Trenton Transit Center
September 14, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
And so it begins.
Taking a train to EWR
Barry dropped me off at Trenton
AirTran change
September 14, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
This is very easy to do. I had no problem at all
UA Club Terminal C
September 14, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Of course the one right next to my gate is under construction so I had to hoof it up to the one by Gate 123...which is still OK
In any case, past TSA (Prev does help) and firmly ensconced myself hereRead more
On the plane
September 14, 2023 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 72 °F
Boarded on time, so hopefully will take off just the same
Welcome to Nice
September 15, 2023 in France ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Breezed through the passport control and found my bus relatively easy.
On my way to Antibes
Boulangerie de la Gare
September 15, 2023 in France ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
Arrived Antibes in about 40 mins later, my honey met me at the bus stop, and we grabbed a fast Plat du jour of aioli and carbonara at this place. We don't have to be at our appointment til 3pm...
Our Apartment
September 15, 2023 in France ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
We took a leisurely walk through some streest of old city to our apartment, which is located on a "Typical European Mediterranean street".
It's a 1BR apartment with a kitchen...although I'm not sureRead more
Viex Carre - Old Town Antibes
September 15, 2023 in France ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
After taking a bit of rest and much needed shower, we spent the early evening wandering the streets and squares of the Old Town - which is where our apt is.
Antibes is a very old town, first foundedRead more
Bastion St. Jaume
September 15, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
We made our way to Bastion St. Jaume, which is remnants of ol time city walls protecting the town and Port Vauban - old Port of Antibes.
After having housed a temple and then a chapel in Roman times,Read more
Dinner, well sort of
September 15, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
Returning back to old town. We didn't really feel like a "full" dinner and decided instead on some yummy Gelato.
And so ended our first day in Antibes
Amour Café
September 16, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
Had a very nice and relaxing sleep which was needed after full 1.5 days of travel.
Waking up and looking for a place to have some petit-déjeuner came upon this place.
Right around the corner from us,Read more
Market Provençal
September 16, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Finishing with breakfast we set off to visit a museum and passed the famous Marché Provençal on the way...
....er... Methinks I'll let the pictures do the talking.
All I know is that it would driveRead more
Walk along Promenade Amiral de Gasse
September 16, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
A beautiful walk on The Promenade. For History nuts like me, it is named after François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly (13 September 1722 – 11 January 1788), who was a careerRead more
Picasso Museum
September 16, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
The Château Grimaldi was originally built in the late fourteenth century as the residence of the town's feudal lords Marc and Luc Grimaldi, scions of the famous Grimaldi Dynasty, and has borne theirRead more
Museum 2
September 16, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
The collection includes works by other artists, including Nicolas de Staël ( 3rd and 4th photos), sunning, IMHO, oils on textile by Claude Garache (5-7) and a 3-D thumb prints
Museum Courtyard
September 16, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
Various sculptures on display and beautiful view of Mediterranean
Also, I forgot to mention that today was a freebie entrance day for museums, so we got lucky. You can see the line qued in when weRead more
Antibes Cathedral
September 16, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
Official name: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculée-Conception d'Antibes or Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Platea d'Antibes.
Of course, Wikipedia provides great information; check it outRead more
More streets of Old Town
September 16, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
We continued meandering on the streets of Old Town, eventually making to The Garden of Poets with a small bust of Victor Gugo that has his Homge to the Antibes:
"Everything here shines, everythingRead more
Le Petite Lunch
September 16, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
As we walked through the streets, many servers started hustling folks sitting outside to inside. Although it was pretty much the same overcast as it has been since morning, we figured they know whatRead more
Archeological Museum
September 16, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
We can see clearly now - the rain is gone.
And so we sashayed (after 14:00 the French don't saunder, so we follow the suit 😉) to the Archeological Museum which turned to be like 100 meters fromRead more
By the walls of Bastion Saint Andre
September 16, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
We came out on the other side of the Bastion to see more Roman ruins, a small dog park, and a back terrace of The Golden Beef restaurant (we skipped that one). We then continued on the old ramparts toRead more
British/ French monument
September 16, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
Intrigued by both British and French flags flying we made our way past the end of the parapet to that monument. Turned out this was to commemorate the act of HMS Unbroken (P42) - Royal Navy U-classRead more
Le Very Happy Hour
September 16, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
..and what luck it may be, that we got into the neighborhood shortly after The Happy Hour started. 😊😉😇🍷🧉
Technically I could say Le Petit - Happy Hours ARE petit by nature no matter howRead more
Le Petit Dinner
September 16, 2023 in France ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
Yeah... looks like Du Jour de Le Petites...
We had an inkling of stopping at Lyonese Charcuterie, but Happiness is a Fickle thing and time (which is too slow for thise who wait) turned "too fast" forRead more
Bon Jour and back to L' Ardoise
September 17, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
Sometimes, it is quite tough to be in a foreign country with different customs. 😕
We really wanted to go back to Cafe Amore, but they were not opening until 10:00am...and so, for that matter ofRead more








































































































































































































































