It's been a few days! Since my last post, I have been thoroughly enjoying myself in the south of France. We started in Cannes, and where there from the 4th until the 6th. Cannes is fairly small, and gets nicer as you walk towards the beach- it looked nice by our budget hotel, but the buildings got nicer until it was like walking down a tropical 5th avenue, where one side was the sandy beach, and the other was Chanel and Cartier stores. Past the stores, there are several very fancy hotels across the street from the beach.
We arrived later in the day, and wandered towards the beach to try and find food. Mistake. All of the restaurants had plates for at least €10, and anything that would have been less expensive was closed for the night. So we bit the bullet and splurged on a nice dinner. I won't even tell you how much mine cost, but I will say I've paid less for hostels. Such is life in Cannes, where there are most likely gold toilet seats.
The night was spent hand washing essential clothing.
The next morning, we packed up for a day of beach lounging and wandering. The spot we found on the beach was right in front of the Palais des Festivals, where the film festival and other bigger events are held.
We walked around La Croisette (that whole nice area), and up a hill, Le Suquet, at one end of the city. We picnicked on top and found a museum, La Musee de Castree, which had ancient artifacts from different cultures around the world. And, an amazing view of Cannes.
Another thing we noticed about the museum was how nice everyone was! The security guards joked around with us, the woman at the front greeted us with smiles and questions of where we were from... Definitely different from Paris. The people even made comments to us on the street, just about anything. Very friendly.
There wasn't much to do but wander the streets and enjoy the little boutiques and candy shops, so that's what we did.
That night we decided to get take out food and picnic on the dock with some French teenagers, who were all smoking and listening to music. We didn't mind the DJ-ed dining.
That night was also spent walking up and down La Croisette, talking to different people along the way. We met some Spaniards with very cute dogs, and a group of older folk from Texas.
(Ayla has started this project called Dogs of the World, where she takes pictures of cute dogs... Of the world. There's an album on Facebook.)
Ayla and I went to an Irish pub later that night, and enjoyed some hippies playing American tunes from the 70s to 90s. Most of the people there, including a lot of young people, sat outside smoking. Throughout all of the south of France that seemed to be common- smoking is very very common, and a social thing to do.
The next morning we headed to Nice!
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