on friday morning, kate and i woke up, checked out of our comfy little paris hostel and got on a five hour express train to antibes, a little town in between nice and cannes in the south of france to visit chris and james, friends from mount a living there for the year. the train was awesome, we covered an incredible amount of ground (all of france) in such a short time. we learned quickly that train travel in europe is going to be very efficient for us. we arrived in antibes, and needed to call chris for directions, as they had to be at work setting up for the 20th anniversary of their bar... the party was conveniently that night and even better... they were giving away drinks! kate and i unloaded our stuff, and took the map that chris left for us in the kitchen and walked around the old town of antibes. it is so gorgeous there! chris and james live in an apartment on the 4th floor of a house on a cobble stone street in the old town. true to chris, the apartment was spotless, and kate and i took ove
r his room for the weekend. we wandered down to the little beach near the harbour and stuck our feet into the mediterranean for the first time. by this time, the free drinks at the bar had started, and we went by for a drink or two (and a welcome to antibes jagerbomb from james) before supper. we ate at this amazing little restaurant just down the street from the apartment and decided we were going to drink some rose wine, because it appeared all the locals loved it. by this time, we certainly didnt need the bottle of rose we had purchased, but we drank it anyway back at the apartment, and ended up at the bar. chris proceeded to give us another bottle, and things went seriously downhill from here. i broke two wineglasses (one on james greens foot), and by the time kate and i got home, we couldnt even wait up for the boys. welcome to antibes. chris took us to the beach on saturday, which was a perfect activity for us after our evening out. it was a beautiful day, and we eve
n got some swimming in. after the guys left for work, we hopped on a train to cannes, just 12 minutes away to check out the most famous area in the south of france. it was pretty unreal... very ritzy and we enjoyed the serious window shopping we did at louis vuitton and hermes. back in antibes, went down to the boys bar for some drinks, watched the montreal game with james (a die hard fan) and ended up back at the apartment where we stayed up until 6am having some drinks and visiting. lets just say sunday was a very lazy day, which was exactly what we needed after our whirlwind weekend. packing up our backpacks is not as fun as we had imagined, and takes a lot of mental prep. i am fast realizing that i brought too much stuff!!
r his room for the weekend. we wandered down to the little beach near the harbour and stuck our feet into the mediterranean for the first time. by this time, the free drinks at the bar had started, and we went by for a drink or two (and a welcome to antibes jagerbomb from james) before supper. we ate at this amazing little restaurant just down the street from the apartment and decided we were going to drink some rose wine, because it appeared all the locals loved it. by this time, we certainly didnt need the bottle of rose we had purchased, but we drank it anyway back at the apartment, and ended up at the bar. chris proceeded to give us another bottle, and things went seriously downhill from here. i broke two wineglasses (one on james greens foot), and by the time kate and i got home, we couldnt even wait up for the boys. welcome to antibes. chris took us to the beach on saturday, which was a perfect activity for us after our evening out. it was a beautiful day, and we eve
n got some swimming in. after the guys left for work, we hopped on a train to cannes, just 12 minutes away to check out the most famous area in the south of france. it was pretty unreal... very ritzy and we enjoyed the serious window shopping we did at louis vuitton and hermes. back in antibes, went down to the boys bar for some drinks, watched the montreal game with james (a die hard fan) and ended up back at the apartment where we stayed up until 6am having some drinks and visiting. lets just say sunday was a very lazy day, which was exactly what we needed after our whirlwind weekend. packing up our backpacks is not as fun as we had imagined, and takes a lot of mental prep. i am fast realizing that i brought too much stuff!!
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