A Day at the Beach ~ Nice, France



Snapping candids when I travel is a true passion of mine. While I know these photos are not the photos that people are looking to hang in their homes, I post them simply because I love them.

I call these photos "random people pics" and always look forward to finding someone, or even a group, that truly represent the feel of the place. My first academic love was anthropology, perhaps that explains the passion for my random people pics and for travel (or perhaps my love for travel fostered my love for anthropology). I feel that looking through my collection of candids will give the viewer a true sense of my experience in each place.

This couple could not have been a more perfect representation for my first trip to Nice. With another trip to this amazing city coming up in a few weeks, I have found myself reviewing photos from my previous trip and this couple keep coming to mind. My first trip to Nice was with a few of my middle school students. Some of these students had never spent much time away from their parents, few had ever flown, and only one had ever been out of the country. Having the ability to show them things they had never seen and give them an experience they will never forget was priceless. Another of my favorite photos from this trip happened just after this photo - my students were definitely intrigued by this couple, their clothing, their story, but then we stepped onto the beach. Unlike most of the beaches on the Cote d'Azur, Nice has a beach completely made of stones - no sand. My students were amazed and I so enjoyed watching them learn. I think this photo of my students captures the entire purpose of that trip - and of travel in general.  ~Enjoy