French Riviera

Yesterday we went on an epic and exhausting 10 hour tour of the French Riviera. Luckily there was only eight of us so managed to pack in a lot. Wealth like you can't imagine.
First stop Antibes. I'd never really heard of this town, but the mega rich have. The Sheik of Qatar has his $500m superyacht parked there for his annual visit. There is a helicopter parked on the top (you never know when you will run out of milk) and 75 staff look after 25 guests. It looked like a small cruise ship. There were some lovely markets in town, and considering the number of superyachts parked around the town was quite normal.
Next stop, Cannes. This town was not normal. Designer shops and beautiful people as far as the eye can see. We didn't really enjoy our stop here as the whole front promenade was full of construction trucks and workers packing down an event which had finished yesterday. We could catch a peek of the film festival red carpet which was covered in tarps. The highlight of this stop - the toilets in the Carlton Hotel were lovely.
Had a lunch break in the beautiful hilltop town of Saint-Paul de Vence. Picaso stayed and worked here in his early days. He couldn't afford to pay for his food and board so the owner of Dove Hostel said he could pay by giving a painting. We saw that painting. It is worth $80m. There were lots of shops and art exhibits plus a really pretty town.Read more