Antibes

Last week I met with my favourite RHF colleague Elayne - from the Luberon area -in Antibes. I hadn't been there for a while and forgot how great it was! City-like feel, combined with that authentic South of France look and smell. We were having lunch close to the sea and the marina, on a terrace in the sun, and had a terrific warm-chèvre-with-honey salad for her and a mozza for me -and a glass of rosé of course (this is France remember - it's what we do...) while we did our shop-talk... Afterwards we had some time left to go to the English bookshop in the centre (Elayne's real reason behind wanting to meet up in Antibes). Antibes is pretty English-oriented, I guess also because of all the boat people that are there - Antibes has a famous old port, the Port Vauban, which also hosts the "Voiles d'Antibes" next week. I'll come back to that one as I am part of the RHF-crew sailing on one of the beautiful classics Adria!! (here in rest - but wait until she's racing...)Anyway - Antibes is more than worth a visit, a beautiful old town with its fortifications along the coast, tiny streets with shops selling all sorts of curiosa, terraces, an Irish pub with long happy hours and a fantastic "antiques" market. And if you'd like to stay longer, or even permanently, look us up - we have great houses for sale in Antibes!