The main reason for visiting Menton was the Fete du Citron, another carnival in the region this one celebrates the citrus fruits with a parade of floats decorated with lemons and oranges. Again we arrived in good time to get a decent spot along the parade route and we gain tucked into a packed lunch of baguette and cheese while waiting for it all to kick off. Each float represented a different region in France or Italy. My favorites were the giant snail float and the one representing the Ile De Re area which had giant donkey in pj's (we saw the real thing when we visited a few years ago). There were also dancers, stilt walkers and bands as well as lots of confetti. Some how the parade always seemed to stop with the drummers right in front of where we were standing. Luckily in this parade they don't deconstruct the floats and chuck fruit at the spectators, at the end of the festival, in a few weeks time the fruit will be sold in a big market. We made our way back to the car and took and alternate route out of town to avoid the traffic.
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