Our day started st 8:30 am where we left Lyon and headed south to Cannes in the Cote d'Azur (the French Riviera). We followed the Route Napoleon through the Alps Maritime. Route Napoleon is the route taken by Napoleon in 1815 on his return from Elba which ended at the Battle of Waterloo. The route begins in Grasse, where Napolean began his Hundred Days, and ends in Grenoble. Heading south from Lyon we took the reverse route starting from Grenoble to Grasse then on our way to Cannes.
We spent close to 8 hours on the motor coach with stops along the way. From Lyon our first rest stop break was just south of Grenoble. Pictured below is our motor coach.
Between short naps during our Route Napoleon, pictures were taken through the bus window of the scenic countryside and alps. Today was cloudy and rainy so clouds are hanging over the Alps.
We stopped for lunch at Sisteron, a small town along the way to Cannes. Sisteron is a Medieval town which has one of the few remaining fortress which was first erected in the 11th century. While we did not tour the Citadel of Sisteron, we did enjoy a lunch stop here.
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| Sisterton lunch stop |
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| Buildings in Sisteron are old and rustic |
The road through the Alps was narrow and winding but the views were spectacular. Our bus driver was very skilled at maneuvering through the tight turns not only in
the mountains but through all the tiny towns we passed through.
While it is difficult to see there is an archway in the mountain our bus driver carefully maneuvered through. see lower right panel.
About 5:30 we made it to Cannes just in time for dinner.
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