Eze
Thursday 10th March 2011
Left Paris in the morning, got the TGV down to Nice, and from there a short bus ride to the village of Eze, where we'd be staying at the Chateau Chevre d'Or.
Cote d'Azur March 2011
John's Pictures

08:44:23
Breakfast at the Hotel Terminus next to the Gare de Lyon in Paris.

09:06:24
The Gare de Lyon in the morning, as we popped out after breakfast to buy supplies from a nearby supermarket.

09:28:43
...and again 20 minutes later, after we'd checked out.

09:46:10
On the TGV just as it was about to leave the Gare de Lyon.

12:08:55
Later on during our journey, probably somewhere near Aix-en-Provence. This picture illustrates we're on a duplex train.

12:16:23
A somewhat spartan lunch - bread and cheese. Was pleased to find Leerdammer in a French supermarket, which even in France is labelled as being made with a vegetarian rennet.

12:16:32
Chie in our luxurious first class seats, in constrast somewhat to our very basic lunch.

13:51:35
In the buffet car, as the train passed through a tunnel.

15:59:12
In Nice now, as we somewhat frantically dashed about trying to find where the bus to Eze went from. The Gare Routiere was closed for redevelopment.

16:52:15
...and now in Eze. Here's the gardens on the way into the Chateau de la Chevre d'Or, filled with animal sculptures.

17:08:06
Chie in the bar at the Chateau de la Chevre d'Or, where we had a welcome drink and a slice of cake.

17:15:59
The balcony in our room, overlooking the Mediterranean and the Cap-Ferrat.

17:18:23
More pictures of our balcony, which I was clearly rather excited about!

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17:19:47
The view in the opposite direction from our room.

17:22:32
Looking inwards to our room - like the train this was a duplex, the bathroom was on a lower floor.

17:25:43
Taking a late afternoon / early evening stroll around the hotel gardens.

17:26:35
There's the swimming pool - we (or I, to be more precise) actually had a swim in this later on.

17:28:08
Looking down through the gardens.

17:29:16
The hotel cat.

17:29:22
What a hard life.

17:32:55
More of the gardens...

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17:38:22
Lots of cactii.

17:41:04
You can actually see some azur in the bay down below, even at this time of year.

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17:50:59
Some pictures of the village of Eze itself, it's really rather special.

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19:26:46
Eze by night, on our way down to dinner.

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19:53:49
Dinner at Le Pinnochio, an Italian restaurant at the base of Eze, which was full of American tourists.

20:42:43
Back to our room by way of the hotel gardens.

20:43:30