We caught the bus to Cagnes-sur-mer but we didn't go to the seaside bit we walked up the hill to the Renoir Musee. This was his home(photo) for the last 11 years of his life. It is in a magic spot with a view to the old town of Haut-de-Cagnes, a hilltop fortified village in one direction as well as a 180 view of the ocean in the other direction. It is set in a very old olive grove and is quite a large home with modern facilities which means he can't have been a starving artist before he died. His studio is set up like it was before he died except for the 760 paintings that were in there which I guess have been sold by now. There was a short video of him painting showing his crippled up hands...he had very bad arthritis, and a cheeky twinkle in his eye.
We then caught a shuttle bus to the old town and walked around(photo)but the shops and art galleries were shut as it was midday . Then a bus to St Paul de Vence - the most famous little hilltop village in the region - and by the time we got there all the artisans shops were open (2pm). There were lots of lovely galleries with very good art.We took lots of photos of the cute streets, so much so that both our cameras were on their last legs by the time we went home. We had a lemon meringue gelati (photo) - YUM with real meringue on the top!!. This flavour has now taken over from my previous favorites , pistatio and fig.
At home we did a bit more grocery shopping .There has been a notice in our lift which we asked about and found out it was a notice to say the water would be cut off for some time today.The water was a lovely brown colour when we returned showing that they had been doing some work. We hope we are cleaner after our shower tonight and not dirtier!!! We had a cuppa and some little pastry biscuits and a rest before dinner at home and our evening stroll .
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