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Day 16 - The Monte Carlo
This mornings mission is to find an atm to get some money out as I'm running low from my last withdrawal in Venice. After succeeding to get out money we bought croissants from a very fancy bakery. Simple things like buying a croissant can be so hard. For instance in Australia in a bakery you would ask and pay the same person but here they get you to pay the person at the cash register or you can be asked to pay first and then you are given a docket to ...
We return to the ancestral manse
... which was within smelling distance of La Golondrina. We rarely ate there—it was hardly like going out—but it seemed appropriate for this visit. From our table on the terrasse of the restaurant we could see the roof of our old house.
Finally it was time to walk, as we’d done so many times, under the arches of the thick city wall into the bustling core of St Paul de Vence. The same tourists milled up and down the stone paths, holding dripping ...
Le Weekend in La Bocca
... males. This can be the only logical reason why the other night a) we came upon a man urinating in the tunnel and b) there were no snakes in the tunnel. Simples. The kids were funny and did not remember that the tunnel carries voices and even the quietest (actually not very quiet) stage whisper of “Daddy that man is peeing” was carried directly to the snake eradicator.
The beach was very busy today with people vying for the limited parking ...
Cannes and the French Riviera
... an incredible selection of fresh produce and artisans keen for us to sample their invariably delicious products. All good fun.
Our final afternoon on the Riviera was spent sightseeing in Nice, including a look around nearby Cimiez where Queen Victoria spent part of her long vacations at the spectacular Hotel Regina. Then we strolled along the extrovert-laden beachside promenade, where we saw ...
Money, Money, Money!
... realised we weren't too far out of the city so we cycled into Cannes to explore. Main aims were to spot as many flash cars and celebs as we could! Well our celeb spotting was poor but we saw plenty of Ferrari's and Aston Martin's etc! First off we stopped by the Palais des Festivals et des Congres where the famous film festival is held. We wandered around looking at all the famous people's ...