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    • Day 5

      Villa Thuret

      September 18, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F

      This was our 1st object of the day: Jardin botanique de la Villa Thuret a.k.a. Thuret Botanical Gardens.
      The Gardens were created by Gustave Thuret, a French botanist with a special interest in algae, and was the first privately funded research laboratory in France.
      Scientists were not the only ones to visit Gustave Thuret’s garden - it was also popular with diplomats and artists. In 1868, in “Letters of a Traveller”, Georges Sand wrote that it was “...The loveliest garden I have ever seen...”
      More info can be glimpsed at on Wiki:
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jardin_botaniqu….

      So, as " botanical," it's more focused on trees, shrubs, etc. There were some things in Bloom, but not much.
      What we found out was the fact that there are many artwork sculptures there.
      as you can see, I took my share of pics.

      It was also while we were there that rain caught up with us for a spell. Thankfully, it was not heavy, and we were able to shelter in a gazebo for perhaps 20 minutes. After that, it was more of a slight nuisance, and finally the skies brightened up
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    • Day 3

      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-class submarine. Commissioned in January 1942, she spent most of her wartime career in the Mediterranean. She landed saboteurs under the command of Captain Peter Churchill at Antibes - hense the monument at the place if landing. She then proceeded to Malta to reform the 10th Flotilla in June 1942.
      As Fate would have it, Unbroken was transferred on loan to the Soviet Union on 26 June 1944, where she was renamed V-2 (Cyrillic: В-2). Sailing under Soviet flag, she sank the German submarine chaser UJ-1220 on 12 October 1944. She spent four years in Soviet service before being returned to the Royal Navy in 1949. She was scrapped at Gateshead from 9 May 1950.
      We spent some time watching the windsail surfers and checked out a square in the Modern section of Antibes, which was perhaps 3-4 blocks from "our neighborhood"
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    • Day 3

      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 to another small square with a monument to Albert 1st of Belgium wo popularly referred to as Knight King
      Dutch: Koning-Ridder, French: Roi-Chevalier) or ( as the case here)
      Soldier King (Dutch: Koning-Soldaat, French: Roi-Soldat) in reference to his role during World War I.
      The weather remained overcast and the sea churning
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    • Day 71

      look who we bumped into

      August 15, 2023 in France ⋅ 🌙 25 °C

      We are now in Antibes. Trained here at midday and met up with Allen. He is great but pretty shattered.
      Antibes great but very busy. Bit of a shock after mountains.
      And yes we are heading for 40 degrees on Monday. Gulp.
      Got a group photo in the Med.
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    • Day 3

      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 from Jardin des Poets (actually if you go back to that footprint and zoom you will see the old stone wall straight ahead - that's where the museum is).
      And yes, this one was also free today (we didn’t complain).

      Created in 1963, Musée d'archéologie d'Antibes is located at Bastion Saint-André, a military stronghold built by Vauban in the late XVII century. Its two vaulted galleries are home to the Antibes’ permanent archaeological collection, made up of objects excavated both on land and in the sea. It has allowed us to reconstruct the history of the town during Antiquity as well as the history of Ligurian, Greek, and Roman populations who have left their mark on Antibes.
      Ancient Roman artifacts, coins & other historic finds on display in a snug seaside fort-museum.
      No, these are NOT Roman toilets. This is a double oven.
      The part of water Aqueduct outside is also cool.
      The 1st photo shows some artifacts going back to Etruscans, then Greeks, Greek colony, and finally Romans from the conquer into Pax Romana.
      Some Stella's bear marks of Titus Flavius Valerius... with a name like this, I would SWEAR that there has to be a connection to Flavia Dynasty but could not peg it conclusively.
      The amphora are neat, some of them are from Africa.
      And,sorry, but NO again, it is not a Roman Jacuzzi but an inner courtyard fountain. I ran into a similar one on Camino shortly after Fonfria (Cassie, you getting this?)
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    • Day 186

      Antibes

      December 21, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

      Wieder ging es über die kurvigen Straßen und durch die vollen Städte (Manchmal vergessen wir, dass bald Weihnachten ist und alle Leute einkaufen müssen.).
      In Antibes konnten wir kostenlos am "Fort Carré" parken, von da aus ging es zu Fuß am Hafen entlang.
      Auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt (immer mit Sicherheitskontrollen an den Eingängen) gab es überwiegend essen und trinken und wir konnten "Socca", ein Pfannkuchen aus Kichererbsenmehl und "Pissaladière Niçoise", ein Zwiebelkuchen, beides Spezialitäten aus der Gegend probieren.
      Eigentlich wollten wir den Markt besuchen, der hatte aber nur bis 13 Uhr geöffnet und wir waren natürlich zu spät.

      Wir haben uns noch nicht so richtig an die Zeiten angepasst, morgens und ab nachmittags haben mehr Läden geöffnet. Spätestens in Spanien müssen wir das verinnerlicht haben.

      So richtig viel zu sehen gab es sonst nicht, darum haben wir beschlossen, abends endlich mal wieder zu kochen.
      Die letzten Abende war es mir meistens zu kalt um noch draußen zu sitzen, darum gab es dann nur noch einen Tee.
      Im Ort gab es frische Ravioli, Tomaten, Knoblauch und Olivenöl hatten wir noch und Baguette unterwegs beim Bäcker gekauft, mit dem Wein aus Nizza ein tolles Essen.
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    • Day 29

      Antibes/Juan les Pins

      April 9 in France ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Nu har vi varit tre dagar i Juan les Pins/ Antibes.

      Resan hit gick bra, med tre tågbyten och en lunch i Marseille. Kvällen tillbringade vi i Juan les Pins och åt pizza, en av de bästa, enligt Kaj.

      Vi har strosat runt här och fått många nya intryck.

      Första dagen blev det promenad längs vattnet och ut på piren i Antibes, solen sken och havet glittrade. 

      Andra dagen tog vi oss an en rejäl utmaning (i alla fall förstod vi det efteråt).

      Vi gick från Juan les Pins längs kusten till vandringsleden Cap d'Antibes, en strapatsrik led med mycket upp och ned utmed klipporna. Tack och lov hittade vi en affär precis innan leden startade, där vi kunde handla matsäck, för vi hade ju redan gått nästan 6 km. Det blev två fina pauser, sittande på klipporna, med härlig utsikt över Medelhavet.

      Idag gick vi till marknaden i Antibes, inte så stor som i Malaga men kul att se. Lunchen blev den berömda Pan Bagnat, väldigt gott. Stärkta av denna gick vi till Picassomuseet. På vägen dit kom vi förbi katedralen, en ganska mörk och dyster kyrka. Museet  var intressant. Här i Chateau Grimaldi målade Picasso, 1946, några av sina verk. Museet hade även en skulptur av Joan Miro. På hemvägen köpte vi bakelser, bl a den efterlängtade Paris Brest (dock en minivariant, orginalet är större och format som ett hjul, efter det 120 mil långa cykelloppet Paris-Brest-Paris). Dessa åt vi på vår balkong med havsutsikt. 
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    • Day 3

      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, over 1K reviews with 4.9/5 average.... and who can resist the name, right?
      It did not disappoint. Great friendly service and a good simple breakfast that hit the spot.
      Petit Formule includes freshly squeezed OJ, toast (yeah... toasted fresh French bread 🥖) with butter and jam and coffee (Laurie opted for Capuccino, while I - quand en France, oui,? 😇 - Café au Lait)
      Yum yum 😋 😋 😋
      ... and we got hearts (appropriately) in our coffees....
      We might make it the breakfast place for duration!
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    • Day 2

      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 sure how much cooking we'll be doing here. In any case, it's quite cozyRead more

    • Day 3

      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 drive some of our friends crazy... it does us 😉😍Read more

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