Another post where there is little to say. Villefranche is a small town on the French Riviera. It is not glitzy like Monaco, nor famous like Cannes or Nice. Its main claim to fame was as a backdrop for the Cary Grant movie “An Affair to Remember.”
The cruise ship anchors offshore, requiring everyone to take a “tender” or shuttle boat, to get to shore. From there, we could have taken a day trip to any of these nearby famous locations, but after two intense tours in a row in Rome and Cinque Terre, we decided a mellow day was in order. So we simply caught the tender, grabbed a drink on the beach and kicked back to enjoy the view. Then we wandered down a couple of quaint side streets, found a lovely covered al fresco cafe for lunch, then wandered casually back to the tender. Life is good.
It took many tries to capture the lighthouse at just the right moment as the light turned, but I finally got it. 
The tender on its way to pick us up. 
And deposit us here. 
Where we could grab an umbrella on the beach, check email, 
enjoy the view, 
And have a wonderful drink. I don’t know if it was coffee or hot chocolate, but it was good. 
Wandered quaint streets a block off the harbor and had a lovely alfresco lunch. 
It’s the French Riviera. What’s not to like?
