Mini Cote d'Azur road trip

We'd promised Marie to take her and Billy on a bit of a tour around the Cote d'Azur - the idea was to take our American friend around a few of the sights around the Cote.

We picked up Billy and Marie in Nice just before lunch time, and headed towards our first stop - Saint-Paul-de-Vence (one of the most famous and most pretty of the many medieval villages on the Cote d'Azur). Actually, we decided to start off by having lunch - after some quick consultation on the internet, we opted for a Danish restaurant (!?) called La Broutte.

The place is located across the Malvan valley from Saint-Paul-de-Vence - it's kind of tucked away from the main road, so we struggled a bit to find it, but we got there in the end. The restaurant is located in an old country-house, and there's a very nice terrace with a beautiful view towards the medieval village. The food is very typically Danish - they serve meatballs, smoked trout, amongst other things.

I went for the smoked trout, and was very happy with my choice indeed! A great little discovery, I suppose we'll probably be back!

The food bit out of the way, we made our way to the village, and had a nice walk around the place. There isn't actually all that much to see, unless you like art shops (apart from the nearby Fondation Maeght), but it's a very nice place to stroll around, when there aren't too many tourists around (which is the case this time of the year).

The next stop on our mini-road-trip was Antibes, a town most foreigners typically like. Again, the old town of Antibes is a great place to walk around. We particularly enjoy walking along the city walls - and we were there at just the right time, as the sun was just setting over the sea during our nice little stroll.

After checking out the Antibes Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre Dame de l’Immaculée Conception, to be precise!), we decided it was time for a drink. One can only take in so many touristy sites without a stop for refreshments. And what better place than that in Antibes than the Hopstore, an Irish pub in the old town ?

That brought an end to our nice little Sunday road trip!