Day 4 – Cannes and the search for Picasso

After breakfast on Tuesday, we drove into Cannes, parked at the Palais de Festivals and began our walk on the croisette. We walked from one end to the other enjoying the sand sculptures, vendors, and other tourists. On the return we spotted the castle on top of the hill and voted to hike up and see what it was like. Of course being Armistice Day, it was closed. We did stay long enough to take some photos and catch our breath. On the way back down into the city we stopped at some shops looking for more treasures.
The next stop was the Musee de Picasso. We had a vague, and let me emphasize that word, idea of where this was located. We headed off in the direction of Antibes. The museum was supposed to be located just outside the city according to our maps and as we entered Antibes we had not yet spotted it so we quickly (not really) turned around and headed back to Vallauris (where our map had a mark) and parked in a visitor lot and began our walk up to the city. We were lucky enough to spot a board listing the various museums in the city but none said Musee de Picasso so we walked back to the car. On the way spotted some other people on their way up to the city and asked them if they knew the way, “yes, yes” they replied. What joy! Back up the hill we went but when they spotted the board they realized they were thinking of something else and were wrong. Back down the hill and this time into the van. Got an F!
We decided at this point to just go and tour Antibes. To our amazement upon entering the city there was a sign for, you guessed it, the Musee de Picasso. Would we now find it? Could it be that easy? If you have been following our story you know that the answer is NO! The parking lot attendant told us to head to the port and we would find it. Really? Allo! We headed to the port and instead of following directions posted on various street signs we kept towards the port putting us a bit out of the way. However, we did in the end find the museum, paid admission, and took the tour. Believe it or not, we had no problem finding our way back to the parking lot and our van, but again got a bit twisted up on the return to the condo.
We finished up the evening by completing the Mexican Train game that was started the first night and Penny won with an incredible score of 162!

Looking towards the castle on the hill.

Sand art

A view from the castle