Trenton Transit Center
14 сентября 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
And so it begins.
Taking a train to EWR
Barry dropped me off at Trenton
AirTran change
14 сентября 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
This is very easy to do. I had no problem at all
UA Club Terminal C
14 сентября 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 hereЧитать далее
On the plane
14 сентября 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 72 °F
Boarded on time, so hopefully will take off just the same
Welcome to Nice
15 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Breezed through the passport control and found my bus relatively easy.
On my way to Antibes
Boulangerie de la Gare
15 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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
15 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 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 sureЧитать далее
Viex Carre - Old Town Antibes
15 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 foundedЧитать далее
Bastion St. Jaume
15 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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,Читать далее
Dinner, well sort of
15 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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
16 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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,Читать далее
Market Provençal
16 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 driveЧитать далее
Walk along Promenade Amiral de Gasse
16 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 careerЧитать далее
Picasso Museum
16 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 theirЧитать далее
Museum 2
16 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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
16 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 weЧитать далее
Antibes Cathedral
16 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 outЧитать далее
More streets of Old Town
16 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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, everythingЧитать далее
Le Petite Lunch
16 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 whatЧитать далее
Archeological Museum
16 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 fromЧитать далее
By the walls of Bastion Saint Andre
16 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 toЧитать далее
British/ French monument
16 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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-classЧитать далее
Le Very Happy Hour
16 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 howЧитать далее
Le Petit Dinner
16 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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" forЧитать далее
Bon Jour and back to L' Ardoise
17 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 ofЧитать далее








































































































































































































































