I returned to Antibes in the French Riviera for the first time in 20 years 3-11 September 2007. It was an emotional return to my family there and my old High School friends. 20 years...a long time to be away. I still cannot believe that I was stupid enough to let this happen. Here is a view of Port Vauban, probably Europe's trendiest Marina and, in the background, the Fort-Carre'. The port houses some of the most expensive personal Yachts in the world. Everyone who is anyone in this world has a yacht moored here, starting with the King of Kuwait. The area reserved to them is called "Le Quai des Milliardaires" (The Billionaires' warf). The Fort Carre', where Napoleon was jailed once, was built to defend the city and the port by the famous French war architect Vauban. It appeared in a few movies, most famously as the bad guy's house in the 1984 spin-off James Bond movie NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN starring Sean Connery, Barbara Carrera, Rowan Atkinson (before his Mr. Bean days) and a very young Kim Basinger.
