Hi Jeff,
I don't live near Cannes now - but spent part of a year in school (University of Illinois) in a little town 7K. west along the coast road called LaNapoule. It was a long time ago, went back to visit 10 years ago and nothing changed in the town but the have a huge harbor now. Kind of disturbed the peacefull character of the area but still beautiful. Attached is a phot of two of the attractions in LaNapoule from my school days. One is Dominique, who by now is middle aged and maybe not such a hippie and the other - unchanged as of my 10 years ago visit is the Henry Clews castle, where our foreign studies program for the U of I was stationed for a few years. (Now they're in Paris). From Cannes you are close to everything by bus, train and plane. There is the main street in Cannes - Boulvevard de la Croisette that follows the coast line- called N98 out of town - (the scenic route to LaNapoule and to Nice by the way) where you can enjoy the sandy, topless beaches and see the Palas des Festivals where they have the film festival in May. It is a real zoo down there in May. A few K's east is Nice, a big college town with lots to do but with rocky beaches. A bit further east is Monaco which is a must see. Up in the hills all along the coast are perfume makers, art colonies and galleries. Lot of French Impressionist history. Heading west from Cannes are a lot of interesting small towns including LaNapoule, further out- not exactly local - Saint Tropez (I think current home of Brigitte Bardot) and major port cities like Toulon and Marseille-( see Corbusiers Unite).
By the way, as I remember on of our forum members Fymoro, has French Riviera down as his location - might give him a pm?
Anyway - have a great trip, hard not to. Share some photos when you get back I'd love to see them.
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