May 1. A national holiday in France for Labor day, so the day of Museums we'd planned to see is not to be. I went into the village of St Paul de Vence and walked around...narrow cobblestoned streets..a bit too steep and hilly for Natalie. On one side of the village you can see the snow covered Alps in the north, and on the other the Mediterranean. It's another of the medieval villages I referenced before...tho in this case, as with Portofino discovered by artists - Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, Renoir - and then those of other French fame, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret (they were married at the hotel) Roger Moore, Tony Curtis. There's a well known hotel/restaurant here, in which Picasso lived in earlier days, when he didn't have any money...so he paid his room and board with paintings. Don't know that we'll get a chance to eat there to see them - the hotel called to ask for a reservation but nothing available.
Our hotel is a former farm, and farmhouse.....tho you'd ever recognise it as such today. It's absolutely charming, and the most beautiful gardens I've seen in a long time. It actually has more of a spanish look....I've added some pics at the top here. )by the way you can see the pictures better if you click on them, they will open in larger size.