On an impossibly sunny day with temperatures in the mid sixties, we are off on our backyard train to see the citrus festival in Menton where the question "What can one build out of lemons?" will be answered.
For all the constantly mentioned information that my city has the third biggest Carnaval IN THE WORLD, I never really heard of it before moving here. But Menton's citrus festival, The Fete Du Citron? That one seemed to come up a lot.
Known sort of as the ever so slightly less expensive cote d' azur city, it is nestled right up against the Italian border. When we first visited out here we thought maybe we'd like to live there! Our brief actual visit to the city failed to win us over. The old town was nice (they all are as far as I can tell), but the city and coast seemed road heavy and lacking in charm.
Maybe this was just because there weren't any floats made out of citrus fruits? So we'll give it another look. I mean, what could be wrong with it? It has lemons, the ocean, and it's ever so slightly cheaper!
So off we go.
But before I do, here is a picture of a small vase of mimosas in our house that I took a picture of, and then drew, or whatever it is that I do:
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