After a lovely time in Provence we headed on our last day to the villages St Remy de Provence and Les Baux de Provence. St Remy de Provence had a provincial market and Kirsten got some fresh olives and bread from the area. Les Baux de Provence was beautiful, had some really well preserved buildings- not much was open but we had a lunch picnic on the top of the building.
After driving back to Nice we walked down to the water and enjoyed the last moments of the sunset, Nice is really beautiful! We headed to the movies after dark.
The next day we woke up early and went for a run along the water to see a bit of Nice, we had breakfast along the water- that’s when we found out that there was a strike and so no public transport and potential flight delays! Not ideal as we had a connecting flight to New York. One expensive cab ride, delayed flight and Kirsten being one of 10 randomly selected for an extra search just before boarding we made it to New York! America make it really hard for you to get in- everyone was questioned multiple times. After a 2 hour wait to get through passport control at JFK we finally made it to our Airbnb in Brooklyn very exhausted.
Movie of the year (so far)
Little Women! We saw it in Nice in a small theatre with French subtitles. Really good movie, one of Kirsten’s all time favourite books so a lot to live up to. Cinema did not have fresh popcorn which was devastating.
2 last French dessert highlights
- We discovered a new French pastry we both love (our tastes for desserts are not always the same) Sacristain. Beautiful almondy goodness.
- Nathan made an excellent choice while visiting the Boulangerie and selected a nutella brownie which we shared. Absolutely delightful, will be hard for future brownies to measure up.
We were sad to finish the European part of our trip, we have really enjoyed our time here. Looking forward to the next leg of our trip in America and Canada.
Brewer Tour 19-20 