Saint Raphael and Cote d’azur

Today we ventured out to explore Cote d’azur, we set the sat nav for Cannes and off we went, the first place we stopped off at was Mandelieu-la-Napoule with it’s pretty beaches and Chateau de la Napoule.

We then moved on to Cannes where we went in search of Clint Eastwoods hand prints in the walk of fame, unfortunately it was hidden behind some temporary structure, what shame Clive would have loved a photograph. We did see some not so famous ones such as Angelina Jolie, Ben Kingsley and Dennis Hopper, we thought you had to be as famous as Clint to be there.

We had a look along the beach front and then ate our picnic on the steps where they hold the film festival. Here I did my own piece of modern art, it’s called ‘A perfectly positioned flip flop on film festival steps’, its comparable with works by Tracey Emin.

We saw a few strange things along the road including giant cockerels made with fingers and hands and cars with doors that lift up instead of out, the Fiat Doblo fitted in really well.

Here is the barrier on Cannes beach which allows the peasant scum on this side to peep through and admire the wealth of those shaded from the sun on the other side. (reminds me of the investiture of the Prince of Wales in 1969, I was one of the peasants who was kept from getting anywhere near the wealthy prince, whilst his consorts shouted ‘Keep them away the peasant scum’ or something to that effect).

The crowded part of Cannes beach reminded of Barry Island beach in the 60’s where we used to go as children. There wasn’t enough room to put a handkerchief between the towels scattered on the sand. In those days you could buy an ice cream for 3 old pennies, today in Cannes you wouldn’t get much change from 30 euros, bloody scandalous.

Tired after our day out mingling with the stars we decided to take the coast road back to Saint Raphael, what a beautiful coastline but still not a patch on Fethiye and Calis.

As promised, it is now time for a French lesson.

Je mon tap le cul par terre, a loose translation of this is ‘well I’ll be buggered’, actual translation is ‘I slap my ass on the floor’ please learn this as I shall be using it frequently over the next week

Some more pics from today