Barcelonnette (Ubaye Valley)
September 15, 2007
Drive: (approx. 6 hours driving round trip from Nice) ( Circuit #5 in the green Michelin Alpes du Sud)
(September 12, 13 2007) We had heard about the town of Barcelonnette in the context of its history with Mexico. At the beginning of the 19th century, two brothers left the family textile mill and headed to Louisiana and then to Mexico, where they opened a fabric store.
The emigres prospered and more French came from the Ubaye region until they had more than 100 fabric stores in Mexico.WWI saw many of the emigres return to fight for France, and most returned to their native soil by the 1950’s and built sumptuous villas in Barcelonnette and Jausiers. Read the rest of this entry »
Le Refuge de Longon – Parc Mercantour
June 27, 2007
On June 22, 2007, six of us left Beuil (1,442 m) in Bruno’s van and drove over the winding Col de la Couillole (1,678 m) to the tiny old perched village of Roubion. We went through its very narrow streets and through a hole in the rock behind it which led to a one lane unpaved hillside road through woods. Read the rest of this entry »
