Antibes, the French city on the Mediterranean Sea where The Idiot launched his 20-year walk around the Med in 1998, is not only featured in the first chapter in The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean (2008).
It’s also where he worked out with a masters swim team from 1984-2004, where his daughter Sonia lives today, and where he frequently stays when he visits the French Riviera to savor the markets, port, restaurants, flowers, boats, beaches, trails, views and other attractions.
That’s the first place he’ll head when Europe accepts post-pandemic vaccinated foreign visitors. And here’s what he’s likely to see and do.
Hang with his daughter Sonia and her dog Oreo and cat Flora on the Mediterranean Sea in Antibes.
Admire the hanging flowers in Antibes, France.
Shop in Antibes’ Marché Provençal covered market every morning.
Choose cheese in the Marché Provençal in Antibes.
Gather spices in the Marché Provençal in Antibes.
Visit the inviting Antibes cathedral.
Walk along the Mediterranean after deciding to turn right (towards Cannes) or left (towards Nice) between the cathedral and the Picasso Museum in Antibes.
Start a walk one way or the other on the ramparts above the Mediterranean Sea in Antibes, France. (Photo: Sonia Stratte-McClure)
Resist a jump off the ramparts into the Mediterranean Sea in Antibes, France.
Lunch at Les Vieux Murs on the ramparts above the Mediterranean in Antibes, France.
Welcome a dove to lunch at Les Vieux Murs in Antibes, France. (Photo: Sonia Stratte-McClure)
Shop for an urban house on the ramparts in Antibes, France.
Walk above the beaches in Antibes, France.
Count fishing boats in the Antibes port.
Enjoy the view from Antibes towards Nice and the Maritime Alps.
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