I have a friend who lives in Cannes and he invited me over to show me around the area. It took no longer than 15 minutes by train to get there. Oh by the way, Cannes is pronounced as “Can.”

The first place that we visited was Palais Des Festivals Cannes. Palais Des Festivals is famous for holding an annual film festival and has hosted it for more than 60 years. When we arrived, it seemed like something was going on so we stuck around for a little bit. My friend has seen a plethora of stars in the past such as Emma Watson and Kanye West. Unfortunately, we didn’t see anybody that we recognized that day. Oh well.

The next stop was Centre d’art La Malmaison. Centre d’art La Malmaison is a building that is dedicated to having exhibitions portraying works of art from 20th and 21st centuries. The current exhibition is Pablo Picasso’s Nudity Set Free collection of 120 paintings. It was exploring the recurrence of nudity in his works. Marina Picasso, Picasso’s granddaughter, opened up her private collection sharing about 90 paintings and the rest came from around the world. The interesting thing about this collection is that most of these paintings have never been on public display.

I did what I had to do.

My friend who has been to Centre d’art La Malmaison before said that they have a very small sweet spot where no cameras can see you. I took a picture. The place was so quiet I felt like my camera lens made the loudest shutter noise that day. With trembling hands, I continued looking at other paintings.

After the Picasso exhibition, we wandered around for a little bit. We saw the Carlton hotel and an amazing street artist.

We took a short hike up to the old town of Cannes and went up a huge tower to get a better view of the area.

I had a great time in Cannes, I’ll definitely be back soon.