France, October 2019, Album 8

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France, October 2019, Album 8


France photos, (8) Museum touring, October 2019


Lora took all these photos of our trip in France (24 Sept to 2 Nov 2019)

These photos were at a Matisse Chapel in Vence (a bus ride from downtown Nice), and a side trip to Ventimiglia (Italy), which was a fairly short train ride from Nice.


(I took over 2 hours of videos of France.

And I wrote a summary of our trip.  Those can be found on my Vacation Stories website

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/vacation-stories

Inside the PDF of those topics, are links to videos of the trip.)


After our 8-day Backroads Biking Trip, we met with another “just retired” couple, 

and we started a 1-month tour of France, with special attention to museums.


During the first 2 weeks, we toured Paris, Lyon, and Avignon.  

In the last 2 weeks in France, we stayed in a hotel in Nice. 

And we did some side trips, usually getting there by trains.


We typically got around in France, using trains.  

We had all obtained a  “Eurail Pass” in advance of our trip.


We finally returned to Paris, and then flew home by 2 November.


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To see my videos of France, see these two links.


https://vimeo.com/371783554

France — Biking and River Cruise with Backroads, 2019


https://vimeo.com/371799349

France — Art Museums, from Paris to Nice, 2019



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Clarifications of captions from some of the photos.


9.  The artist, Matisse, and the sister who helped him recover from a serious illness.


After his recovery, at age 72, he felt like he had been given a second life.

Matisse eventually decides to build a chapel for the Dominican nuns.

He spends 4 years on the design of the project.

Matisse died at age 84, a couple years after completion of the chapel.


39.  We took a day trip from Nice (France), via a train ride, to just inside Italy, to Ventimiglia. 29 October.


40.  One of our first stops in Ventimiglia was a food market. Lora was most impressed by the variety of vegetables and produce. (Likely because most of our meals in France had a minimal selection of fruits and vegetables.)


Ventimiglia (Italy).   To add to the geographic confusion, the French spell this town "Vintimilli"

1. A hillside in Vence (France), which is just a bus ride to that suburb of Nice, France.jpg
10. View of Vence, from the museum next to the Matisse chapel..jpg
11. Examples of vestments that Matisse designed.jpg
12. Examples of vestments that Matisse designed.jpg
13. vestments that Matisse designed.jpg
14. vestments that Matisse designed.jpg
15. vestments that Matisse designed.jpg
16. vestments that Matisse designed.jpg
17. Image of the chapel, as seen in a video.jpg
18. Image of the chapel, as seen in a video.jpg
19. Image of the chapel, as seen in a video.jpg
2. This was our destination, a chapel designed by the artist, Matisse..jpg
20. Image of the chapel, as seen in a video.jpg
21. Image of the chapel, as seen in a video.jpg
22. Matisse, self-drawing.jpg
23. Image of the chapel, as seen in a video.jpg
24. Matisse, in his work area.jpg
25. Matisse drawings of his design.jpg
26. Matisse, at work.jpg
27. Matisse, at work.jpg
28. Designs of Matisse.jpg
29. Matisse and his designs.jpg
3. roof of the Matisse chapel, in Vence, France.jpg
30. Designs of Matisse.jpg
31. Designs of Matisse.jpg
32. Drawing of Matisse.jpg
33. The sign says "no photography inside the chapel".jpg
34. Ok. This is a photo OUTSIDE the chapel..jpg
35. Ok. This is a photo OUTSIDE the chapel. .jpg
36. Drawing of Matisse.jpg
37. Matisse at work.jpg
38. Art work of Matisse .jpg
39. We took a day trip from Nice (France), via a train ride, to just inside Italy, to Ventimiglia.jpg
4. Cross on the chapel roof..jpg
40. One of our first stops in Ventimiglia was a food market..jpg
41. Ventimiglia (Italy) food market.jpg
42. Ventimiglia (Italy) food market.jpg
43. fountain in Ventimiglia (Italy). The French spell this town "Vintimilli".jpg
44. just 4 blocks from the train station, was this walking bridge over a river.jpg
45. park, with unusual trees in Ventimiglia.jpg
46. scenery in Ventimiglia.jpg
47. walking bridge over a river, in Ventimiglia.jpg
48. scenery in Ventimiglia.jpg
49. Memorial to war dead, in Ventimiglia, overlooking the Mediterranean sea..jpg
5. Entrance to the Matisse Chapel.jpg
50. Having a noon meal, in Ventimiglia (Italy).jpg
51. Having a noon meal, in Ventimiglia (Italy).jpg
6. Entrance to the Matisse Chapel .jpg
7. The artist, Matisse.jpg
8. The artist, Matisse, in the chapel he designed.jpg
9. The artist, Matisse, and the sister who helped him recover from a serious illness.jpg
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