French Holiday Day 8: Giraud, Saint-Tropez and Cagnes-Sur-Mer
Our day started with a whistlestop tour of Aix-en-Provence
before heading south for the Côte d'Azur.
On the way we stopped at Giraud, a very picturesque village dominated by the ruins of the castle
Light lunch in Giraud and then down to Saint-Tropez.
The town is quite beautiful but the people are very pretentious. And some of the ginormous yachts so nouveaux riches and in your face.
We had a nice walk around the port (spotted a couple of paparazzi with huge telephoto lenses trying to photograph goodness knows who on the boats; when they heard the clicking of my camera, they turned round all worried! That made me laugh!) and a hot chocolate at the Cafe de Paris.
The waiter was very rude, the chocolates not very good and rather expensive; I got annoyed by the rudeness and paid the €11.60 in change, some rather small. The waiter contemptously left the coppers on the table... and we left.
Not one of my finest moments (bad Karma and all that) but push me and I'll give you Latin - but understated - temper!
Then we drove to Cagnes-sur-Mer where we stayed at the delightful Villa Estelle in the old medieval village. We drove through the village and the streets were just wide enough for our small car.
After unpacking, we enjoyed a romantic walk up to the castle (and let me tell you: that hill gives San Francisco a run for its money!) and dinner.
Aix-en-Provence:
Giraud:
Saint-Tropez:
Cagnes-sur-Mer:
