Mimosa Flower Festival

We spent the day at the Mimosa Festival in Biot. The Mimosa Festival is a celebration for the first flowers of spring, the mimosas, are in bloom (a sweet smelling yellow flower). We saw different groups of dancers perform with accompany bands (trumpets, drums, tuba, accordions, triangle,etc.) Sean loved seeing the trumpets and tuba. We bought Sarah confetti, so that she could throw it with the other kids.

We found a great cafe called Brun Cafe. The food was delicious. It was a very popular cafe, since a lot of people were turned away because the cafe was full.
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We lasted most of the festival 11am to 3pm. We only missed the last two hours. Mark and I were impressed how long the kids lasted. They could have stayed the whole time but we were done. There were several locals selling their goods. We bought lemon Cello,an orange wine, and a red wine. The orange wine is supposed to be for the aperitif, so that will be fun to try.

Also we found another glass blower who had a good deal for a set of 8 glasses with a pitcher so we couldn't pass that up since the glass was unique and beautiful!

Overall, we enjoyed the Fete!

Biot Glass Blowing!

We spent the morning watching glass blowing at La Verrerie De Biot in Biot, France. http://www.verreriebiot.com/fr The kids really enjoyed watching the glass blowers make all kinds of different glasses, vases, bowls, etc. It was neat to watch them mold the glass. We bought some glasses from La Verrerie De Biot, but we also bought the wine glasses, red glasses and orange glasses at a local family run glass blowing store called Verrerie Raphael Farinelli. http://www.farinelli.fr/ Verrerie Raphael Farinelli gives 10 percent discounts to Biot residence, so that was a bonus. What a great way to spend the morning. (Of course we forgot the camera, so next time we go we will post pictures of the glass blowers blowing the glass.)

Over the weekend we had good weather so we spent both afternoons at the beach. On Saturday, we went to a beach in Antibes that has smooth stones instead of sand. The kids really enjoyed throwing the stones into the water. It was neat to hear the stones clank together as waves came in. The pictures in this blog is from the stone beach. After spending time at the beach we went to a restaurant called Hippopotamus! Sean really enjoyed it since he Loves Hippos. The picture of Mark and I Sarah took for us. She did a great job with the camera! We were impressed!

On Sunday we went to a Castle Beach in Mandileu near Cannes. Another family who we have recently met showed us the beach. The kids enjoyed digging in the sand, finding sea glass and playing while the adults talked. It was a relaxing afternoon for all.

Nice, France

Since we had to take Mark's rental car to the Nice airport, we spent the afternoon at the Promenade d'anglais by the Sea. We played on the beach, which is a smooth stone beach. The kids had fun throwing the stones into the sea. We found a double decker carosel that the kids enjoyed riding on. Sean rode a girafe and Sarah rode a horse. There were many fountains that the kids enjoy seeing also. Since the weather was finally sunny and nice, we enjoyed spending the afternoon outside at the sea. It was a great day!