| Closeup view of the Promenade. Louisa wrote: “All the fashionable world at Nice may be seen on the Promenade des Anglais--a charming place, for the wide walk, bordered with palms, flowers, and tropical shrubs, is bounded on one side by the sea, on the other by the grand drive, lined with hotels and villas, while beyond lie orange orchards and the hills.” The Promenade, by the way, was where Laurie hooked up with Amy in Little Women, after Jo had rejected his proposal. |
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