Provence, Days 5 and 6

On this day we said good-bye to Venasque and headed southeast to Cannes. We drove cross country over some amazing geography - high passes, more beautiful roads lined with Sycamore, amazing views and vineyard after vineyard. We had great pizzas for lunch in a little town along the way.

We dropped down into Cannes from Grasse with beautiful views of the sea and all. We found our B and B in the town of Vallauris in the area known as Golfe Juan. It's run by a couple - he's French, she's South African - who for many years did yacht charters in Greece and Turkey, and later in Cannes. They have since sold their boat and have this beautiful spot for a B and B. (And they have great security! Right along the road coming into their place are three big palaces that belong to the King of Saudi Arabia, one of his sons and one of his brothers!) Daniel and Gillian are delightful, and we spent a little time just lounging around by the pool before heading down into Cannes to find dinner. Here's a sunset picture from Port d'Attache, the B and B:
We drove down the hill to Cannes, and spent an hour or so walking around looking at GIGANTIC yachts. Amazing. Here's a picture of Walleen picking their new boat:
Illusion is a good name for it! We had a good dinner and then back to our super secure beds!

The next day was our last traveling with Wally and Eileen, and it was all lots of fun. We took a "group" picture before leaving to take them to the airport in Nice.

We left them at the airport at 11 a.m. for their trip for a week in Lisbon.