Friday June 19
Day trip to Antibes, a large open air market covering several blocks open morning (open 10am to 12/1pm) 7 days a week during the summer months and everything imaginable is sold there - cobble streets, French only - beautiful flowers for which the region is well known - fresh fish, baking etc. we walked around and there are many interesting small streets with small individual shops. I always hope to find a small artists gallery or an artist painting in a square and then I like to buy a small painting of the area I am visiting. I was very fortunate to find a very small gallery located in one of the narrow streets when we were doing our walk about - and was able to purchase two small paintings of Antibes - talked to the wife, her and her husband own the art gallery and are also the artists - so I had her sign the painting she did and her husband was not there to sign the picture he painted so she stamped it with his name. We chatted for awhile, Me no French her limited English!!!! We then had lunch - outside on a patio, of course!! So had a tour of the City - they have a small "train" with a narration regarding the history of the area - in French & English. And then back to our Villa!!
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