As 2014 draws to a close and everybody is busy with the Holidays, I'll leave you with some images of the magical Christmas illuminations in Nice. The theme this year is Belle Epoque with a magnificent model of the casino on the old pier that used to sit off the Promenade des Anglais taking centre stage. Its placement at the end of the water mirror in the Promenade du Paillon, means that it reflects beautifully on a clear Côte d'Azur night and sparkles out of the mist when the fountains are on. (A little historical aside, Nice used to have an ornate pier, modelled on the famous one in Brighton, England, built in 1882 but it was sadly destroyed during World War Two in 1944.)