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Be on Your Gourd
Spring provides many interesting and idiosyncratic traditions to the fore all over Europe, but perhaps few could make such use of a humble vegetable as the Gourd Festival in Nice.
Held every March (date to be confirmed), this is a time to celebrate the arrival of spring with both culinary and sculptural designs using gourds to the fore.
According to Whatsonwhen, this is also a time when husbands and wives traditionally reproach each other after spending a winter cooped up together.
Apart from the excitement of the versatile vegetable, Nice offers a variety of things to see and do in spring.
The weather is warm and the sea offers scuba diving, sailing and fishing, while the nightlife and entertainment are everything to be expected of a beach resort.
Fashionable Monte Carlo is also just up the coast, while inland lies France's main wine-growing regions.
Nice has plenty of accommodation, including cheap hotels.
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Updated: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:00:00
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