One last weekend of summer on the Cote d'Azur

Ah, the summer is coming to an end - the last weekend of August for 2013. We decided to make the best of it, and really enjoy the Cote d'Azur.

On Friday, we headed off to Le Cannet - the plan was to try out a Japanese restaurant we'd heard good things about from Julie and Aurelien, Le Cannet locals. We started off with an aperitif at their place - making the most of their newly done up terrace - impressive work! We were also joined by Rodolph and Daniela. The restaurant, Kashiwa, is definitely a place worth trying out. Excellent Japanese cuisine for quite reasonable prices. Traditionally Japanese, but with a few French touches here and there. I had eel for the first time in my life, excellent choice as it turned out!

On Saturday we decided to go all cultural and visit the Musee des Beaux-Arts in Nice. We've never actually made it there before, just never had the occasion to visit, really. The fact that it's located a bit in the periphery explains it, I guess. There was an exhibition about Gustave Moreau on, who was a teacher of Matisse's. I have to say I was a bit disappointed by the museum - I mean the building (an old typical Nicois villa) is very nice, but I expected more of the permanent exhibition, considering the size of Nice (and considering the fact that plenty of painters worked on the Cote d'Azur over the years...)...

The exhibition on Moreau was nice enough, but we found the entry fee of 10 Euros a bit steep. Oh well, one museum ticked off the list at least ;-)

We spend the rest of the day wandering around Nice, doing a bit of shopping. We also met up with our good friend Naim for a coffee in the old town, good to see him again.