After a weekend of relative inactivity (apart from a film, a nice meal and a couple of beers on Saturday), we decided to finally get our act together and do something. Since the weather was great, as it often is, we decided to go for a walk. This time we chose a coastal hike from La Napoule to the Pointe de l’Aiguille in the Massif d’Esterel.
La Napoule is a pleasant enough-seeming beach resort near Cannes, which is famous for its castle. The walk took us by the Port La Rague (which is a bit unusual as far as Cote d’Azur ports are concerned, in that there were hardly any over-the-top, show-off yachts on display!). We carried on beneath the impressive Massif d’Esterel (a big red volcanic rock massif, which dominates the views between Cannes and Frejus/St. Raphael), through Theoule-sur-Mer (another pleasant little coastal town, although it has a bit of a posh and stuffy feel to it) and on to La pointe de l’Aiguille (which means “Needle point”).
Having enjoyed the great view from Needle point (towards Cannes and beyond all the way to the snow-covered Alps), back we treaded the way we came, briefly stopping in Theoule to grab sandwiches for lunch.
In the afternoon, we had some Galette des Rois – which is one of my favourite Christmas traditions in France (close tie with Foie gras on Christmas eve – can you sport the trend here?). It’s a very tasty pie made of marzipan and loads of butter (that’s pretty much it!), with a figurine hidden inside. The one who finds the figurine becomes king for the day (as the galette des Rois is a celebration of Epiphany), and is supposed to get the next galette (so I guess if you take this rule literally you may end up eating quite a lot of marzipan and butter!).
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