Cannes & the cote D’Azur

 Today after breakfast, we joined a yacht in Beaulieu and started a tour of the Cote D’Azur from the Mediterranean. 


Cappuccino in the early morning

 Captain Simon from York

Breakfast


Off we went and Simon showed us some interesting sites.
John Lennon’s  home that now belongs to Julian. Julian is a regular guest of our boat captain.

A Russian oligarch’s villa that has been sanctioned by the French government. They have sanctioned 1.3 trillion in assets from Russia.



Charlie chaplain’s villa that was bought by David Niven. Grace Kelly was fooling around with Niven and was photographed here.

Villefranche sur Mer. Villefranche means tax free. But of course that’s no longer the case.

Coco Chanel’s villa. She went broke and the Nazi party gave her $ to complete her Chanel No5. In turn, she designed their uniforms.

Bono’s home. Edge and the drummer also have villas on this coast.

Pulling up to the beach club for lunch

Heading out for the day with Simon

Billionaire’s Bay. We wanted to swim but a little too chilly and lots of jellyfish.

Simon at the helm. Besides Julian Lennon, he has also hosted Nicole Kidman and Mumford and Sons

Lunch at the Beach Club on an island across from Cannes

David looking dapper in his Italian clothes! Still no luggage for him.

Our villa is in the top right quadrant of this photo.

David calling the office to check on things

The boat tunnel used by Putin’s daughter to get to her villa above

Cannes

The hotel in Cannes where Michael Jackson dangled his baby

Looking forward to the day!









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