Fridays are special any week, but here in Menton they are
a bit festive because there is a weekly brocante as well as the Marché.
The day didn’t start out too promising weather wise – with
the clouds from yesterday persistently clinging to the mountain top – but the
sun rose over Italy and burned it all away in short order, leaving us with
sunny, cloudless skies and a high of 23C!
We like to hit the brocante every week, because, well, as
Forrest Gump said, “You just never know what you’re going to find.”
Unfortunately today, the pickings were a little slim for us. There was way too
much silverware (beautiful but impractical) and jewelry (of no real interest to
us), but there were also some interesting things, unfortunately none of which
compelled us to pick them up. A real hoot to find was the Canadian Tire “Mastercraft”
toboggan (remember, we are on the Riviera),
C.1970!
We moved across the lot to the Marché, and I suppose food
holds much more allure for us, because we started buying and could barely carry
the bag home. Gorgeous, sweet melons at 3 for 5E, a massive, tender bunch of
asparagus for 3E, Tart au courgette, pomme beignettes, bananas, avocados, tart
tatin, burrata cheese and more! I was thrilled to pick up a knock-around Fruit
of the loom 100% cotton T-Shirt for 2E!
We walked in to town and back, for a total of over 8KM
(Paul brought his pedometer!). By the time we had a delicious Burrata lunch, I
was wiped and had to have a nap…. confident that the good weather would remain
for sunning at 2pm. YIKES – by then the winds had whipped up a fury, and
although the temperature was more than pleasant, I was afraid of getting
wind-burn (YES, it was that windy!). The waves are HUGS today and I swear I can
feel the spray from them up here on the 5th floor!
Anyway, the day is drawing to a close and there is an
interesting story on the history of the Moulin Rouge on TV that I’d like to
catch, so I’ll bid you all bon soir and see you in the morning!
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| Just some of the jelly-bean coloured buildings in old town |
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| A Canadian Tire toboggan(!) for sale at the brocante |
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| Gorgeous flowers at the marche |
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| Lunch time on our south balcony |
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| Aview down to the sea from the Boulevard du Garavan |
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| A handsome (and tanned!) pair of lads! |
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