On Friday after she arrived, we visited a statue in Antibes that many who frequent Des Moines will recognize. (Side note: I did some digging and apparently this statue, as well as its Des Moines counterpart are just two in a series of similar sculptures by Jaume Plensa. Apparently, they also exist in Yorkshire, Tokyo, Vancouver, London, to name a few.)
Anyway, we left early on Saturday morning to go to St. Tropez with my study abroad group. St. Tropez was made famous by Brigitte Bardot in the 1960's, as well as a popular French t.v. show about police officers who worked at La Gendarmerie (The Police Station). Today, the city is a destination for wealthy tourists.
Luckily, we visited the city before heavy tourist traffic starts in May.
St. Tropez was a lot of fun to explore. There was a great outdoor market where they sold everything from antique books to assorted candies.
After the market, we ate a kind of cake that originated from the island of St. Tropez. It was so popular in the area that the vanilla custard filled dessert gained the name "The Tropezian." I do not have a picture of the cake however, Sarah and I ate ours fairly quickly :)
We were able to affectively burn off our cake by walking uphill to the Citadel of St. Tropez. It offered a spectacular view of the city and coastline.
Also atop the hill was a wild peacock. I've never before seen one outside of a zoo.
I greatly enjoyed Sarah's visit. She has been gracious enough to let me visit her in Germany the first weekend of May.
For Sarah's blog post please go to: http://sathies.wordpress.com/
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