after sunset. Photo Paul Smit." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-16T18:39:43Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2715/252941366_H4WFB-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2718] 'Gorbio.' Gorbio, lying on the slopes behind Menton, is one of the most beautiful villages littoral at the Côte d'Azur. And that's saying something, because rea ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#2068678_Yknvk" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2718] 'Gorbio.' Gorbio, lying on the slopes behind Menton, is one of the most beautiful villages littoral at the Côte d'Azur. And that's saying something, because rea ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2718/2068678_Yknvk-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2718] 'Gorbio.' Gorbio, lying on the slopes behind Menton, is one of the most beautiful villages littoral at the Côte d'Azur. And that's saying something, because rea ..." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2718] 'Gorbio.' Gorbio, lying on the slopes behind Menton, is one of the most beautiful villages littoral at the Côte d'Azur. And that's saying something, because rea ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:14:45Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2718/2068678_Yknvk-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2721] 'Examples of karst.' North of the Col de la Madone de Gorbio, the scene shifts from green and rich in flowers to dry and barren. The water as it seeps through ha ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#2068676_bxbSA" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2721] 'Examples of karst.' North of the Col de la Madone de Gorbio, the scene shifts from green and rich in flowers to dry and barren. The water as it seeps through ha ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2721/2068676_bxbSA-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2721] 'Examples of karst.' North of the Col de la Madone de Gorbio, the scene shifts from green and rich in flowers to dry and barren. The water as it seeps through ha ..." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2721] 'Examples of karst.' North of the Col de la Madone de Gorbio, the scene shifts from green and rich in flowers to dry and barren. The water as it seeps through ha ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:33:50Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2721/2068676_bxbSA-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2726] 'High above Menton.' From the Cime de Baudon, the highest point on our walk around Gorbio, the view is even more complete. Now the coastline is also included, wh ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#2068675_uYZvn" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2726] 'High above Menton.' From the Cime de Baudon, the highest point on our walk around Gorbio, the view is even more complete. Now the coastline is also included, wh ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2726/2068675_uYZvn-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="97" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2726] 'High above Menton.' From the Cime de Baudon, the highest point on our walk around Gorbio, the view is even more complete. Now the coastline is also included, wh ..." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2726] 'High above Menton.' From the Cime de Baudon, the highest point on our walk around Gorbio, the view is even more complete. Now the coastline is also included, wh ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:19:10Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2726/2068675_uYZvn-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2728] 'Cime de Baudon.' From the Cime de Baudon, the highest point on our walk around Gorbio, the view is even more complete. Now the coastline is included, with Roque ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#252941410_KkSfu" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2728] 'Cime de Baudon.' From the Cime de Baudon, the highest point on our walk around Gorbio, the view is even more complete. Now the coastline is included, with Roque ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2728/252941410_KkSfu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2728] 'Cime de Baudon.' From the Cime de Baudon, the highest point on our walk around Gorbio, the view is even more complete. Now the coastline is included, with Roque ..." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2728] 'Cime de Baudon.' From the Cime de Baudon, the highest point on our walk around Gorbio, the view is even more complete. Now the coastline is included, with Roque ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-16T18:41:38Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2728/252941410_KkSfu-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2733] 'Fresh figs.' Fresh, ripe figs are a sensual delight, in September waiting for you along the track above Menton. Photo Paul Smit.</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#2068674_jwN9o" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2733] 'Fresh figs.' Fresh, ripe figs are a sensual delight, in September waiting for you along the track above Menton. Photo Paul Smit."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2733/2068674_jwN9o-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2733] 'Fresh figs.' Fresh, ripe figs are a sensual delight, in September waiting for you along the track above Menton. Photo Paul Smit." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2733] 'Fresh figs.' Fresh, ripe figs are a sensual delight, in September waiting for you along the track above Menton. Photo Paul Smit." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:23:00Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2733/2068674_jwN9o-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2732] 'Grapes & blackberries.' Hiking above the Côte d'Azur means enjoying an occasional snack of figs, grapes or blackberries, with a view of both the Alps and the c ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#2068673_Na6ow" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2732] 'Grapes & blackberries.' Hiking above the Côte d'Azur means enjoying an occasional snack of figs, grapes or blackberries, with a view of both the Alps and the c ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2732/2068673_Na6ow-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="97" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2732] 'Grapes & blackberries.' Hiking above the Côte d'Azur means enjoying an occasional snack of figs, grapes or blackberries, with a view of both the Alps and the c ..." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2732] 'Grapes & blackberries.' Hiking above the Côte d'Azur means enjoying an occasional snack of figs, grapes or blackberries, with a view of both the Alps and the c ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:18:31Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2732/2068673_Na6ow-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2731] 'Grapes on our trail.' Are we saving France’s most noble fruit from decay or stealing from someone’s garden? Photo Paul Smit.</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#2068672_VWLXE" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2731] 'Grapes on our trail.' Are we saving France’s most noble fruit from decay or stealing from someone’s garden? Photo Paul Smit."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2731/2068672_VWLXE-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="97" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2731] 'Grapes on our trail.' Are we saving France’s most noble fruit from decay or stealing from someone’s garden? Photo Paul Smit." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2731] 'Grapes on our trail.' Are we saving France’s most noble fruit from decay or stealing from someone’s garden? Photo Paul Smit." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:37:30Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2731/2068672_VWLXE-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2735] 'Blackberries.' Hiking above the Côte d'Azur means enjoying an occasional snack of figs, grapes or blackberries, with a view of both the Alps and the coast. Pho ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#252947244_GUnYN" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2735] 'Blackberries.' Hiking above the Côte d'Azur means enjoying an occasional snack of figs, grapes or blackberries, with a view of both the Alps and the coast. Pho ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2735/252947244_GUnYN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="97" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2735] 'Blackberries.' Hiking above the Côte d'Azur means enjoying an occasional snack of figs, grapes or blackberries, with a view of both the Alps and the coast. Pho ..." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2735] 'Blackberries.' Hiking above the Côte d'Azur means enjoying an occasional snack of figs, grapes or blackberries, with a view of both the Alps and the coast. Pho ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-16T18:38:00Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2735/252947244_GUnYN-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2737] 'Path to the sun.' A late summer sun sweeps over our trail near Sainte Agnès. Photo Paul Smit.</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#2068670_xVhBm" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2737] 'Path to the sun.' A late summer sun sweeps over our trail near Sainte Agnès. Photo Paul Smit."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2737/2068670_xVhBm-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2737] 'Path to the sun.' A late summer sun sweeps over our trail near Sainte Agnès. Photo Paul Smit." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2737] 'Path to the sun.' A late summer sun sweeps over our trail near Sainte Agnès. Photo Paul Smit." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:29:31Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2737/2068670_xVhBm-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2739] 'Floral fragrances.' In June broom is the dominant vegetation above Menton. Its flowers are four times as large as the broom I am familiar with. The smell is big ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#252941433_AJ5wP" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2739] 'Floral fragrances.' In June broom is the dominant vegetation above Menton. Its flowers are four times as large as the broom I am familiar with. The smell is big ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2739/252941433_AJ5wP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="97" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2739] 'Floral fragrances.' In June broom is the dominant vegetation above Menton. Its flowers are four times as large as the broom I am familiar with. The smell is big ..." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2739] 'Floral fragrances.' In June broom is the dominant vegetation above Menton. Its flowers are four times as large as the broom I am familiar with. The smell is big ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-16T18:41:21Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2739/252941433_AJ5wP-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2740] 'Floral fragrances.' In June broom is the dominant vegetation above Menton. Its flowers are four times as large as the broom I am familiar with. The smell is big ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#2068668_ZDu72" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2740] 'Floral fragrances.' In June broom is the dominant vegetation above Menton. Its flowers are four times as large as the broom I am familiar with. The smell is big ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2740/2068668_ZDu72-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="97" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2740] 'Floral fragrances.' In June broom is the dominant vegetation above Menton. Its flowers are four times as large as the broom I am familiar with. The smell is big ..." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2740] 'Floral fragrances.' In June broom is the dominant vegetation above Menton. Its flowers are four times as large as the broom I am familiar with. The smell is big ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:11:39Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2740/2068668_ZDu72-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2743] 'Flowers along the path.' An abundance of flowers along the path in Borrigo valley north of Sainte Agnès in the hinterland of Menton. Photo Paul Smit.</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#252941461_sbi5f" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2743] 'Flowers along the path.' An abundance of flowers along the path in Borrigo valley north of Sainte Agnès in the hinterland of Menton. Photo Paul Smit."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2743/252941461_sbi5f-Th.jpg" width="97" height="150" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2743] 'Flowers along the path.' An abundance of flowers along the path in Borrigo valley north of Sainte Agnès in the hinterland of Menton. Photo Paul Smit." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2743] 'Flowers along the path.' An abundance of flowers along the path in Borrigo valley north of Sainte Agnès in the hinterland of Menton. Photo Paul Smit." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-16T18:40:28Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2743/252941461_sbi5f-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[ITALY.LIGURIA 9986] 'Eco village.' Torri Superiore is one single building, apparently a collection of towers (Torri), creating a maze. It reveals itself as the organisational nerve cen ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#252941486_TPXEL" title="[ITALY.LIGURIA 9986] 'Eco village.' Torri Superiore is one single building, apparently a collection of towers (Torri), creating a maze. It reveals itself as the organisational nerve cen ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/9986/252941486_TPXEL-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="[ITALY.LIGURIA 9986] 'Eco village.' Torri Superiore is one single building, apparently a collection of towers (Torri), creating a maze. It reveals itself as the organisational nerve cen ..." title="[ITALY.LIGURIA 9986] 'Eco village.' Torri Superiore is one single building, apparently a collection of towers (Torri), creating a maze. It reveals itself as the organisational nerve cen ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-16T18:39:04Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/9986/252941486_TPXEL-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[ITALY.LIGURIA 9987] 'Olive harvest.' Near the Ligurian village of Torri olives are being harvested. The nets catching the olives resemble morning fog drifting between the tree trunks. ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#252941518_DurZb" title="[ITALY.LIGURIA 9987] 'Olive harvest.' Near the Ligurian village of Torri olives are being harvested. The nets catching the olives resemble morning fog drifting between the tree trunks. ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/9987/252941518_DurZb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="[ITALY.LIGURIA 9987] 'Olive harvest.' Near the Ligurian village of Torri olives are being harvested. The nets catching the olives resemble morning fog drifting between the tree trunks. ..." title="[ITALY.LIGURIA 9987] 'Olive harvest.' Near the Ligurian village of Torri olives are being harvested. The nets catching the olives resemble morning fog drifting between the tree trunks. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-16T18:40:01Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/9987/252941518_DurZb-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com">Smit & Palarczyk</a><br />[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2748] 'Islands in the clouds.' Crossing the border back into France from Torri in Liguria suddenly I walk above the clouds. Mountain tops and pine forests perch above ...</p><p><a href="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/59581_vp3Wf#2068667_AhSbA" title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2748] 'Islands in the clouds.' Crossing the border back into France from Torri in Liguria suddenly I walk above the clouds. Mountain tops and pine forests perch above ..."><img src="http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2748/2068667_AhSbA-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="97" alt="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2748] 'Islands in the clouds.' Crossing the border back into France from Torri in Liguria suddenly I walk above the clouds. Mountain tops and pine forests perch above ..." title="[FRANCE.COTEDAZUR 2748] 'Islands in the clouds.' Crossing the border back into France from Torri in Liguria suddenly I walk above the clouds. Mountain tops and pine forests perch above ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-06T20:05:52Z Smit & Palarczyk http://paulsmit.smugmug.com http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Southern-France-Four-Hikes/2748/2068667_AhSbA-Th-1.jpg