Don't I sound so sophisticated gushing about my summer in the South of France? I mean, who AM I? Some trust-fund-hipster on college break? Some preppy Brit taking his family on holiday? Weird - I thought I was just a California girl who grew up in a small town in Texas and married an Idaho boy who milked cows and worked at a potato factory growing up. Oh yeah, I am. But you probably wouldn't have guessed that looking at these pictures…
Nice
Our review on sand-free pebble beaches - painful on the feet, easy on the clean up.
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| Happy Meals on the beach make happy children! |
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| No beach parking - good thing our little french apartment was just a sunny stroll away. |
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| Colorful buildings at every turn - kind of looks like the set of a musical, but sadly none of the frenchies danced about or spontaneously burst into song. |
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| Waiting outside the apartment, ready to head for the beach. |
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| The littles were extra hungry, so we ordered an XL pizza. Biggest pizza I've ever seen! |
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| Date night with my dude - one of the many advantages of bringing Nana on our summer trip. |
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| None of the nighttime pictures really turned out, but it was so pretty at night. |
Monaco
We drove one of the three corniches (the middle one, I think) connecting Monaco with Nice. The views were so spectacular - we kept pulling over to take pictures and take it all in.
When we arrived in this tiny country (the tiniest in the world apart from "the vatican" - which doesn't really count), we ditched our car and set out on foot. Not too much ground to cover...
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| The castle |
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| Some monkeys at the castle |
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| Yacht parking? |
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| Enjoying the views |
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| We love magnum bars - they are just taking off in the US, but they are REALLY popular here. You haven't lived if you haven't tried the double chocolate caramel, by the way. I introduced it to my mom while she was here and it changed her life. Truly. |
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| Choices, choices. |
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| Over priced souvenirs |
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| Taking another ice cream break |
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| This is some sort of government building. I just loved that it's pink, love the symmetry, love the topiaries. Very English garden, don't you think? |
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| Here's where Princess Grace got married. My mom and I might have walked down the aisle pretending to be her. |
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| The Monte Carlo Casino, baby! |
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| See the reflection of the casino behind me? This was a prime spot for people watching and, of course, car watching. |
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| We wanted to see if the mall was as fancy as the rest of the place... |
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| Yep, sure was! |
Antibes
It's back to the beach for the Andersons!
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| The tide kept coming in, so Ry and the littles came up with a solution to protect Nana. |
Out and about...
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| We strolled around this little french market, and the next thing we knew, we were surrounded by a wedding party! |
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| More yacht and boat parking |
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| Aves |
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| Cute sisters |
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| I couldn't get over how pretty this alley was. I took dozens of pictures of it, and none of them looked as pretty as it did in person. |
And there you have it - the French leg of our summer trip! Now it's on to Italy where we did less beaching, more site-seeing, and WAY more eating.
2 comments:
Wow! I haven't checked your blog in awhile and I am overwhelmed by your travels! No one can say you guys aren't taking advantage of being in Europe. It is fun to see you visit places I've been, and to dream of going to the places you're visiting that I'd love to see someday.
I am so jealous of all your travels!! Eric and I were supposed to get back to Nice for our 10th anniversary... Obviously it didn't happen. :( I'll try to live vicariously through your blog. :)
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