Sunrise out of Italy - # 57/2011
Having been away I don't have any images of Richmond to offer for the time being. So, from Menton, thanks to the well-oriented balconies of the excellent Hotel Napoleon, here is an image of the dawn rising out of Italy. Already, Genoa and Ventimiglia, behind the headland are bathed in morning light. The dawn is breaking over France and the town of Menton. For a few minutes the sky is liquid gold. The border is formed by the mountains as they form the headland sweeping down the sea, all nice and neat, to divide Italy from France. The road and railway to Italy must pass through the tunnel.
I remember Genoa and Ventimiglia from a visit to Italy back in 1987. That is a long time ago now.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course, the stretch of railway line between Menton and Ventimiglia became famous a couple of days after this photo was taken, when the French stopped a train containing lots of people the Italians didn't want - allegedly
ReplyDelete@Richard.....and in the Day of the Jackal film/book, the wicked English assassin crosses at Ventigmiglia and the alert police recognise him. It's clearly Ventimiglia crossing in the film - they haven't faked it. It's changed a bit, but the essentials are still clear.
ReplyDeleteThere's an upper border too - not thru a tunnel. That's how I got home from a demonstration taking place on the lower border (the one you describe). I simply turned around, drove back to Latte (the village just before Ventimiglia) and got back to Menton via the upper route - so it's not just the tunnel.
ReplyDeleteHôtel NAPOLEON ????!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAh oui, l'Italie est à l'est de la France et Menton est dans l'est de la France...