Many people were taking advantage of the three day weekend and the superb weather, and Cannes was quite busy this morning. If the town and hotel beaches were not yet crowded, the main shopping street of the new Cannes, the Rue d’Antibes, and its equivalent in the old town, the Rue Meynadier, were both teeming with people, mostly tourists sporting designer sunglasses, cameras, sandals (some with socks!), and bare midriffs (though for some reason, it’s always the ones that can least afford it who show the most skin). Yet a mere block away, in the Rue Jean Mero, we are in the middle of a quiet residential area with barely a soul in sight. Incidentally, if you think that we are spending a great deal of time in Cannes lately, you’re absolutely right.