Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Menton then and now


We mentioned the New York Times long term day by day bestsellers in the previous post.  We don't know who New Zealand's international all time best-selling author is, but it is probably Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), certainly she is the most famous.

A city that she spent a significant part of her life in was Menton on the French Riveria close to Italy, probably because of its climate and that it had a large number of British ex-pats living there.

Today there is an Avenue Katherine Mansfield in Menton which begins near the harbour, passes under the the railway line and twists up the hillside a little distance, see Google streetview below.  The above aerial photo is from the survoldefrance.fr website.


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