Trip to Antibes and parts nearby

Last Sunday we drove from Couze to a B&B near Grasse; a mistake as it is seriously awkward to get from here to the wasp meeting Phil has been going to all week. I have spent most of the week driving around rather than either doing touristy things or any R&R. My own fault, though; I had no idea about the roads, and I'm the one who found and booked the place. On the way here (almost all motorway, wonderful but expensive what with all the tolls), we drove by Carcassonne, and stopped long enough for me to take a photo:

street in old Antibes

Antiibes Cathedral

one of Grimaldi palaces--Picasso lived here

another view of grimaldi palace

market place in Antibes

Napoleon was here

The first day of the conference I spent in Antibes, mostly in the old town, which is lovely and ancient and was crammed with Americans; a few Brits were scattered in the mix. The photos above may remain randomly placed, unless I can figure out how to do it better.I didn't actually like Antibes all that much. The rest of the peninsula was/is crowded with wall to wall huge apartment buildings that are too high, all evidently surrounded by gorgeous beach. Hot, bad traffic, too many cars and people. besides all the Americans. More on dinner later...cheers, Lillie

view across the bay