Today we got up at 7:20, started repacking, and got ready. I feel so happy in France, I don't want to leave! I slept extremely well, something that neither Caroline nor I do back home in Italy. We went down to breakfast at 7:45. It was only one croissant, which is completely different from Luca's trips, where we get a buffet breakfast. We left at 8:30 to St. Paul de Vence. The bus ride was nice because Caroline and I got to sit next to each other at the front of the bus instead of across from each other at the back.
We spent an hour and a half exploring St. Paul de ence. It's an adorable little town up on a hill. It was all made of rocks. First, we walked to the panorama and took pictures of the beautiful mountains and surrounding towns. Then we walked down to a cemetery. It was a really nice cemetery; one of the graves said, "Revient me chercher", which means come back to find me. In the entire town, there is one main road and two side roads, and no cars can drive here. We stopped in some cute shops, and I spoke to all the shop owners in French. I love the language so much! We went to a church and we were the only ones in there. We wanted to go up into the priest standing thing but our morals got in the way :p. We did a little more exploring before we left to get to the bus. I got MinuteMaid Apple Juice in a can for the ride. At 10:50, we left St. Paul de Vence for Cannes.
I have wanted to go to Cannes since I went to the Printemps de Bourges 5 years ago. Sadly, Cannes was a huge letdown! The ride was 40 minutes. It was very beautiful, but there wasn't much to do, and everything was about 10 euro overpriced (an average salad we saw was 15 euros!). We walked next to the docks to look at all the boats. Then we went to a small market that sold art, and then saw the building where the internal film festivals are held. It was made of glass mirrors. All over Cannes, there was candy shaped art of country flags. I was so obsessed with finding them all! They were my favourite part of Cannes; sadly, they aren't there all the time. It was just an artists featured work. Finding them reminded me of the cow hunt my family and I did in Boston.
Caroline and I found some cheap food after an hour search. We got caprese paninis for 4.50 euro each. They were so big that we didn't finish them! Food in France is way better than Italian food, and you get a much better deal (except in Cannes). We decided to walk up a ton of stairs to the clock tower and church. The views from there were breathtaking. Walking back down was a struggle, but we made it down and back to the beach in about 10 minutes.
We decided to walk out onto the rocky part of the beach, and stayed out there just looking at the ocean for 15 to 20 minutes. Then we hung out on the seawall until we left at 2:15. We had to wait an extra 13 minutes because 2 dumb girls showed up late. Then we left for Eze.
We had passed Eze yesterday on our way to Nice, and it was a very pretty town. We went to a perfume factory where we saw how perfume was made. You have to go to school for three years and then work in a factory for 7 to become a perfume maker. You also can only work 2 hours a day because then you get your scents mixed up. Sounds like an awesome job if you can persevere for 10 years!
After that was over, Caroline and I walked up a dirt road path (seems to be the theme of this whole trip!) to the top of Eze. There was a yard sale and I saw the french version of Hungry Hungry Hippos! We had to walk uphill more to see the Clock tower and church. On the way down, we bought Magnum ice cream bars. The bus left at 16:54. I can't wait to get back into Italy so I don't have roaming charges and can call people again! We watched Ocean's 11 on the ride back and returned at 11. I was surprised by how quickly the ride had gone by. I went to sleep at midnight after making 2 phonecalls. What a great trip :)
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