Trenton Transit Center

And so it begins.
Taking a train to EWR
Barry dropped me off at Trenton
AirTran change

This is very easy to do. I had no problem at all
UA Club Terminal C

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 hereBaca selengkapnya
On the plane

Boarded on time, so hopefully will take off just the same
Welcome to Nice

Breezed through the passport control and found my bus relatively easy.
On my way to Antibes
Boulangerie de la Gare

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

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 sureBaca selengkapnya
Viex Carre - Old Town Antibes

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 foundedBaca selengkapnya
Bastion St. Jaume

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,Baca selengkapnya
Dinner, well sort of

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

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,Baca selengkapnya
Market Provençal

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 driveBaca selengkapnya
Walk along Promenade Amiral de Gasse

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 careerBaca selengkapnya
Picasso Museum

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 theirBaca selengkapnya
Museum 2

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

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 weBaca selengkapnya
Antibes Cathedral

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 outBaca selengkapnya
More streets of Old Town

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, everythingBaca selengkapnya
Le Petite Lunch

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 whatBaca selengkapnya
Archeological Museum

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 fromBaca selengkapnya
By the walls of Bastion Saint Andre

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 toBaca selengkapnya
British/ French monument

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-classBaca selengkapnya
Le Very Happy Hour

..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 howBaca selengkapnya
Le Petit Dinner

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" forBaca selengkapnya
Bon Jour and back to L' Ardoise

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 ofBaca selengkapnya