Bancs à rayures / Benches with stripes

Ces petits bancs bizarres sont en ligne sous les pergolas, à droite de l'image. Ils permettent à une seule personne de s'assoir, ne sont pas confortables car faits de lattes en bois séparées les unes des autres, et ils sont trop hauts pour que la plupart des gens puissent mettre les pieds par terre. Et pourtant, ce sont bien des bancs!..
(Au fond, le joli petit musée d'histoire de Menton)

You can find them on the first picture, on the right, under the pergolas.

They are strange:

Too large for one, too short for two. Uncomfortable , because of those kinds of planks which with they are made. And when you sit on them, they are too high, and your feet don't touch the floor anymore.

Anyway, they are real benches!...
(In the deep of the picture, the pretty little museum of history of Menton)

L'autre côté de la baie /The other side of the bay

Banc de fast-food international /In ternational fast-food bench

Vue sur la baie /View on the bay

Bancs du Musée Jean Cocteau /Benches at Jean Cocteau Museum

Jean Cocteau was a famous and complete french artist of the XXe century.He wrote poetry, novels and theater, made movies as director and as actor,was a fine painter and drawer, worked on pottery, walls, ..

As he liked to come in south of France, there are many places where He left some pieces of his work. He often decorated churches, town-houses...The drawings you can see under the three arches were made by Jean Cocteau.

Bancs aux citrons /Benches with lemons

La culture du citron est ancestrale à Menton. C'est pourquoi il est souvent utilisé comme élément de décoration.
Lemons are a typical product of the town of Menton. That's why it is often used in decorations.

Vue sur Menton /View on Menton

(Deux semaines avant la tempête...)

(Two weeks before the storm..)

Bancs de la route barrée /Benches of the closed road

Généralement, pour aller de France en Italie, on prend la route du bord de mer. Mais aujourd'hui, elle était coupée à cause de la tempête.En élargissant la dernière photo, vous pourrez voir pourquoi les vagues rendaient l'endroit dangereux...

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To drive fron France to Italy, one's supposed to take the sea side road.But today, this road was closed because of the storm. If you enlarge the last picture, you'll see why the waves made the road dangereous today...