St Tropez

St Tropez lighthouse, with a photo of Brigitte Bardot 

Our friends Pedro and Tina kindly invited us to stay with them in their 'Shed on the Med' near St Tropez, on the Côte d'Azur in the south of France. The shed was originally a caravan, but had been upgraded to being a small bungalow with no wheels in sight. Many of the other vans were occupied by British expats.

Pedro & Tina

The trip from Budapest to Nice was complicated by a missed connection in Zurich, which led to us being diverted to Frankfurt and then to Nice. Along the way our luggage got lost, which took about 48 hours to sort out.

But then we had a lovely four days being shown around the playground of the beautiful people, with walks, restaurants, and a bit of boating.

Artists on the quayside with super-yachts

Superyacht

Roll your eyes if you must, but it was hard to miss the number of gorgeous women

Sandra's job was to wander through our restaurant wearing a variety of outfits

Our waitress

Tina and George rising to the competition

One of several classy restaurants

Gassin restaurant Bello Visto

The blokes got a bit of attention from the women in our party. This guy drove a ferry boat to the restaurant

George dishing up pasta

Whizzing about on a RIB

Pedro the skipper

Chess players

Arty chair designs

Pigeon posing on terra cotta

Shirt salesman

We stumbled on a wedding where the guests were assembling. They were graciously tolerant of a photographer. Here is an anthropological study of the people from the Côte d'Azur.

Flower girls