I have a few more write-ups on my trip to Europe in August. The stop after Luxembourg City and a day trip to Trier, Germany was Reims, France in the Champagne region.
My ride from Luxembourg City to Reims
Arriving at the Reims train station very close to my hotel.
Left my luggage at the hotel and wandered around.
And lunch!!
After enjoying the day in Grasse, I hopped on a local bus to reach my final destination of my recent trip in France, an airport hotel next to the Nice Airport.
My ride
The view from my hotel room. The ocean, an airfield and palm trees. OK for an airport hotel!
The next morning at the airport. This is new. Maybe set up after the terror attack in Nice almost a year before? A similar one is apparently set up on the Promenade where it happened.
Breakfast in the airport lounge.
My ride to Paris
Bye bye France ♡
On the final proper day in France during my visit back in June, I had made plans to go up to Grasse to see an English/Scottish couple I know from work.
Situated about 20 km. north of Cannes, I had been to Grasse on a few occasions to eat but always only to go to the restaurant and straight back. I was looking forward to do a proper visit.
After having done one meeting in Cannes, I was picked up by my friends and we drove up to Grasse.
Before reaching the town center, we stopped by Molinard’s perfumery/perfume museum, Grasse being famous for its perfumes.
Scenes from around the town center including a stop at the Fragonard Museum.
My friend Kathy recommended me this book (and which was made into a film) which takes place in Grasse. We found it as a display in a shop.
Time for lunch. Great food.
An after-lunch stroll.
And found a cat!
Wanted to go into the cathedral but there was a wedding going and we were not allowed in or so we thought but we probably could have gone in. It was a beggar at the entrance that was “guarding” the church from people entering.
Time to hit the road.
My annual trip to Cannes, France lasted from Monday to Friday during the first week of June this year. On a couple of the days I wasn’t exactly feeling well so skipped dinner and just sat around in my apartment at night after doing a series of meetings during the day.
The convention at the Palais des Festivals
Lovely lunch on the beach on Tuesday with a German friend
Tuesday dinner with Chinese friends
Relaxing lunch meeting on Wednesday with an American friend
More lunch meeting on Thursday with an American lawyer couple
Retail therapy thrown in inbetween meetings
The general view during the day
My first ever soft-serve in Cannes. I shall make it an annual thing. It was good.
A friendly early evening meeting on Thursday with a lovely bottle of rose by Ott shared with a Finnish friend in my apartment.
The drive from Marseille to Cannes was uneventful except for the fuel stop we made along the way where we struggled with the gas pump but we weren’t the only ones which kind of made us feel better though less so for my friend who actually had to feed her car.
We had decided to have lunch before getting to Cannes and Mandelieu-La Napoule was the perfect stop and the lunch was beautiful.
After lunch, we drove to Cannes and I checked into my wonderful apartment.
I picked up my badge for the convention I was attending.
And had time to shop for some wines and grocery.
And then it was time for me to go back to Mandelieu-La Napoule for dinner for a very nice group dinner I have been attending for the last so many years.
The dinner.
A blog by Ayako Mathies 