This time we are going to Côte d’Azur!
Woohoo!
I went to visit some friends in the area and it was the perfect time to head there as it was the start of summer. It was sunny everyday, beaches, boats, lots of tanning, you get the idea. Never having been there before, I was not sure what to expect. Everybody told me it’s always really sunny and that was about it.
They were right.
So I started off my trip at ANTIBES, a small old town just next to Cannes. It reminded me a bit of Aix-en-Provence, very quaint, picturesque and not as commercial as some of the other nearby cities. It is also a very big yacht port and I saw many small boats and also monster yachts with multiple levels, helicopters on it, a hot tub and some speed boats all on ONE BIG BOAT. It was like a rap video come true.
Boats, boats, boats!
Trying to cool off with a BIG smoothie.
Then we head off to NICE! Ironically, people are not as nice over there for some reason. You would think that in a place with good weather, beaches, culture, blah blah blah, people would be… merrier. But no, I think the heat is making them crazy. The old city is quite pretty and very different from other parts of France but that was about it for the place. I found it a bit too touristy sometimes.
The view of Nice from the château on the hill.
Looks almost like Italy?
Old streets in the old town.
Next we go to MONACO! As the prince is (finally) getting married, there were posters all around the city advertising it. I guess it was almost like the whole Kate and William circus. I sort of expected to see a lot more flashy sports car since it seems to be the only thing people ever talk about when anyone mentions the place but in fact, they were only parked outside the casinos and fancy hotels but the whole city itself was pretty… normal. KABLAAM, iconic image smashed to bits!
More boats!
In about 50 years, this place will start looking like Hong Kong.
Finally some fancy cars.
And me in a touristy photo with fancy cars!
I did see two porn-star looking actresses driving an orange Lamborghini… Maybe that’s saying something?
And of course how can we end the trip before going to CANNES? I guess the city is much more alive during the film festival but I did like the stretch of road with boardwalk, luxury hotels and all the designer stores. You could say it’s a bit like Rodeo Drive meets Miami Beach? (never been to either of these places but I’m just assuming from what I see on TV!). I’ve been told that people actually rent out their apartment balconies to the paparazzi between 200-600€ PER HOUR when the celebrities are in town just for the best view!!!!! 
I told you there were a lot of boats!
There were lots more fancy places which I did not bother taking photos of because you would’ve probably seen them already so I’m trying to show you the not-so-famous parts.
So yea that was my trip. Basically lots of sun, boats, sun, boats, sun, and oh wait more boats! Now off to work on my tan….
Ahh….. The only thing missing is a Pina Colada.
The beach at Seignosse.
Looking out over the Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Very big ferris wheel which we eventually decided to get on.
