Finally we took a ride with the Grand roue, or the Ferris wheel in front of the amphitheatre! It cost only 3,50 euros per person, and we were almost the only ones there. Well, not the only ones, as you can figure out from the picture… Anyway, it was so much fun! It went round four times, and the views over the city – at dusk – was so pretty. The pink building at the bottom of the picture is the Arènes… That high we were!
Christmas lights day time. Looks quite different!
This is a typical sight in Christmas season in France. Behind the window there’s a family living, obviously, and the little Santa is still peeking in to see if the children are behaving themselves or not… Well, that’s the santa’s job, throughout the year, actually!
The best Christmas window display in Nîmes is by no means the one of this boulangerie/pâtisserie. Each window is decorated so joyfully and with taste – and all their products look mouthwatering. And that they also are.
You’ll find it at the corner of Place de l’Horloge, look for the green window frames (you won’t miss it). The window in the photo is from the side street, better ones are in front.
Unexpected, don’t you think? But here it is again, as always in Christmas time: the igloo world of Coupoles des Halles department store. The kids love it: the eskimo’s are dancing, and the petit train goes around the seemingly icy world.
A small street leading from Boulevard Gambetta to Halles de Nîmes… or rather the other way, as it’s a one-way street. Anyway, Christmas lights are on. Pretty, isn’t it?
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