I love weddings. I especially love destination weddings involving a couple I adore. This month, my cousin got married in Italy, in Correggio, a small town where his now wife grew up and where her family still lives. Naturally, this meant extended vacations for the entire family. We started ours in:
Paris for 12 hours...simply because I love Paris...followed by Nice.
While the crystal blue water (though bordering rocky beaches) and the city views were picturesque, the old city part was by far my favorite.
Just outside of Nice (in the village of Saint-Paul de Vence), there was a beautiful restaurant and inn, La Columbe d'Or. Opened in its original form in 1920, the best thing about it was its ambiance and art collection. The art collection contains some unbelievable pieces from Leger, Braque, Picasso and Matisse, among others, due to artists paying for room & board with their art during the war when fleeing Paris. You could feel the magic and history just being there.
And with that, my stint in the South of France was over and we departed for our Italian adventure.
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