I love looking at the sea from my apartment. Most days it is a deep iridescent blue fringed with white surf, other days if the wind is up or after a storm, it is a swirling dark grey watery mass looking angry. it is always changing, always alive and fascinating . In early morning a fishing boat can often be seen checking its nets after a night's fishing before taking its catch to the market in the Cours Saleya. In the distance you can sometimes see a large cruise ship making its way to the deep harbour in Villefranche, or the ferry on its way to Corsica.
There is always an endless parade of joggers of all ages, some quick, some slow, dressed in an array of multi-coloured clothing, rollerbladers, cyclists or just 'promenaders' taking a daily constitutional. There is no need to go to the cinema or watch the TV when the continuous parade outside the window provides such never-ending free entertainment.
The fundamental reasons why Nice and its surrounding area attracted so many artists throughout the centuries, the light, the colours, the air, still remain to be discovered and appreciated by all.