Antibes & Cannes

The next morning, once everybody had gotten up and had breakfast, we jumped on the train and headed down to Antibes to meet the part of the gang who had stayed at my parents flat over there - as well as Nathalie and Patrick who had just arrived this morning.


We started off with the obligatory posh yacht watching session in the old harbour, and then headed into the old town. After having a good walk around the streets, loafing about in the shops (where Geoff got himself some swimming trunks), we had a quick lunch (as quick as it's going to be with 12 people at the table ;-). Sinhung got to have his favourite French meal - Croque Madame (better than Croque Monsieur since there is also an egg on the toast ;-).

After lunch, we walked around a bit in a very nice part of Antibes called "Commune Libre du Safranier". It's a very leafy part of the town, almost like a village (with houses covered in flowers) - they even have their own mayor, apparently. It makes a nice change from the rest of Antibes - which although nice, is a bit overwhelmed by restaurants and tourist shops.




After a refreshing bath at the sandy beach (a nice change from the pebble-beach of Nice) near the port, we caught the train to Cannes. We were hoping to see some fireworks (there is a fireworks festival over there in August), but turned out we got the wrong day... Well, no mind, we spent a nice evening in Cannes, checking out the hand imprints left by movie stars in front of the Palais des Festivals (which is also the place to be during the film festival). We also had a competition for the blokes for "Best Antonio Banderas Lookalike" (the hands-down winner here was Patrick). The Angelina Jolie one for the ladies was tougher to call... We finished the night by a very nice dinner in the Suquet, which is the old town of Cannes.