🇫🇷 Antibes: Monet’s Mediterranean Dream 🌊🎨

Life’s poetic symmetry: Days after admiring Monet’s pink-blue Antibes at London’s Courtauld Gallery, I stood breathless before the real thing—where the Alps kiss the sea in a haze of watercolor light. ✨ Why Antibes? "Cooler" than Menton: A tranquil, blue-drenched haven where even your eyelids filter the world in cerulean. Artistic legacy: Monet painted its "sparkling shores" (1888); Picasso doodled whimsical sea creatures here at 60. 🦞🎭 That light: Golden yachts, black reefs, and snow-capped mountains—all in one frame. 🚂 Practical Magic Train from Nice: 30 mins (no car needed!). Tip: Match Google Maps’ times—trains lack numbers! Two Routes: 1️⃣ 4hr coastal hike (for the ambitious) 2️⃣ 2hr: Le Nomade (giant white head sculpture) → Picasso Museum (sea-view path) → Plage du Ponteil (Monet’s exact vantage point!) → Old Town lanes 🍽️ Fuel for the Soul La Pescheria: €12 for 6 oysters + white wine 🦪🍾 (hidden in Provence Market). Copenhagen Coffee Lab: Grab a latte, then wander where waves choreograph the afternoon. #AntibesBlue #FrenchRiviera #ArtAndSea