Sunday October 18 - Eze

Here we are in Eze. We arrived on Sat by train - to very warm and sunny weather - what a change from the chilly Le Mistral. We took a taxi up the winding roads to Eze to our hotel, Le Chevre D'Or. Eze is a medieval village perched on a mountain, as you can see from the photos. The views are absolutely spectacular of the Mediterranean coastline. We wandered around the village - very steep climbing but filled with lots of boutiques and art shops. That night we had dinner at The Troubador, a restaurant beside the hotel - wonderful John Dory fish and scallops and a poached pear dessert - the weather suddenly turned chilly and rainy.

That night we slept 11 hours - every day up to that point, we had been getting up early to see all the sights and hadn't realized how tired we were. Anyway, we woke up to the most amazing warm and sunny morning. We had breakfast on the hotel terrace overlooking the Mediterranean - just amazing views - as well as incredible pain chocolate and croissants. The rest of the day we relaxed around the hotel, took photos, read and just plain did nothing - which is not difficult in such a beautiful location as this. Tonight we had dinner in the hotel restaurant, Le Chevre D'Or, a 2 Michelin star restaurant. It was the culinary highlight of our trip. Superb food and service with amazing views of Cap Ferrat and Nice. We had duck liver terrine with truffles, sea scallops, blue lobster from Brittany, selection of cheeses and chocolate Grand Cru - one of the best meals I've ever had. Bono from U2 lives nearby here and apparently this is one of his favourite restaurants.

Here I am by the hotel pool - it had to be a little hotter to get me in there.

Here's the rental car (only kidding)

The gardens around the hotel are beautiful. This one had lovely statues of animals.

Above are the winding roads from Nice to Eze. These roads were used in the Hitchcock film To Catch a Thief with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly - the site of the car accident where poor Grace died is just a couple of kilometres from here.

At the very top of the Eze village hill, there is a fortress ruin and a Jardin Exotique - a garden filled with desert plants - cacti and other flowering hot weather flowers/plants. Lib, as requested, here are 2 photos. You're right, the views are spectacular from there. You can see Consuelo Vanderbilt's former home, Chateau Balsan, in the distance. Not open to the public because it is now privately owned.Tomorrow, we move to Nice for 4 nights - very sad to leave this exquisite place.