Colourful Windows of Provence
The first week we spent our time driving along the Cote d'Azur. We first picked up our car in Marseille and then did lots of little side trips as we made out way through parts of Provence before hitting the coastal towns and ending our trip in Nice.
The big names of St Tropez, Cannes and Monaco (unfortunately no celebs spotted) are always on the tip of everyones tongue when you think of the Cote d'Azur (French Riviera) but there are lots of little towns along the way which are just as gorgeous with their sparkling clear blue waters!
We also got to visit so many quaint, cute and very french little villages and stayed in some lovely french guest houses. Staying in the guest houses meant we were privvy to some great local knowledge and checked out Gorges Du Verdon (the Grand Canyon of France) and this beautiful lake Lac St Croix where we found lots of holiday makers out on paddle boats.
There is something about France that I never tire of. Each region is very different and the food is to die for, infact i'm yet to have a bad meal over there. I was surprised to realise that this trip to the Cote d'Azur was our 6th visit to France in our 3 years of living in London!! It is actually the country we have most revisited during our time in Europe.
Delicious Berries at the Nice Markets
What did we do while there?? - lots of walking, lots of swimming and lots of eating! This type of living is the way it should be!!
18 comments:
What a beautiful place to visit!!
Such a wonderful trip; beautiful photos - love those window shutters in the first one and the clear ocean of Cote d'Azur.
WOW. I love your photos! I was wondering if you had a Flickr, but I can't find it linked anywhere here...
Oh I am so insanely jealous of your travels! I just now travelled to the shop to get milk. That's about the extent of my travelling ;)
LOVE your holiday photos!
Thanks for your comments everyone!!
Alicia = if you click on my little slideshow on the top right hand side that will bring you to my flickr album.
Hey Harriet - As soon as i get home my travels will only extend to driving to the local westfield for my weekly grocery shopping too!!! Had my 3.5 years of travel fun and back to a 'real' life, settling down with a mortgage to boot!!
France and Italy?? I am so jealous. Those photos are great :) I can dream...
I am so so jealous....looks wonderful!
The pictures are amazing and the experience...yes, lots of eating and walking would make a great life!
gorgeous photos. Isn't Cassis lovely?!
Why do no foreigners come to Northern France for holidays?
Cassis was so pretty as were the calanques around there - i forgot my swimmers that day so didn't get to swim there :(
Is Normandy considered northern france - we took the ferry over and drove around there - we loved that trip too!
Sigh...someday...
Blissful! Green with envy :0)
Your pictures are amazing...it's been years since I've been there & would love to go back~ your pictures brought back lots of memories :)
What gorgeous pictures!! I so want to be at that beach right now.
You know I love all your photography! What a wonderful way to spend two weeks of your life! :D
Beautiful pictures! I went to Italy and Greece in high school..and it was amazing. I would so appreciate the trip more now though. Such beauty there!
Beautiful, beautiful photos! Looks like it was a great time. :)
I've tagged you, by the way, Want to play?
oh wow, great photos... i want to go there!
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