Antibes is a delightful little town on the Cot d' Azur part of The French Riviera. It is surrounded by mediaeval ramparts which would protect the town in times of strife.
A view of the town from the sea, you can see the snow covered alps in the background.
One of the many colourful streets that weave their way through the old town.
The place has many fine restaurants and street café's, serving the delicious Mediterranean food also there are quite a few Italian Tratoria's that serve some of the finest pasta dishes I have ever tasted. My favourite one was called Mamalu's, a very simple little café that served a different pasta dish each day. We dined there several times and my favourite dish was the Linguine Vongole.
I managed to persuade the chef Lucca to share his recipe with me, I would like to share it with you, but I was sworn to secrecy. However, it is on our menu regularly so if any of you are passing by , I would be delighted to cook it for you !
We would walk along the ramparts to a beautiful beach in Juan les pins which is part of the province of Antibes. Yet another part of town to soak up the sun and swim in the azure waters.
The Ramparts.
Walking back along the Ramparts into Antibes is The Picasso Musee`D'Antibes
This is one of Picasso's famous painting which he painted in Antibes, he found the light there most favourable for his works,
La Joie de Vivre painted in 1946 is emblatic of his stay there.
Picasso's bronze statues along the ramparts overlooking the bay.
The master at work in his studio.
That's all folks, I could write and write about yet another favourite holiday jaunt but hey we're only at the letter 'A'....still plenty of time to have ANOTHER jaunt in Europe!
My sincere thanks to the AMIABLE and AMUSING Denise for devising ABCW and also to our ACTION MAN Roger for doing what he does, so well.
Best wishes and thanks to all the little helpers, also welcome to Melody, a new little helper,
Di. xx
La Joie la Vivre (Picasso).
La Joie la Vivre (Picasso).
