La Napoule, Settling In 03/09/2019

Our French holiday really started today. After a long train ride from Milan, Italy to Mandelieu-La Napoule, we got off the train and had a short walk to our apartment. ( about 150 meters). The apartment was everything we thought it would be. Jean-Paul Krebs, our landlord, had told me what to expect. We walked in and were very pleased. Jean-Paul had left a bottle of champagne for us in honor of our anniversary. After a full night's sleep, it was time to explore our little village. But first we went grocery shopping. Thanks to Jean-Paul, we knew where to go. Linda made a shopping list and we walked to the village grocery store and bought what we felt we would need in the coming week. We then stopped at a local rotisserie store named AU Bon Poulet. The owner was Philippe. We told him that Jean-Paul told us to come there and he loaded us up with ham, ribs, rice, gravy and a fantastic grilled pineapple. We went back to the apartment, stocked our groceries, and went to the local bakery for croissants and breakfast pastries for the next day. By now it was lunch time. We had a meal at L'Annexe located at the marina. We had eaten at this restaurant last summer with Harry and Amanda Kearley. When we were there last, Harry fed the sparrows. They must have thought Harry was back, because the sparrows showed up looking for food. Harry was not here, so I fed them.
After lunch we decided to walk to the visitors; center, about 4 kms distance. The longest 4 kms I have walked. I finally gave up navigating and passed those duties to Linda. Afterwards, we arrived there in short order. The young lady was very helpful and when she finished, asked if there was anything else she could do for us. I said yes, would you call me a taxi? She said yes, but why not take the bus? I said OK. She gave us bus instructions and we were back at our apartment in about 30 minutes. After a great meal with our ham, pineapple and potatoes, we listened to the Auburn-Tennessee basketball game and then baseball and softball games. A great day for Auburn and a great day for us. Tomorrow we will travel to Monaco. Join us...