ST. TROPEZ!!

“ST. TROPEZ!!”
Lee-Anne had to admit to Russ that he was right. Lee-Anne loves St. Tropez. We were originally going to stay there for 3 nights, but to Lee-Anne’s protest, Russ changed it to 2 nights, allowing another day in Antibes. What a mistake! After reading the Lonely Planet travel guide’s description of St. Tropez, Lee-Anne was not excited to spend her honeymoon fighting hoards of wealthy tourists stepping off their million-dollar yachts. The Lonely Planet made this small fishing village into a Miami beach nightclub at WMC (Winter Music Conference). Alas, arriving in St. Tropez we quickly discovered the Lonely Planet travel guide was wrong on dismissing this beautiful, chic, charming, and albeit expensive village. In St. Tropez Russ and Lee-Anne experienced: the best hotel so far, an amazing state-of the art club, beautiful soft fluffy sand beaches, and excellent food and wine. In the two evenings we spent there we enjoyed walking around the quaint town while window shopping in cute boutiques and big name-brand designer shops, and gawking at the biggest yachts you could imagine.

The most decadent day of our honeymoon was Friday in St. Tropez. Where we spent most of the day on the beach drinking wine on our comfortable beach chairs. We treated ourselves (and thanks to friends contributions on honeyfund) received our first couple’s massage in a fancy hotel spa. This luxurious treat followed by a delicious dinner of oysters, prawn risotto for Lee-Anne and a cod and vegetable soup for Russ, and yes more wine. ☺ We dressed the best two traveling hipsters can on their honeymoon and hit the hottest and most exclusive club in the French Riveria. We showed up at the perfect time and with a nod from the doorman he opened up the roped off entrance and we waltzed right in. While admission was free, the club got their money. It did not seem to matter what drinks we ordered, be it expensive chamagne, vodka, shots, or water, each set of two drinks were 52 Euros. The music (mostly electronica) was very danceable and accessible to the wide variety of well dressed club goers.