Red-carpet-movie-star-palm-tree-sunny-beach: CANNES

Do you love shopping, good food, the beach, sun and the sea - all in a 500m radius?

Cannes is the place for you!!

It is a wonderful feeling walking on Boulevard de la Croisette, the 12 km, palm-tree-lined avenue just by the sea, with shopping-bags in one hand and your loved one in the other....stopping at one of the little beach-cafe's for an ice

cream or a drink or having lunch in the sunshine while

watching all kinds of people walking by, people playing boule or kids riding on fairy-tale-character-carousels!

Big plus for sea-food lovers ♥

They have it all and they make it goooood!

I had my best Moules Mariniere EVER and the prices were surprisingly good! In Sweden or Switzerland I am sure I would have payed almost the double... Oooh and that desert I had will stay in my memory (and a +1 size for jeans but oh so worth it ;))) for a long long time! I had a warm chocolate cake, all soft and almost a little runny inside - with a crispy surface served with really delicious vanilla ice cream and vanilla custard.... GAAAAAHHHH!

Another big plus is that the shopping is really great ♥ ♥
Beyond my expectation....which was high!

I found most of my favourite brands and stores (a few examples; True religion, Burberry, Sephora, Morgan, Pramod, Gucci, Paul & Joe, 7 for all mankind, Zara, Armani, Mulberry, Accessorize, Ralph Lauren just to mention a few), in less than 30 minutes (just didn't manage to find Betsey Johnson or Alice+Olivia??) and also found some new favourites. Manoush is something I will watch closely going forward for sure ;)) Amazing little creations!! I think if you just check out the front of their home-page, you might instantly find the feeling I had when I entered the little shop: http://www.manoush.com/

"Cannes, of course, is famous the world over for its International Film Festival, which sees the city’s population treble overnight. For 12 days in May, Cannes becomes the centre of the cinematic universe. Over 30.000 producers, distributors, directors, publicists, star and hanger-on descend to buy, sell or promote more than 2000 films. As the premier film event of the year, it attracts some 4000 journalists from around the world, guaranteeing a global spotlight to anyone with enough looks or prestige to grab it!" (source: http://www.platinium-ca.com/SightSeeing/cannes.htm)

I am not really star-struck easily, but must admit I felt a kind of weird excitement walking around in the area around the Grand auditorium, watching the hand-prints and autographs of some of my favourite actors and directors......after all - these people have had a huge influence in my life as I've spent countless hours taking in impressions from things THEY have created or characters THEY have portrayed ;))

Another fantastic thing about the area around Cannes is the Massif de l'Estérel ♥♥♥, which is basically a range of red-rock volcanic mountains by the sea! Really really beautiful!! Unfortunately the sun was playing a little hide-and-seek the entire afternoon, so I didn't manage to capture it's beauty entirely.....you will just have to trust me, see the pictures below or Google it ;)!

I give Cannes 4/5 palm-trees!! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
(if it wasn't for the 3 out of 4 days of rain, it might have gotten a 5 ;))!

If you go or if you've already been there, let me know your thoughts and your tips as I will surely go back!!

xox

Linda - Lost in Switzerland again but previously lost on a make-believe-red-carpet-ride in Cannes.....aaaahhhhh!

Words, emotions, impressions, learnings, inspiration and an upcoming trip to Cannes!

The past few weeks of my life have been more than I can describe in a simple blog-post, but here are some words to give you a picture: hectic, fun, horrible, happy, excitement, strange, sweet, nervous, anger, loveliness, opportunity, beautiful, hunger, injustice, worried, l♥ve, misery, moved, disappointment, music, laughter, fear, magic, tired, curious, pain, fantastic, tears, funny, surprising....... If there were enough words in my vocabulary I think I could honestly go on forever!

During the past few weeks I have discovered quite a lot about myself and also about other people....some really new and surprising things - but some just confirming my previous impressions.
Some really great discoveries! ...but also some where I had convinced myself that my "less-good-kind-impression" of something or someone or a situation was just me feeling insecure, or tired, or hormonal or even just bored, just to then turn out to be so disappointingly correct.

...disappointment....oh yes! But you know what?? What I really LOVE about all these weird experiences is that this is really LIFE! This is what it's supposed to be... To feel things and to experience things and trust me, lately I have felt and experienced quite a lot...and I wouldn't want it any other way.

I'm not sure why we keep calling this "such a cliché" when it's so amazingly true "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger".

Sure....let's not be naive... Some scars never heal completely - but do you honestly have a scar, physical or emotional, that you didn't learn something from? A scar that didn't make you think about or feel about something diffrently?

Right now I am exhausted, physically and emotionally, so now it's time to re-charge those batteries.....

A long weekend trip to Cannes is booked for next weekend and I am psyched!!!

Sandy beaches, palmtrees, my loved one, the ocean, sunsets, sunrises, fine wine and did I mention sunshine? Aaahhhh..... Vive la France! (Oh...yeah...if it's raining - I can use the "Things to do when it's raining" blog-post to guide me ;))

In the top of my top-list of things I appreciate most in life comes "Being inspired" !

You can find inspiration everywhere when you are open to it. Deepak Chopra says "Inspiration is that state in which mind and heart are connected".

Something that really inspired me today was this positive-thinking poem (thanks again Silvio and your friend Nada):

"Little bird in the sky dropping shit into your eye. You don’t worry You don’t cry You just thank God that cows don't fly" ♥ ♥ ♥

Whenever you feel a little blue - don't forget that after rain comes sunshine......and be inspired by this hilarious little positive thinking poem! Things CAN be worse ;))

..and keep smiling because it makes you beautiful, both inside and outside...

xox

Linda - Lost in Switzerland in a whirlwind of emotions....but soon lost in Cannes and will surely get my share of emotions there aswell....