vacances

south of france what more can you ask for, la coitat is my second home,this year partly en famille.la coitat is very southern french with a long history and what was a shipyard close to some of the most spectacular scenery on any coast any where ,its not too affected by tourism but has crowded beaches. the secret places are best. the petit mugel is a tiny bay beloved of snorkelers ,turquoise sea, over hanging pines and subtropical garden make it a special treat . get there early and leave by 2 o clock, too hot by then .other distractions this year were theiry and severins boulangerie on the road to cyreste .it is place with a Little cafe connected , the croissants are authentic heaven , the petit fors are worthy of a sultans palace, the pizza something all its own ,also there are meringues the size of foot balls and the bread is something supermarkets cant get any where near .open all week no wonder there is always a queue. st jean is on the edge of la coitat, it has many attractions less crowded beach a good hotel with very attentive staff . the rooms have air conditioning . it has access to a private beach and pizzeria , which is actually a restaurant. on the Waters edge, it does great food is run by Corsican brothers, hopefully not the tortured Dumas ones , their illes flottant are superlative.the setting is great really waters edge, and gave a ring side seat to an electrical storm that would not have been out of place in the ten comandments movie .the grand pins pizzeria unlike the one by the beach ,is mainly is what it states itself to be this establishment ,once restaurant is now a noisy bar, which seems to attract a lot of women .the explantion the pizzas are prepared by two hunks ,responding to the heat generated by a wood burning oven ,who break all the undress codes associated with health and saftey, but produce light as feather pizzas. its worth a visit if you like that sort of thing. nevertheless restaurants in france arn't what they used to be , English establishments are as good and have more variety .its interesting the two best meals i had were prepared privately one, in st remy by an english man , the other by French lady in la ciotat that tells you something. both were light lunches that lasted four hours .a good restaurant should produce something you cant achieve at home .most of the ones i visited didnt come any where near . what is better than england are the staff ,eastern europeans excepted ,who are always attentive look like they enjoy their job ,so that even the most ordinary meal becames a pleasant experience the indiana on the bech front exemplifies this .as for english cafe culture , it ain't going to happen we simply do not have the weather