Cinema

Took a brave move yesterday and set out for a French movie without subtitles. We only understood 10 percent but the pictures were more than enough to crack up. Like a french Hangover.

You know that you are in a good hood when you can catch a bus to Monaco for 1 euro.

Visited the lovely little town of Ville Franche, on the bus route to Monaco. Houses built in to the cliffs, blue water, an old town a lot like Nice without its hustle and bustle. Their beach is better; in Nice the beach is made up of 'gallets' that are trucked in (this is supposed to be cleaner and lux), in VF it is course sand and you do not have to pay to sit on it. Crazy.

For its size the Cote d'Azur has many galleries- most of which are free. Visited the Matisse gallery set in a beautiful park north of Nice. His experimentation with Impressionism was surprisingly good.

It is funny how easy it is to take the small things for granted- take poster tubes. We searched the whole of Nice for days- only to find one and then get back to the apartment to find that the office below was throwing out dozens in their relocation. Score!

Pics: pasty legs at Villefranche/ moving house goes out the window in our building/sesame and fresh mint ice creams from Fenoccio's