Cannes :: French Riviera

In Antibes (a beach town south of Cannes)

Italian dinner with the girls where we watched the World Cup

Beach time in Cannes

At the Picasso museum, this painting was titled le Joi de Vivre

Parasailing over the Mediterranean! They let you out 300 ft! So high!

All three of us in Antibes 

Where to even begin? We flew down to Cannes, part of the French riviera last week to gorgeous beaches. This is also where Heather studied for three months during college. We had so much fun. Here we met up with a friend of mine from high school who is currently studying on Florence, Italy. We did a number of things like visiting cute neighboring beach towns like Antibes, where we saw the Picasso museum, and met the cutest elderly French lady who chatted to me (in French) about her belle famille.

A few highlights include:

Parisailing Over the Mediterranean. The three of us girls got to go together. They take you out on a speed boat, strap you in and let out the line and up up and away you go. It's the coolest experience seeing the town from the air. It feels like flying, they even do a touch and go deep out in the water. Basically they slow the boat and let you float to the water and dip your feet then send you back into the air. Very neat experience.

Another highlight was watching the World Cup: US vs England in a French restauarant with all British people. We were quite outnumbered and they are definitely loud and hilarious!

Overall I had a great time in Cannes. We flew back to Paris today and are crossing our fingers that our flight will leave on time tomorrow (the French often go on strike and today the air traffic controllers were on strike). ...how lovely.

Other than that both Kristen and I are sad to leave this adventure but very excited to come home and start summer!!!

Pictures to be coming soon :)