Blogs from Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe

With the new tram system taking over the majority of the central city zone, all the buses that feed the 2+ zones are based at Phoenix Park. So a tram ride first 10mins out...a bus waiting to Cannes but we stopped off at Gare Antibes. Purchased a train ticket return to Niceville to be sure of our return seeing as it was now midday. And I have to say I conducted the whole conversation in French & answered Monsieur's questions too. With our accent we couldn't pass for French anyway. Monsieur wasn't surprised by my attempt because it is expected! Knowing our way into town we popped into a supermarket for some sandwhiches & a wrap to have down by the waterfront....another couple were doing just the same thing. Turned out too windy & a big ... read more

We continue to travel east along the French coast and anchored out in Rad Agay, a calm evening allowing us to enjoy the night sky. There was only one other boat there at the time of our arrival and only 2 other boats joined us before the evening was over. We hear that the further we travel east the more crowded places will be, we will enjoy what we have now. One of the towns we want to explore is Antibes, home of the Picasso Museum. We heard that it is quite expensive and crowded there so we will use our same technique as in other places, land in a place nearby and take public transportation to the town we wish to visit. This has been working well so far so will try it again here. ... read more

Nous voilà encore en France; donc je vous écris en français. Après 3 longs voyages en voiture ( en passant par l'Allemagne, l'Autriche, l'Italie, nous sommes rentrés en France dans la région des Alpes-Maritimes (Côte d'Azur).Nous avons décidé de chercher un hôtel à Juan les Pins qui est à coté d'Antibes où j'ai passé 3 semaines en 2010. C'est plus charmant que Nice, je trouve. L'hôtel Villa Nina est tout près de la mer, petit, tranquille, et chouette. (Et pas cher!) même au sud de la France, il ne fait pas encore chaud (9 degrées C. à 9 heures du matin!) Demain, nous rendrons notre auto louée après avoir roulé 3,000 km. Puis nous allons à Florence en avion... read more

Rose made the legendary decision that due to our apartment not having any A/C, fans or any wind flow and we both had not slept well, today we would rent an umbrella and loungers on a beach and sleep today. We planned to go to where the “private” beaches are which as we understand has businesses offering this service, but to the public. 30 Euros picked us a front row umbrella and 2 padded loungers for the day. As an added bonus unlike the rocky beach of Spotorno, this was a pristine white sand beach with only 3 steps from my lounger to the warm water, yes to those who are asking Rose had 2 swims today…A new record. After a late lunch and few more hours of sun worshipping we decided to head back to ... read more

An invitation out of the blue from my good friend Noël based in Antibes to cruise the cote d"Azure for a week aboard his catamaran Laia. A lovely few days of cruising the coastline, great food, detours to monasteries and stunning ancient buildings and swims. What a delight to be exposed to the culture of the region.... read more