Menton and Villefranche-sur-Mer

I had a plan for the day. But when we hurriedly boarded the bus so we didn’t have to wait for the next one, we got on the wrong bus. Instead of a 15 minute ride to Villefranche-sur-Mer, we ended up with a full tour of the Riveria and got out in Menton. Two miles further and we would be in Italy.

Was I frustrated?

Nope. That’s one of the adventures of traveling–things don’t always go as planned.

We ended up with some great Italian food (we were after all just feet from Italy).

And Rob found some American coffee. He’s always a little put off by the size of French coffees.

We did eventually end up at Villa de Ephrussi. The house is nice, but the gardens are amazing.

The woman who owned it was quite a character. Apparently she arranged for a full wedding for her two dogs.

Imagine this view. Pretty spectacular!

Since we were having trouble with the bus, we ended up walking from the Gardens to Villefranche-sur-Mer. And Rob found us a great restaurant right on the water.