French Holiday Day 8: Giraud, Saint-Tropez and Cagnes-Sur-Mer

[london1967]

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:

Comments

[madknits.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you were the karmic response to the waiter.

[london1967.livejournal.com]

That's a good point. I'll stop feeling guilty!

[paterson-si.livejournal.com]

I am still waiting for Le Castellet pictures... went there too?

[london1967.livejournal.com]

No, I'm afraid not... we skipped that corner of Provence. There was too much to see!

[paterson-si.livejournal.com]

ohhhhhhhhhhh

pity... it's a really lovely village to see

and my few days in that area

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[london1967.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed reading your entry. And your pictures are marvellous!

[paterson-si.livejournal.com]

it was fun :)

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Thanks.. glad you enjoyed the photographic voyage: only 1 day to go!
*hugs*

[gorkabear.livejournal.com]

Awesome pictures. I'm drooling. I might convince someone to make a similar trip. It's halfway between us!

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Cheers Xavi!
Romance in Provence?

[gorkabear.livejournal.com]

Actually, Provence is the name of the street I bought my appartment in Barcelona.

Romance in Provence? I'm more interested in a guy more northwards...

[london1967.livejournal.com]

France? Switzerland? Or Germany?

[gorkabear.livejournal.com]

France :)

[square-baker.livejournal.com]

Good service is so difficult to find....

[london1967.livejournal.com]

In Europe we are used to indifferent and mediocre, and bad too. But this was just something else!

[lasher820.livejournal.com]

Oooh that top picture looks like a drag quuen threw up everywhere. IT'S FABULOUS!

[london1967.livejournal.com]

LOL! Sadly we didn't buy anything.