Auberge Provencale Antibes

After brekkie it was onto Menton which is a lovely little town just before the Italian border. Menton is a much more down to earth place than its neighbours and more our scene. We found a park right on the beach and went for a wander and took in sum much needed sun. Next stop Italia!!<br>

... and not campervan parking friendly. We found a picture perfect stop just after Monte Carlo at the top of a hill overlooking the Med. We had the place to ourselves so we russelled up some brekkie in the sun which was lovely, so much so we were in t-shirts!!!

Gorgeous morning and a stunning place for breakfast awaited us just outside Scooby overlooking the lake. I went for a run but Kim was feeling a little under the weather so she stayed and made me breakfast - yay! We spotted two girls about our age and attempted to engage in some conversation but their English was limited and French is rubbish. Shame as its manily been the grey hair brigade we ...

... the wonderful "fun" and "vitamin" radio stations to keep us entertained with "Evacuate the Dancefloor" and 3 other dance songs that they kept repeating.<br><br>http://picasaweb.goog le.com/Jonny.D.Lawrence/20090928Cannes? authkey=Gv1sRgCPHzqZ_hy_fA8AE&amp;feat= directlink

... br><br>Today's Royal itinerary takes us on a tour of Monaco, including old Monaco and the Royal Palace. It's uncertain whether the schedules of Prince Albert or Princess Caroline will allow for a meeting with Princess Lesia but our respective public relations staff are working on it!<br><br>The tour of Monaco-Ville, also known as Old Monaco included a walk through the narrow streets that once ...

We arrived in Antibes on Thursday evening and berthed stern to in Port Vauban, this section of the port is more commonly known as the Quai des Millionaires. We are well ahead of our schedule since the bad weather has cut out many of the beach and watersports activities from our schedule. The weather report is predicting more wind and heavy rain on Friday so we came to Antibes early to sit out the storm here, in the capital of the Mediterranean's yachting community ...

... voice, so Cory and I both brought his CD. We then headed back to the camp for dinner and then out to the Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco driving along the coast and through Monaco, where they hold the Monaco Grand Prix. This country only has about 30 thousand people, of which only about 6 thousand live, the rest just use it as a tax haven. Apparently they abolished taxes because the casino makes enough money. This city looked, felt and smelt like the rich of the rich. The Casino was ...

... He had driven six hours from Toulouse just to meet us and spend the weekend at home. He is in school to become an air traffic controller and the government pays him to go to school. We were very jealous. After dinner, we thanked the parents and said goodbye to go bowling! We only played one game because it was pretty expensive late on a Friday night and I normally have to play one game to warm up so I didn't do very well. The next morning we had a planned trip ...

... a year or so ago. It is not hard to see most of what we wanted to see in the day we had in Monaco, and also to see why people would want to live there if they could afford it. Departing Monaco on the train, it became a bit of bedlam. No seat allocations, train was full when it arrived and it was each for themselves in the scramble to board. Unfortunately Gray was targeted by one of the local pick pockets and jostled sufficiently to distract his ...

We couldn't decide if we should select Nice as our next destination or not. Many of the books said it was beautiful and a worthwhile stop but we also had to practice caution in many areas. Since Nice was a larger centre we settled in Antibes (An-tib-ays) about a 20 minute train ride southwest of Nice for 3 nights and two days. It gave us the small town atmosphere and security we enjoy, it's ...