Headin' to Paris

Mr. Fox with a Bocce ball sculpture in Cannes

Thursday was primarily a travel day, as we are headed for the grand finale in Paris. We left Nice and traveled a little west to Cannes, home of the famous film festival. It is really a small coastal village with expensive boats in the harbor, the film festival hall, and not really much to see.

We visited the local farmers market, which was filled with everything from flowers to vegetables to chickens with their feet still on (Clayton's favorite: skinned rabbits with their eyes still in their heads) and all kinds of herbs and spices.

In the afternoon we stopped in the small Provençal town of Avignon. Avignon is famous for the Papal Palace, that housed 6 Popes in the 14th century before they returned to Rome in the early 15th century. The Papal Palace is HUGE! Take a look at the panorama, as the camera would not take it all in from the square.

We had a really nice lunch in the village square. Linda was looking for crepes, so we found an outside resturant that served them. Lisa had chicken, while Clayton, Linda and I all had cheese crepes. They were delicious! After lunch, we did a little shopping in the street side shops.

Mr. Fox with a namesake establishment in Cannes, France

I think everyone slept on the bus on our way to Lyon. There were no planned activities in Lyon, so Caroline took us to the city center for dinner. We walked around the old city where we used a secret passage originally used by the silk merchants and the French resistence in WWII.

Some of the group wanted escargot, so we found an outside cafe that served them. Linda was the only brave one among us to order the large snails.

Dinner and the company was delightful, and we headed back to the hotel to rest up for 2 days in Paris!

Tomorrow we travel most of the day for a 3pm tour of the Palace at Versailles, then on to the
Moulin Rouge for dinner!