Villa la Lezardiere Nice

ok, it was more "collecting a new country" than being really interested in Monaco. Strange, when you go there from Nice airport by bus it costs you 18 € one way, when you go from Nice bus terminal it costs 1 € one way. Monaco is a very clean city. I have never seen so many big and expensive cars. I saw the casino and the castle. Nice, but not spectacular.

I know I always write the same...great weather, such a nice city, good food....but I have to say that Nice was a (very) big surprise for me, I can say that it is my favourite city in Europe (ok, number 2 after Lisbon). You have the mountains, the Cote d´Azur (when you see the water you know why the name is Cote d´Azur), the market with fresh vegetables, fruits, honey, oil, soap, you have great restaurants ...

... upon me it feels very strange and somewhat daunting. But to my knowledge no one has ever died from teaching children so I am sure I will survive.... My Amazon book order should arrive soon to inspire me. I am really looking forward to discovering the 100 things you can do with a paper plate. Life is never going to be the same!!

More when I start travelling...

... we still would not be being tourists until 10am at the earliest. Because of our limited space Kim has become much more aware of the amount of rubbish we throw away as we have to take out the trash after every meal. Upside to Campervaning... the freedom is great. You can go to all of the little villages which are so difficult to get to when your backpacking. You're not tied to accommodation bookings or having to hunt out hostels on arrival to your destination. And you ...

... and just a main for Dee. This way, we could share the entree and dessert, without breaking the bank. For our entree we chose salad nicoise, as we figured when in Rome.... it was very nice (no pun intended) and Dee is already pumped to make it back home.

Thus concluded our stay on the French Riviera, a place we have definitely earmarked as somewhere to come back to, however we'll make sure its summer next time (and Dee will get a tan before arriving, so as not to offend the locals). Next stop, Barcelona.

... us and the beer cost a bit too much so we made our way to the Casino. I did not gamble because it just didnt seem like a good idea so I just walked around taking in my first casino experience. We then slowly made our way to bed, and woke up the next morning to travel to Monacco. The minute we walked off the train to Monacco, I knew this was a place I needed to be in the future for retirement (haha). We walked along the port and up a hill ...

... we started doing a stock check of supplies - musilli, soya milk and roqufort would make an interesting dinner. Thankfully the weather had the good grace to clear and we found ourselves some delicious pizza and salad
(and a carafe of wine on my part) which made the cycle back seem somewhat less daunting.

As far as I recall there were no stand out highlights on Monday morning but at lunch we did find ourselves in a delightful little town square, with a spring ...

... actually really good. They actually might have a chance of winning on So You Think You Can Dance...they should try! The show ended just in time for Sunset...the sky turned a pinkish color and it felt cool - it was beautiful. We walked down the coast, looking at the mountains in the distance. It was really peaceful... We rushed back so that we would make it in time to reach the Wal-Mart type store so that ...

... back out past Place Messina for kabobs and lamb patties, followed by great gelato. Fast food, Nice style! Bought a bottle of local Cotes du Rhone for 3 Euros and headed back to the hotel. This time, Scherrie got to play the old woman, passing out early. I wasn't too far behind, after watching Ocean's 13 for the first time, dubbed in French. Still not a great flick, even with 1/2 a bottle of wine in me... One more day in Nice, then off to Paris and Berlin!

... kim vlakom kroz ulice stare Nice do parka-vidikovca ili setnju uz more. Večernji izlet u knezevinu Monaco. Posjet Monacu, setnja uz vrtove do Katedrale Sv. Nikole i knezevske palače te Monte Carlu (Slavni trg s casinom i hotelima uz mogućnost okusavanja sreće u casinu!). Povratak u Nicu. Noćenje. 3. dan / subota: NICE - GRASSE - CANNES - ST. PAUL DE VENCE - NICE Zajutrak. Izlet do mjesta St. Paul de Vence, jednog od najljepsih sela Provanse, inspiraciji slikara i ...