Day 11 - Antibes — Patti Part Two

So very glad we made the effort to get to Antibes for the day. It turned out to be so easy. Just took the train for 2 euros 20 minutes and we were there. When I return to the French Riviera that is where I will base myself. It was totally charming and spectacularly beautiful. It’s tiny compared to Nice, but just as easy to get to and much quieter. And they had the only sandy beaches we saw - all the others are small rocks.

Antibes is well known for its huge harbor filled with boats - or should I say yachts!

Not a great picture of the huge yachts but I love the fort. Many of the boats we saw were well over a million or 2 dollars each.

As with so many of these waterfront towns there are still excellent remainders of the wall built to protect it, so we first walked around that for the beautiful views of the water and beaches.

Antibes has what appears to be an excellent Picasso Museum, and when I return it will be first on my list to visit. Since we just had the one day we decided to keep exploring and see it another time. The building was originally a home of the Grimaldi family famous for ruling Monaco.

We meandered through quaint streets stopping here and there to browse in shops.

If I lived here I would definitely have a bike.

We always like to visit at least one church everyday. This is the Church of the Immaculate Conception and has been here since the 1200’s. So simple but so beautiful.

Time for lunch! My friend Lynn had recommended a place she loved called La Storia and it was easy to find. Now we love it as well. It was a small place run by the owner and one staff. They were so nice and the food was fantastic. The extra bonus was meeting the owners cousin and family. When the children were being introduced they immediately came to both Julie and I and kissed us on each cheek. I’ll never forget that!

Pasta Pesto for me and Carbonara for Julie. Our sweet new friends💕

We headed back to the beach because Julie wanted to take a dip in the Atlantic.

Happy Patti sitting on the beach feeling like the luckiest person in the world.

Back to Nice for a final walk on the Promenade.

Made it back in time to watch sunset sitting in one of the famous blue chairs. Spectacular!

The French Riviera was even prettier then I had imagined it to be. I was most surprised at how one town just runs into another, and how easy it is to get around without a car. Next up heading inland to Avignon. So much more to see and do! Thanks for coming along!