Selfie overlooking the beach and tent city

Lights camera action! Cannes film festival

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May 13th 2010
On our last day in Nice we checked out and took the train to Cannes. Unfortunately we were unable to stay in Cannes due to the festival. All hostels were booked and the cheapest hotel was starting at 200 Euro per night. We didn’t see anyone famous (that we recognised anyway) but the atmosphere was electric! We didn’t have time to see a film but we took our photo at the red carpet and then en ... read more

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