Artemis Beaulieu

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.

... have an amazing view from Colline du Chateau. On saturday (November 28) we had sunshine and 19 degrees (end of November) and I was even swimming in the sea (15 gegrees), on sunday, November 29 we had rain and thunderstorms so that caused a delay of the plane of three hours. Best breakfast in town you find in "Les pains a tables" close to the market. Nice is a city IŽd love to visit once a year minimum.....

... 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...

... choice of routes and directions given. A classic is where we are on a main road with a slight bend and there is a goat track leading off the road. She tells us to turn right to avoid the goat track and stay on the highway... Sound advice, I would never have thought...Kim laughs as I often engage in conversation with Mary why she instructed me to go one way but blatantly ignored informing me about an important turn which I only noticed from looking at her screen. Maison d ...

On this morning we left Switzerland and travelled south into Italy en-route to the French Riviera. The scenery was pretty spectacular, with snow-white capped, jagged mountains that seemed to swallow the highway. Surreal!

When we arrived at our hotel we had about 30 mins to get ready for our trip into Monaco! On our drive to Monaco we crossed the bridge that Grace Kelly was killed on in a car accident. The roads are ...

... French Riviera is all that its cracked up to be, absolutely gorgeous views, the water was so blue and clear, and relatively warm in comparison to Melb beaches, and had it been a few degrees warmer, we probably would have dared a swim. Ah well. There's always Barcelona! But seriously Nice is absolutely lovely, and apparently 17 and overcast here translates as not a cloud in the bluest sky we've ever seen, with sun shining.... life's tough aye...

With the lovely weather (in comparison ...

Beautiful city...very expensive... Full of rich people or gamblers! but some awesome cars around here! Went intot he casino..but not being a gambler I wandered round and watched my mates try their luck instead...the lucky ones won something...maybe 5 Euro?

... Paul and I tried to go talk to the ticket office, but it was closed. So we decided to wait to see if the plan was right, then argue with the conductor. The plan was wrong. Car 92 was supposed to stop at Area D but actually stopped at Area B. Luckily, we had seen it flying by, so were able to chase it down. And our cabins were indeed tow doubles - so all was well. The train had been delayed a few minutes, so started quickly. We had several stops ... but now I grow tired and so will try to sleep.

Day 18 Day from hell - the worst travel day ever. We couldn't make our way out of Italy, never travel on a Sunday it Europe it is a nightmare. We somehow missed our train, and then had to wait several hours for the next one, The next train didn't go to the stop we needed to get to Monaco, so we had to wait a couple more hours. Finally get to the station to get the train to ...