April 28 - Those Who Can Cannes Can can

Author's note: This blog is also a re creation of the lost original.
Our next shore excursion was Cannes. It was a walking tour starting right at the ship. First we walked around the harbour which seemed a little like a wanna be Monte Carlo harbour. Some mega yachts but not like there. Past the Film Festival theatre and a statue of the man who brought winter tourism to the French Riviera, Lord Brougham. As we understand, he was passing through wanting to go to Italy but couldn't get through the border for some reason and was forced to stay in Cannes which in his day was a one horse town. Well, he loved it and found out that it also cured his TB or some other loathsome illness. As soon as he went home he told others and soon Brits of all kinds were flocking there. Anyone can probably shoot all kinds of holes into that story but the general drift is there.
Carol loved the high end shops along the promenade, stopping to drool every few feet. Then we went a bit inland onto a pedestrian street where ordinary people hang out. It was a lot busier and more comfortable for commoners like us. We passed through the market, bought two kinds of cheese, ate it all and we both promptly came down with lactose intolerance just like Meg Ryan in French Kiss.
But we soldiered on to the Old Town which was the most interesting. Again, narrow winding streets and old buildings. We were led to a lookout up a long ramp and thousands of stairs but the effort was worth it. The view over Cannes was priceless. We came down a different way involving only thousands and thousands of steps, ending just at the promenade back to the ship.
Tonite we went to a show called "Burn the Floor" originally conceived by some of the folks who do DWTS. A dancing phenomenon full of high energy action and singing. Lots of fun.