Weekend with Joel and Francoise

The timing of my business trip to Budapest was a bit inconvenient, as Mathilde's parents happened to be visiting at the same time. But thankfully, they were still around as I arrived in Nice Friday evening, after a rather tiring two weeks spent in Hungary.

I barely had time to drop off my bags at the airport, before I joined Mahtilde, Joel and Françoise at Yoko, our favourite Japanese restaurant on the Cote d'Azur. In spite of Yoko herself being absent, we had a great meal (as always!) there. Great preparation for our upcoming Japan trip as well ;-)

The next day, we took it easy in Cagnes-sur-Mer. We joined Joel and Françoise at their flat, located by the Cagnes river, not far from the sea. Which meant it was rather convenient to pop over to the beach for a swim after the meal (even if the weather wasn't the greatest!). Joel and Françoise then came over for dinner - followed by a game of Scrabble of course!

On Sunday, we decided to venture into Italy for a bit of cycling. So off we went to San Remo, well known for the ominously named "Pista Ciclabile Area 24" (any  connection to Area 51?) - we already checked it out some time ago and really enjoyed it. We rented our bikes, and cycled down Eastwards. It was all good fun - the perfect way to combine a bit of sport while enjoying the sun.

The sport bit done, we found a nice little restaurant by the sea side, where we enjoyed a surprisingly good meal (expectations weren't that high, as it seemed like a bit of a tourist trap - but I thoroughly enjoyed the squid I chose). This being San Remo, we naturally headed down to Grom for dessert (Grom is a chain of ice cream shops known for their delicious, naturally-flavoured ice cream, yummie). We finished our day with a nice swim in the 'Med - the perfect ending for the perfect day!

And then, it was time to say bye bye to Joel and Françoise, as they headed back towards the West of France the next day. Nice to have them over, even if it was all a bit short in my case!