Villa L'Eglantier
Travel Blogs from Cannes
Monaco: The best of it all in one little country
Monaco was exciting! The landscape was unlike anything I've ever seen. The roads were narrow and winding and fun to drive, the food was simple and complex, the city was quaint and extravagant, full of nature and technology... Monaco is a contradiction.
The harbor is equally beautiful in the evening and during the day... the small sailboats line up along side luxury yachts and ...
Day 16 - The Monte Carlo
... Cannes the kebab place was closed :( craving one we looked up on the Internet for kebab places in Cannes. We enjoyed our kebabs and marvelled at the curios sauce that had a taste that wasn't quite recognisable. We headed back down to the beach waking all the way along the shore the pathway was lit up by rainbow lights that danced in patterns on the floor! We sat on the wall facing the water making shadows with the light on our backs. Then back to the hotel and ...
We return to the ancestral manse
... cones and stopping suddenly to look in a shop window, blocking the narrow way. We revisited the old church at the highest point in the village. Then we tracked down the shop of our German friend Giesela, proprietress of Les Trois Etioles. It had moved to another part of the village, but the fabulous home-made liquors were alive and well. Carole and I toasted little glasses of fig liquor, which was beyond scrumptious.
There were two last stops on ...
Vence - City of Artists
... a picture of one of them.
Art exhibits are plentiful and change frequently. Currently one artist has photographed the profiles of all the residents and large banners are hung throughout with these fascinating glimpses of everyday people.
We had lunch at one of the outside cafes. Luckily, it had an awning as today was the first rainy day of our trip. But sitting under the awning with all ...
Côte D’Azur
... of the Mediterranean. We didn’t get a chance to see the beaches and marinas up close but from our lookout points, it looked like the beaches were nicely sheltered and had room for people to spread out and suntan. There is a great walkway along the Mediterranean where you can catch the number of boats and yachts moored off in the distance. Jeff and I visited the Picasso Museum (Picasso spent some time working in Antibes and later donated some of his ...