Monday evening we returned from a wonderful vacation to France. We both needed to get away for an extended period, and it turned out to be exactly what we needed. My friends Stephen and Cayetano in Nice were wonderful hosts, showing us all around the côte d’azur (the Blue Coast), including Monte Carlo, Cannes, St. Paul sur Mer, and Antibes. The weather was in the lower 80’s and sunny with light breezes off the sea. It was amazing.
We then took the high-speed train (TGV) from Nice to Paris. The 5 1/2 hour trip took us westward along the coast to Marseille, then north to Paris through central France. The scenery was beautiful, and the ride was smooth, quite and comfortable!
Paris … wow! We spent the next 6 days wandering the streets and Metropolitan from sight to sight, café to restaurant from dawn ’til dusk. Okay, maybe not dawn…after all, we were on vacation! I could go on for hours about the trip. But will restrict myself to maybe a couple separate posts. I will also put up some photos once I get a chance to go through them.
We returned home to find a couple of surprises, including some water damage from crossing a frosty evening with exposed irrigation system pipes (oops!). But all in all it was a wonderful trip. I’d highly recommend a visit to France to anyone!