A GRAND DAY OUT

Struck a line though a few things from my ‘minor’ bucket list today.
* Drove the Corniche highway along the Cote d’azur.
* Visited St Tropez in search of Bridgette Bardot. Out of luck with the second part there.
* Visited Cannes, as Sharon searched for Jonny Depp and his house
No luck there either, but we did read on line that he was in this area buying a vineyard and farmhouse for his wife.

St Tropez harbour.

Quite a drive, steep windy, narrow roads and chocked tight with traffic and on a Tuesday. Remember when we were asking “Where was every one in France?” Well now we know, they’re here. The coast was overwhelming for outstanding scenes and one could see why the people were there. Sharon and I felt we were 30 years too late though.



We took the ‘freeway’ back I was on burnout having to concentrate so hard on the driving.

The little town we’re staying in, is amazing, it’s a sort of backwater off the tourist route but is a pretty or prettier than the high tourist towns. Nice Marina just down the road, we stopped there for our coffee and croissant’s this morning. People were friendly as we walked by and because it was our second morning the coffee shop folks greeted us like regulars. We can see down on the beach where the locals or people who know and enjoying the late afternoon.

The local marina

We’ll walk down near the marina tonight there’s a free concert called Soiree “BEATLES” with a group called “Liverpool” That sounds like it could be fun. Well, we’ll let you know.

THE CONCERT

The concert was actually quite good, they were obviously very French but they’d put a lot of time in listening and studying the words and music. The lead guitar ‘George’ was especially good. Looked more like a computer nerd than a guitarist. Chubby long haired ‘John’ was OK. The drummer would rate with Ringo, ’Paul’ did a lot of fun stuff , “Yesterday” and all the classics.
Jeanne!!! on the keyboard added a lot for the instrumental bits for the later years. She also sang and played the Lennon solo “Imagine” that was heavily accented but touching.

They did a good two and a half hours virtually non stop, good sound system and lighting out in the park under the trees. The local beer places around the park put all their chairs and tables out and served drinks until after midnight. Lots of Champagne flowed as did the beer.

When they started tiring the words became a little slurred. “Day Treeper” and “Fazzer Mickeenzie” from Eleanor Rigby, were real hits.

On the whole it was really well done, it recaptured the 60’s spirit in the crowd as they became involved. Can’t beat that for the price on a warm summer evening.