Antibes

Trip Start May 20, 2008

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1880 son of Queen Victoria started bringing rich	7-11 needs to build some stores in France	Affordable items at small market but junk	Antibes has all the charm that Cannes lacks
Cacti were all over town in great displays	Can't get used to the siesta hours;not just Spain	Church built in 11th c.;facade from 18th c	City bought castle in 1926;invited Picasso 1946
City walls across harbor to fort	Even the Shell store is a boutique!	Food market was popular with local items	Fortified walls date from 10th century
French still smoking like chimneys	Home of famous poet from Antibes	Keyboards are different in every country; ugh	Largest yachting harbor in Europe
Lots of posh villas but hidden by walls & flora	Museum was closed for holiday	Narrow building attracted my attention	Off and on showers didn't help photos
Original 11th c. Church of Immaculate Conception	Pebbly beach here but sand beach nearby	Picasso stayed 6 months;left all paintings	Roman Empire fell in 476;long period of barbarians
Romans called town Antipolis	Romans ruled for 500 years;much remains from then	Romans took advantage of good natural harbor	Sister city is Newport Beach,CA (Lindsey's)
Someone with bigger yacht crashes party	Such a picturesque town with lots of charm	They are already raking leaves here!	Thought city was great;far better than Cannes
Town is between Nice and Cannes;better than either	Town just 25 minutes by train from Cannes	Town needs to ban cars;just traffic problems	Town population is 75,000;more than I expected
Town revived in mid19th c. when rich built villas	Town very quaint with lots of character	Town was annexed by the Romans in 43BC	Unique stores;not over-priced luxury boutiques
View of Antibes on road back to Cannes	Water is warmer here than farther west	Weather is still warm;Florida-like showers	Whimsical art in front of Picasso Museum

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