Vive la France!

We finally made it to France for our long anticipated month in the French Riviera. The trip did not go quite as smoothly as we planned as our US Air flight from the US was canceled due to weather. We left one day late then had to spend the night in the Sofitel London Gatwick (which was very nice). We arrived at Nice's Cote D'Azur airport two days later than planned but all is well now.





We have moved into our wonderful house in the little village of Chateaunuef near Valbonne.





We spent part of our first full day on Monday in Menton (the last seaside town in France before the Italian border) enjoying the beach and a great lunch at Plage Napoleon.





After our lunch in Menton we journeyed down to Latte Di Ventimiglia Italy to shop for groceries. Our friends had recommended shopping for groceries in Italy because things are much less expensive and I can now fully agree. We loaded our little van with all the staples including an assortment of wines, cheeses, meats, fresh vegetables, fruits, olive oil and lots of pasta; all for about half of what we would spend elsewhere.