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We recently came back from a trip to the south of France and Monaco. It all started because our friend was selected to receive the 2014 Award of the International SeaKeepers Society for the body of work she has compiled advocating for and supporting the health of our oceans. Prior awardees were as diverse as Prince Rainier, Walter Cronkite, Ted Danson and Mikhail Gorbachev. The award was presented at Le Bal de la Mer, in the newly-dedicated, Norman Foster-designed, Yacht Club in Monte Carlo on September 26[SUP]th[/SUP], 2014. We were invited to be guests at this special event. The date coincided with the annual Yacht Show, September 25-27 in Monaco. Wow! Those boats!!!
The Riviera is a great place to be in September. The big crowds are gone, but it is still lively and fun.
We visited Cagnes-Sur-Mer, St Paul de Vence, Nice, La Cadière-d’Azur, Cassis, Bandol, Antibes, Menton, Monte Carlo, Roquebrune-Cap Martin. In Roquebrune-Cap Martin, we were lucky to stay at another friends’ villa with a lush award-winning garden and a beautifully restored “belle époque” house overlooking Monte Carlo.
We visited Château Romassan, one of the vineyards of Domaine Ott. We had a lovely degustation de vins rosés in a very pretty setting. Of course, we did not leave empty-handed!
This trip was over the top (I really felt being in Woody Allen's movie), but it could not have happened without our friends at every and each step of the way. How lucky and blessed we are!
South of France is a very special part of the world. You can't summarize it better then the great Victor Hugo:
"Tout ici rayonne, tout fleurit, tout chante, le soleil, la femme, l'amour sont là chez eux. J'en ai encore le resplendissement dans les yeux et dans l'âme"
Here are some photos from the trip:
The Riviera is a great place to be in September. The big crowds are gone, but it is still lively and fun.
We visited Cagnes-Sur-Mer, St Paul de Vence, Nice, La Cadière-d’Azur, Cassis, Bandol, Antibes, Menton, Monte Carlo, Roquebrune-Cap Martin. In Roquebrune-Cap Martin, we were lucky to stay at another friends’ villa with a lush award-winning garden and a beautifully restored “belle époque” house overlooking Monte Carlo.
We visited Château Romassan, one of the vineyards of Domaine Ott. We had a lovely degustation de vins rosés in a very pretty setting. Of course, we did not leave empty-handed!
This trip was over the top (I really felt being in Woody Allen's movie), but it could not have happened without our friends at every and each step of the way. How lucky and blessed we are!
South of France is a very special part of the world. You can't summarize it better then the great Victor Hugo:
"Tout ici rayonne, tout fleurit, tout chante, le soleil, la femme, l'amour sont là chez eux. J'en ai encore le resplendissement dans les yeux et dans l'âme"
Here are some photos from the trip:
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