Le Chalit
Travel Blogs from Cannes
Day 16 - The Monte Carlo
... per item not load and that would cost like a weeks accommodation to have clean clothes. We had afternoon tea of macarons on the wharf at the beach. The French man at the macaron place got confused because meg and I ordered after the boys and he said 'I thought the guys bought enough for four' hehe no. Meg an I got three each. I got a vanilla, Nutella and a caramel. Very yummy! Walking back to the hotel locals had set up some stalls selling ...
We return to the ancestral manse
We bid fond farewells to Feelie, Felix, Ina, and Lisa, packed up the car, and drove east. We were headed to St Paul de Vence, where Annie, Emily, and I lived a decade ago. The circuitry that so unerringly remembered The Fox and The Greyhound in Keston wasn't so tuned in to remembering the more recent and more frequently travelled roads to St Paul—both Annie and I would get little flashes of familiarity, but usually by the next roundabout the spark had ...
Day 17
Well I went and slept for 9 hours straight, so quiet and cool in the hotel, brilliant. Apparently Mag didn't sleep quite so good because apparently I snored, as if. it was after 0800 before I even opened my eyes, hallaluja. Got organised slowly and we walked down to a near by cafe for a coffee and crossaint. Back to the hotel and onto the train to Cannes only 15 minutes further south. while waiting for the train a woman with lovely ...
When in Nice.... stay in Nice!
... town now turned into yacht central. I have never seen so many beautiful yachts or businesses catering to yacht owners. There are yacht dealers, yacht insurance companies, yacht “uniform” shops, yacht club bars (literally called this), and of course, the boats themselves. It’s much quiet than Nice or Cannes, definitely where I would keep my yacht and have my yachting buddies, if I were in this circle.
I also had the most wonderful gelato from a ...
Star spotting in Cannes
... celebrities. We had found the final awards night red carpet, not such an impressive achievement considering there was massive amounts of security and people. It was there where we stood and waited in the rain watching the big screen to see who people were and then looking at what we could see of the red carpet (not much) to catch glimpses of them in real life. We managed to see Ewan McGregor and Kylie Minogue (people that we recognised). After ...
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Other places to stay in Cannes
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Villa Elodie
San Rafael, Cannes | Hostel
