St Tropez

Well, we could not come to the Mediterranean and not view some of its coastline by boat. So, we took a 5 hour round trip boat ride from Nice to St Tropez, stopping in the harbor of Cannes for passanger pick up (that did afford us a look at the great number of amazing Tall Ships moored in Cannes). We were pretty amazed really at just how built up it is along this stretch of coastline. I remember Antibes as a small village with a good campsite, back when I was 17, now it's million dollar homes for mile after mile. As always, it's nice to get out on the water, and enjoy the many kinds of watercraft sailing by. I would have liked an hour or so in Cannes, but that was not part of the package.... so it was on to St Tropez.

It was a Saturday, so a big market was going on, worth browsing, and Ron has become a very patient man, happy to just watch the world go by, while I root for bargains, of which there are not many to be found. Anyway, it was by far the biggest market we have come across, so it kept me occupied for a good part of the 5 hours we had to spend there. Later we strolled through the small side streets, always interesting to see the fresh meats, cheeses, olives and oils spilling out of the shop doorways. Of course there are always the standard tourist trappings bidding one in. We are frugal with our spending, and mainly just 'window shop'.

Our one weekness however is the icecream .... back in the States it doesn't even tempt me.... here however, the same cannot be said.

I expected to find a beach there for us to spend some time on, but we did not, maybe one needed a car to venture further than our legs were prepared to take us, so we just took our time around the harbor area before heading back to our boat. Lots of large racing sailboats coming and going as there was a race in progress.

We did walk the two and a bit miles back from Nice Port to our apt, making for a rather long 12 hour day. But, we did have homemade stew and a bottle of red wine waiting for us to enjoy from our balcony overlooking the lights of the city.

We really do feel very blessed to have such a good life.