Yes, ridiculous to think you can see Antibes in a day, so we didn’t even try.

But what we did see we thoroughly enjoyed. The weather was perfect and even though it was a Friday in the middle of the high season, it wasn’t too busy or overcrowded at all.

This place held a few surprises….

One I can’t verify, but our driver yesterday told us there is a kangaroo farm in Antibes and the meat is grown for the restaurants around the area. Supposedly the ‘farmer’ has 47 kangaroos. A Google search failed to confirm this, but our driver was a local and was adamant. Perhaps he also had a good sense of humour.

The second surprise, and on an entirely opposite experience, Mick agreed to try a vegetarian restaurant for lunch. Sadly the food was very ordinary and I doubt I’ll convince him to try a similar place again, or at least until he forgets this experience.

The beaches were filled with sunbathers. Far fewer people in the water actually cooling off in the 32°C heat of mid summer. We later spotted lots of very sun burnt bodies, obviously not used to the warmth and sunshine.

Mick spotted two hopeful fishermen near hear and watched them until he realised I was missing. I’d found a shady spot to stand and people-watch. There appeared to be no fish about.

We walked all around the Cap d’Antibes back to the old town.

And, we eventually arrived at the marina. The boats here must be worth a fortune. How would you like navigating out of there??

We found the local under-cover markets and once again were reminded why we love France so much.

Mick drooled over the meat and fresh fish displays, while I purchased a Socca fresh from an open wood-fired oven. I’ve never had one before, made of chickpea flour, olive oil and salt.

It cost €2.50 for a quarter of the huge pizza-shaped Socca, and was very nice.

We resisted the temptation to buy anything here but I’m sure we will make up for it once we are settled in our house sitting location.

We ventured out for an evening drink and dinner. This was the view from our table.

I tried a drink called kir – made with a Provence white wine with crème de cassis.

We ate a typical French meal at Chez Lulu.

It was very nice but was way too much food for us. This photo was taken at 8.30pm. Hardly anyone here at that time – way too early. But by 10pm when we were leaving the restaurant had filled up.

We had a great day and successfully completed our main job for today – to find the Gare – which was about 400m away.

We are to catch a train to Cannes tomorrow where we’ll be met and taken to our house sitting location just outside Seillans.