Juan-les-Pins & Cannes

Gaby and I went down south over the holidays. Yes, this is a late post because I've been rather lazy over the holidays. Anyway, although it was still cold, it was not nearly as cold as Paris, and a lot of trees were still green. And there were palm trees and the beautiful Mediterranean. If it didn't get so crowded in the warm months, it would be a great place to live.

We stayed in a little studio apartment in Juan-les-Pins which is very close to Cannes.

Here's a view of the upper courtyard:


There were palm trees and orange trees (with oranges!) in December. Beautiful.
It may look sunny and warm, but our first day there was freezing!! The North wind was so strong, I almost lost my hat and finally took it off for the pics. And no, Gaby did not spike up his hair with tons of gel; the wind is blowing it back.

In spite of the cold, the trip was worth it because the Mediterranean is just amazing. In the background, you can see the Alps.

We went to Cannes our second day there and took a picture on the famous red carpet just outside the cinema. We tried to ham it up a little bit but were nothing compared to a group of Italians who totally put on a mafia act. They were great. The slogan on the big poster above us was: City Zen Cannes. I thought it was a cute play on words.

There were also handprints of movie stars who had come to the festival. This one is Samuel L. Jackson's print for Pulp Fiction.

There were other fun things about that area as well.

And of course, it was gorgeous. Sigh...

In the following days, we went to Monaco, over the border into Italy and then explored the old part of Antibes. More on that next time.