05 April 2013 - France

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04 April 2013 - France

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03 April 2013 - France

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02 April 2013 - France

Today was our first full day in France.  After a leisurely breakfast we got ready and headed out to the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild where we had booked to have lunch in the tearoom - it was delicious.

Then we went for a wander through the villa, these are some views of the gardens from one of the balconies.

And this is a view of me with my new hairstyle:

After the villa we drove up to San Remo in Italy - not quite as interesting as people had told us, but perhaps the pouring rain that had started had put us off.

Back to Cap Ferrat via the viaducts and tunnels between and through the mountains - Ange didn't enjoy the viaducts one bit, Amber was very sympathetic.

Before we went back to the villa though, we stopped in Beaulieu sur Mer to go to the Super U (a large supermarket).  This was Ambers fave part of the holiday so far as she got special chewing gum, perhaps next Easter we'll just take a staycation and head to Sainsburys and Tesco locally?

01 April 2013 - France

Today was day 1 of our Easter holidays - the alarm went off at 03:00 and we began the process of getting ourselves up and out and off to France.  After breakfast we made rolls with sausage for the in-flight snack - 100 times better than what Easyjet would serve up believe me :)

Got to the airport easily enough, crawled through the security process - any reason why there are so many security desks if only 2 are going to be manned? - then picked up our currency and headed to the gate to await the call.

The flight took 2hrs and 20mins from Edinburgh to Nice, coming in over the sea you think you're going to land on it but no, at the last minute, the runway sneaks out into the sea and you land safely.

After collecting the luggage we headed over to the new (to us anyway since we were last here 2 years ago) car rental centre and picked up our Clio.  (This came to be known as Clio no. 01 - but more later....).



With hardly any problems driving on the opposite side of the road we got to the Villa Pas Mai ahead of schedule, so much ahead we decided to go into St. Jean de Cap Ferrat to grab something to eat in order to give Alain & Cathy an extra hour to finish preparing the villa.  After a quick pit stop at the local boulangerie we headed to the Paloma Plage and sat above it enjoying our lunch.

Back to the villa, Ange unpacked while I snoozed - for a good hour :)

We then drove up to Eze for provisions, it being Sunday this was the first town we went through where a supermarket was still open.  Back to St. Jean to pick up a couple of pizzas for tea, then an early night for all of us, having been up since 03:00, 18 hours later at 22:00 we all crashed.

10 April 2011 - France

A picture from out walk round Cap de Ferrat.



The architect Norman Foster's home.......very nice.












View over Cap Ferrat









The bay at Nice where the cruise ships come in.

09 April 2011 - France

Pictures from the artist Fernand Leger gallery. He was an artist, sculptor and filmaker. Died in 1955. His work can be described as cubism, a fore runner to pop art.












Interesting way of parking your bike in the picture above!!!









External view of the gallery. All done by small mosaic tiles.


















Took a trip to Antibes and the Picasso museum.......which surprisingly had very few Picasso pieces!









View across the Bay Antibes.

08 April 2011 - France

Pictures from our day at Villa et Jardins Ephrusi de Rothschild.












Music was played on speakers in the garden and the water fountains performed to the classical tunes played. Never seen anything like it.






Inside the villa.









Bakc out in the gardens.





The villa itself looking very pink.