The water is a bit cold at first but once you jump in ..its all good.

I took a train to Paris on Saturday night. As I sat in the train I couldn’t stop thinking of that now memorable scene from last year’s in competition film “Inglorious Bastard”. Its the opening scene where the Nazi general enjoys a fresh glass of milk at a little farm house in the french country side. The view from my train window is beautiful and  suddenly I felt the urge to stop have a glass of milk as well. Perhaps next time.

Its day 11 of the festival and decided to take it easy. I woke up late missing the daily hotel buffet breakfast. Called my sister’s room and I invited her to the beach. She had  just finishing packing for Paris. It’s was our last day in Cannes. The sun was shinning and there was no film in particular to see.

In has been a lack luster festival when it came to films. Among my meetings and reception/parties there wasn’t much to choose from. I wasn’t always lucky with scheduling there was always a conflict with my selections or the festival schedule was incorrect an unmistakable first that I can recall. However bearing that in mind I had to select films from the market or the festival day after screening schedule which sometimes turned into a mad frenzy – example Biutiful. The awards ceremony will take place on Sunday night. I’ve had little luck in seeing the film that wins Palme d’Or and this year might be the same.

So a day at the beach was a great idea. There wasn’t a chance I would be disappointed in what I’ will see. After all the French are never shy about their body. And they were plenty of topless French beauties to the left and to the right.

After the beach, we had lunch and made a dash to the train station only to be confronted with a huge group of Parisians with the same idea – “time to vacate Cannes”

So with my sister sitting next to me we bullet across the French countryside to a welcoming and exciting city which has been said for decades is full of romance and culture. With Moulin Rouge in mind I wonder which one of us will find romance among the culture. Stay tune….