The famous pool of Hotel du Cap
(Picture: Jessica Benjamin)The South of France is a holiday destination I wanted to roll my eyes at.
Yachts, celebrities and the super-rich? I’d rather have the real France and backpack across the Dordogne, thanks very much — I like my holidays authentic. Then, I went to the South of France… and everything changed. Charles Trenet’s ‘La Mer’ began playing on loop in my head as I took in, well, la mer, and soon living in the lap of luxury didn’t seem so eye-roll worthy.
