I'm On A Boat

Cannes is a lovely town on the French Riviera, and the fact that it is on the Riviera is blatantly obvious, even from the boat. There are yachts all over the place. One that sticks out in my mind at the moment is a very large teal one with a matching helicopter on the upper deck of the boat. There was also a purple/pink one docked near where the tender dropped us off. We were greeted by a red carpet and cameras, just like the movie stars. We really weren’t sure what to do, since Monaco and Monte Carlo were a little ways away and we didn’t want to gamble here either, so we just walked around the town. We walked up to the Old Town area, which is at the top of a large hill. There was a church at the very top, Notre Dame de L’Esperance, that provided magnificent views of the town and the mountains surrounding the area. There is a an island that is visable from this hill, and that is called Saint Marguerite, which is most famous for a royal prison that was built by Cardinal Richelieu in the 17th century and housed the Man in the Iron Mask, who later inspired Dumas’ novel.

We walked down the hill and decided to wander through the shops and botiques that lined the streets. Everything was far too expensive, of course, but it was nice to have such a slow paced day. We picked up some postcards to write later and headed towards the Palais des Festivals, where the International Film Festival is held every year. It’s a peaceful park area with cut outs of movies that you can put your face in and take pictures with. Of course, I had to pose as Hans Solo, so we did that and wrote out some postcards. After a hectic trip to a post office, we headed back to the boat to relax in the sun for a bit.

We decided not to visit Mr. Martin Kaye in Crooner’s tonight because “Avatar” was playing at Movies Under the Stars. And I think we all loved it. It made me want to go to Pandora and have a giant blue avatar of myself. But, that is not really relevant to the cruise, so I’ll just move on… We decided to call it a night, seeing as its about 1 in the morning, and tomorrow is Barcelona!