Bonjour,

Cannes (pronounced like Can) is also on the Cote d’Azur or Blue Coast – or French Riviera to most tourists. Cannes has lots of companies and business along with tourism and all, but our local guide said it is most noted for its annual film festival. She said the city has 70,000 inhabitants but that number triples during the film festival. She said the festival is a miserable time for the locals. She also said that when the film festival started, it was a really simple event and they gave an award to every film that entered. The event has grown of course, but the streets are no wider and no more parking is available, etc. We walked about and even without the film festival, the streets and sidewalks were very crowded. The area also has lots of very nice hotels and restaurants. This was a relatively short visit for us, just a couple of hours.

1. This building is part of the film festival and of course, the red carpet was already out.

2. This building is just to the left of the building in the first photo. This is where the famous people walk up into the theater.

3. This is a short distance away from the first two buildings, looking the other way – across the street.

4. This is the film festival buildings and grounds from the back side or sea side.

5. The yachts on the left and right side (behind the pier) are barely a sprinkling as compared to when the film festival is happening. At first I was surprised, but when you think about it, what better way to get there without having to fight all the traffic on the roads and no place to park.

Voila,

Bill