Episode 36: Le Train Bleu, the French Riviera, Monaco, Nice, and the Grand Vacation Continues…
Next Instalment from the Padova to Paris Journey Podcast Series - Part 12
Welcome to Episode #36
The grand adventure continues down the coastline of the French Riviera as we take a day to explore the world of Monaco and later in the day the Promanade des Anglais in Nice. It’s a big day, but a great adventure. Enjoy!
“The glinting Mediterranean stretched off in the distance, and now the palm trees, beaches, and over built coastline of the Côte d’Azur loomed suddenly into view: Cannes…Juan-les-Pins…Antibes…and then Nice”
The pretty facades of the villas just beyond the Palais Rainier / Michelle Johnston
Shownotes:
My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud’Homme
Provence 1970: M.F.K Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste by Luke Barr
French Riveria and Its Artists: Art, Literature, Love, and Life on the Cote D’Azur by John Baxter - excellent book for understanding many of the wonderful details I have mentioned today, detail from the French newspaper Le Figaro, was from this book.
A Journey into Matisse’s South of France by Laura McPhee
Palais Princier - Monaco - Cote d’Azur
Grace of Monaco (film, 2014) Directed by Olivier Dahan and written by Arash Amel, starring Nicole Kidman, set in Monaco.
Podcast Land: A Writer in Italy #28 La Suburba , Genova - A small mention about the detail of the Republic of Genoa and the powerhouse it was in the 11th and 12th Centuries in particular, up until the 18th Century.
Podcast History Lesson: A History of Italy by Mike Corradi
Inside Gare de Nice - Ville
Place Messena and the Italianate Porticos, the heart of old and new in the city of Nice, France, and a little of historic Italy, once upon a time Nice was a part of the Italian Pensinsula….
Beach life in Nice / Place Beau Rivage / Photo Credit - Richard Johnston
Music Composed by Richard Johnston
The Chantecler - Across from Promanade des Anglais in Nice, perhaps I stay there next!
“Rumurs began to spread throughout Paris that Matisse had become the hedonist of the Riviera - living a life of luxury; painting his young, half-clad lovers in provocative poses; callously indifferent to the physical and emotional suffering of his wife: and unconcerned with the impending war. Meanwhile, in Nice, Matisse continued to rise at dawn, adore to his regimented schedule, and push forward with his work. It was the work, after all, that mattered.”
Laura Mc Phee - A Journey into Matisse’s South of France
Copyright 2021, Michelle Johnston
All Artwork and Podcast Material
“Going to sleep in a country of mist and grey skies, then waking up the next day to visions of light and sunny places where one breathes a fragrant air this poetic dream can indeed come true if you take the new lightening speed train that the Paris - Lyon - Mediterranee Company has just created with Monte Carlo as its destination”
Le Figaro, detail from the book: