Saturday in St. Paul de Vence
Saturday 31st August 2019
Breakfast at our hotel, followed by a morning swim, then a stroll into town for lunch at Cafe de La Place. After lunch we walked to the Fondation Maeght to look at some sculpture, then back to the hotel for another swim. In the early evening, back into St. Paul de Vence for an early evening aperitif at Chez Andreas, then dinner at Obatik, then finishing off with gelato and aa digestif on the ramparts catching the tail end of the sunset.
Cote d'Azur August/September 2019
John's Pictures

09:31:29
There were a ridiculous number of cushions on the beds in our hotel room.

09:36:20
Erika at the hotel.

09:49:46
A late al fresco breakfast at the hotel.

09:49:54

09:57:20
More pictures of the greenery at the hotel.

09:57:27

09:57:39
Limes?

10:43:10
Chie and Erika having a morning swim.

11:02:07

11:09:33
I decided to sit this one out.

11:49:43
Me amongst the vines again.

11:55:02
On the way into St. Paul de Vence for lunch.

11:56:45
More views of the village.

12:30:52
Lunch at the Cafe de la Place - Erika had a croque monsieur...

12:33:47
...and I had a tofu steak (!) and chips. It wasn't bad actually.

13:04:24
On the way to the Fondation Maeght. The heat was quite oppressive this afternoon and even though it was only a 20 or so minute walk I found it a bit arduous!

13:23:04
On arrival at the Fondation Maeght.

13:25:04
Barbara Hepworth.

13:31:16
I think this bit was called the labyrinth.

13:32:51

14:47:41
On the way back to the hotel, I found a slightly shorter route which avoided having to go back into the village again, but did give us nice views of it from a distance.

14:48:36

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17:10:26
After an afternoon swim I left the girls happily lounging at the hotel a bit longer so I could go for an early evening stroll into the village.

17:14:44
Some zoomed-in-a-bit views of St. Paul de Vence on the walk in.

17:14:49

17:17:40
Nice roof tiles here.

17:19:22
An old water wheel.

17:24:05
I was considering options for dinner.

17:25:41
Views from the ramparts.

17:27:28
The terrace of the hotel in the centre of the village, looked rather nice.

17:28:14
Along the ramparts.

17:33:08
Alleyways of St. Paul de Vence.

17:33:12

17:35:29
The fountain again.

17:55:45
St. Paul de Vence's wine shop.

18:02:23
An aperitif at Chez Andreas overlooking the vineyard on the slopes of the village.

18:02:28

18:07:43
Chie and Erika joined me here for a drink - here's Erika having an Orangina.

18:07:49

18:08:18
Erika took a couple of pictures of us. I don't think this is my best angle.

18:09:20

18:20:53
A few pictures of the slightly confusing different menus for the place where we were planning to have dinner.

18:22:22

18:22:50

18:26:19
Chie.

18:48:09
It was still a bit too early for dinner so we went for a stroll around the village.

18:59:13

19:00:54

19:01:51
Chie and Erika on the ramparts.

19:24:52

19:37:34
Dinner in Obatik now. Erika had pasta with home made pesto, and Chie had something involving squid.

19:37:38

20:07:27
Catching a bit of the sunset after dinner.

20:07:31

20:09:01
Outside the restaurant.

20:22:26
Dessert on the ramparts.

20:22:46
Nice lighting here.

20:25:01

20:37:24
Heading back to our hotel now - here's Chie and Erika in the main gateway into the village.

20:51:33
Back at the hotel now.