My daughter would not tell me anything about the restaurant—not even tell me the name because she feared I would say, “C’est trop cher!”
We had a table on the upper terrace of Les Pêcheurs—a once-in-a-lifetime experience of a sublime view, food and service. We went early by French standards— 8 p.m. But we wanted to ensure a certain table and to luxuriate over our apéritifs and tapas. We had the terrace to ourselves for a while. Then some Dutch arrived, two men who focused on wine tasting and an elegant couple, who nodded toward the Cap d’Antibes, saying, “We can almost see the children from here.”
Many people waited on us, and I didn’t know their titles. Someone brought a cart of fish on ice, identifying each and explaining how they were cooked. Another reviewed menu items, providing translations.
We savored each morsel because this would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. . . .
The next day, friends asked, “And last night? Did you feel it?”
The Nice Matin (July 8, 2011) described the earthquake of 5.3 that affected the coastline between Marseille and the Italian border with an epicenter located 192 kilometers from the coast. No tsunami, no injuries.
No, we hadn’t felt anything.
Lots of interesting comments after this week's earthquake. My son thought his fiancee's car was having serious engine problems. One friend though her frig was on the blink and another attributed the shaking to an overloaded washer.
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