9- Antibes, Saint Tropez, Sainte Maxime, Nice

The day after our excursion to Italy, Abbey Road visited Antibes! We had plans to spend the whole day there, but unfortunately, because there was a storm expected to happen, we only spent a few hours there and returned to St Laurent for dinner afterwards with our host family. In Antibes, we visited the Musee Picasso and shopped around. It wasn't long before the rain started coming down hard. Not only did we get lost on the way back to the train station, but we were all got soaking wet. I was glad I brought my beach towel to Antibes...although we didn't go to the beach, it ended up being very useful in protecting myself from the rain! Yesterday was a sunnier day in Saint Tropez and Sainte Maxime. Because of the horrible traffic, the group went by bus to Sainte Maxime and then from there, we took a boat to Saint Tropez. It was absolutely stunning there. We had free time once we arrived, but most of the shops were too expensive to buy anything at, so me and a few others just window shopped and looked at what we couldn't afford. However, I did get a delicious piece of dark chocolate from a chocolaterie and a jacket that was on sale. Once back in Sainte Maxime, we had some more beach time (I'm definitely going to be tanner when I get back). Later on, we had dinner at a beach side restaurant called Le Wafou. The food there was delicious! I got a piece of filet mignon and a green salad, along with a tomato farcis (a specialty of the south of France: stuffed veggies) topped off with a delicious mushroom cream sauce. For dessert, I got a scoop of Nutella ice cream. French people love Nutella. I'm actually starting to get sick of it, if you can believe it. Today, the group went to Nice to go parasailing and do some other miscellaneous water sports. Parasailing was a really cool experience. I was a little nervous right before we took off, but once we were in the air, it was really relaxing; it kind of felt like we were flying. I can't believe there are only about 5 more days left until we all return home. It seems like I've been here forever; I feel like I know the town of Saint Laurent so well, like it's my home! Also, I feel like I've become such good friends with many people in the group. It's going to be really sad to leave them, but I know we'll stay in touch! Antibes, stormy weather on the way:

The breathtaking view of Saint Tropez from the boat:

In Saint Tropez: