Sunday was both Mother’s Day and my husband’s 65th birthday. Over the years, his birthday has always been eclipsed because it falls, just before, on, or just after Mother’s Day. I decided to forget about Mother’s Day this year and make his birthday the focus of the day. Nick opening the Champagne I sent the […]
We arrived in Aix-en-Provence after a two hour train journey, ten minute shuttle bus ride and five minute taxi hop to more stairs!! Cheaper accommodation obviously means third, fourth or fifth floor digs without an elevator. There are only 65 or so steps up to our apartment here, however, it is on three floors so
We have eaten “in” more here than we did in Paris, mainly because the view from our apartment is better than the view from most of the restaurants in Cannes. The kitchen is large enough to prepare food and the market, which is two minutes away, has more than enough easy to prepare basics, already
We took two other day trips, besides going to St. Paul de Vence. On Tuesday, we went to Nice and Thursday, Antibes. Nice is the fifth largest city in France, so it is quite big with an impressive main street lined with lovely shops. At the bottom of this street is a wonderful square and
Before we left on vacation, several people recommended that we go to the hill town, St Paul de Vence. The guide books also raved about it, so we set out by train and then by a bus which climbed into the mountains to reach the town. The place is really a “must see.” It’s a
A twenty minute ferry ride from Cannes is the tiny island of St Honorat, which became famous in 420 A.D. when a holy man named, Honoratus, established a religious community there. The monastery became a focal point for pilgrimages and it is said that even St. Patrick may have studied here. The population of monks
Now that my daughter is here, we have to have plans. She hasn’t the patience to wander around idly, reading menus and spending ages to decide where to go, what to do or where and what to eat. Last night we sent my husband out, as a scout, to find one or two places that
Cannes is appropriately named, because you “can” see so much here. Where Paris has monuments, Cannes has icons of the rich and famous!! The marina is lined with yachts of every description, from ports all over the world. I guess this one sailed up the St. Lawrence 🙂 People come here to be seen. They
Saturday morning we got up at 6:00am to make sandwiches for our train trip and to decamp. We had paid the equivalent of $750.00 as a security deposit on the apartment in Paris and I wanted to make certain that the place was in order, so we would be sure to get our money back!!
On our last day in Paris, we spent some time in the Montmartre district, which is slightly to the north and west of where we are staying in Marais. Montmartre is dominated by the basilica of Sacré Coeur and bounded on the south by places like the Moulin Rouge and the Place Pigalle. This combination
