And for you photo nuts, (not just you Alan P.) here's a link to see ALL of them full sized (not collaged and cropped... Warning there's mine and Kim's, so over a thousand:
https://goo.gl/photos/LDTrVxckc3rGp2zv7
Oct 14-17th From Rome, Easyjet's 90 minute flight for €44 per person won out over taking an 8 to 10 hour train journey the length of Italy. I do love train travel but the cost was enormous by comparison as well. Also, this way we had more time to enjoy the rest and relaxation of one of our very favorite places on earth, Antibes.
We took the airport express bus from Nice and it's been so long since we did that, we missed our stop." It stops at the Main Square after the train station right? Oh I guess not... well let's see where we end up!" Luckily we know how to walk over from the next little town, Juan les Pins. It's maybe 10-15 minutes longer than if we'd gotten off at the proper stop in Antibes. So once again we were extremely grateful to have small light backpacks to travel with. We'd dumped a small duffel each after the cruise which not only cleaned out our closets of goodwill stuff but saved us a significant amount of money by not having to pay for luggage on the hopper to Nice or the flight home. And thank you again Barry for carrying my bike saddle home! (it just fit but was more the bulk and weight I was grateful not to have)
We needed to collect the keys to our dear friends David and Anna's flat. So we met up with their friends who keep it up for them. This was entertaining as they'd had quite a bit of time, and therefore wine, to wait for us to arrive.
After getting our washing in the machine we took advantage of the sunshine and spent about a half hour laying on the beach. It wasn't warm enough to want to swim but it was still lovely.
I will not go on and on about the food but I will just mention that there's nothing like fresh baguette with French butter or fresh croissants. Trust me it tastes different there! I had the most amazing dish of turbot and clams with a truffle cream sauce for dinner our first night.
We spent the next two days decompressing from the constant touristing and crowds by not doing much. Our books, blog catchup, the quiet and the gorgeous view were enough to keep us perfectly content.
Our exceedingly cheap flight on Norwegian Air took us from Nice to Oslo to Oakland. We started the day at the bakery... Excuse me patisserie... at 7am to collect breakfast (croissants), lunch (quiche) and dinner (sandwiches). I even picked up some unique gummy candy 'orangina flavor' for the flight.
Luckily I managed a few naps throughout the day, which was 26 hours long before we were home and passing out in our own bed! (yay... Simple pleasures!)
We used the early rise of jetlag to get our garden in order for the winter season. I'm easing myself back into work with a couple massage/injury rehab sessions a day (although my phone is blowing up with texts from clients wanting to see me.. Which is nice, and flattering). We can't seem to stay up much past 10 still. So we haven't gotten back to our dancing nights, but I expect next week that will change. I have however made it out to the park to do a couple miles jogging/walking at least twice.. Ahh pasta& croissants& gelato&... 😉
Well thanks again for following along. We haven't anything blog worthy on the calendar for 2016 as we plan to do some projects on the house. But, as my little sister Lydia says 'I'll believe that when i see it'!
If you are getting this and there's something going in your life or a trip you've taken that you'd like to share...I've been out gallivanting so much this year I'd love to hear from y'all... Drop me an email.
Hugs, Dana
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