This was my second trip to France and the first to Southern France. From Delhi I took a Swiss Air flight to Zurich and got a connection to the beautiful city of Nice. Coming out of the airport I saw heavy security deployment outside the airport. In India this is common but unusual for a small French town like Nice. I missed the previous day’s news on Manchester attack as it happened after my flight took off from Delhi. Europe was on high alert and so was Nice. But there was no unnecessary harassment. Everyone in Nice is nice, though communication was an issue for me. I went to the La promenade before my journey to Cannes. This was the same place where an attack took place last year. More than eighty people were killed when an alleged ISIS activist plough through a crowd gathered for Bastille Day celebrations. When I went there preparations for a stage event was on and youngsters and families with children were assembling. Each one had to que up like in India for security frisking to get into the event. The number of policemen\women were less than ten for frisking and it took lot more time than expected for the long que to disappear. Thousands flew down to celebrate cinema every year to this part of the world. But fear rules over all liberal values.