Best Western Castel'' Provence Valbonne

Monaco was unbelievable. I was awestruck most of the time by the fact that I was actually in Monte Carlo! Immaculate streets and gardens/parks, very clean. Designer labels and fashionable people everywhere. So small in area that every available inch of land is consumed, but still so much traffic. Amazing hills and views. The selection of photos show it best than I could describe - i took heaps of pics, so these are just a selection, but still a lot ...

... to my 2nd class mostly thanks to M. le proviseur. and its a lycee professionel class. these are the classes where they place kids who are not going to college, those destined to be in the work force....

so i try to play 2 truths and a lie, which is a bit too complicated for them, and instead just do introductions. they weren't super talkative so i asked them what their favorite things to do are.....
answers:
" ave sex weeth chrees' muzzer"
Sainte Maxime, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France lahildenbrand

Have had fun in France. Nice is interesting and the beautiful water of the mediterranian was great to woke up to... Mick went for a swim !! we caught a train to Cannes and we looked around all the exclusive spots but noone we knew... just rich people and us tourists..
we also went to Montecarlo.. fantastic.. even swa a kart race in Monaco... had a look at the MonteCarlo Casino.. impressive if only for the flashy cars and people with too much cash ...

Hey team!!!!
so 2 weeks into france and i've yet to write a thing. im so bad at this game. meh.
today i went to the beach, it was wonderful!!!! becca thought it was cold, she was wrong :)

so apparently sainte maxime is infiltrated by german tourists, who knew? the only frenchies on the beach were...well enjoying themselves quite a bit..... ;-)
oh frenchies. :)

omg do ...

Well, I am writing this entry from Switzerland. Sitting at the Geneva airport. My flight from Barcelona to Geneva (to connect onto a flight to Nice) was delayed and then delayed again which meant I missed my connecting flight. Was originally angry about this cause I have lost a day of travel time, but it has given me the opportunity to sort some photos and begin my Monte Carlo relax period. Was fortunate that there was a later flight with seats available and that ...

Just paid a fleeting visit to St Tropez on the way to Avignon (so we thought)... had to be done really.. a quick wander around and a very quick coffee. It was much smaller than I thought. Lots of nice boats but loads of tourists too.... that was about it!

... Marseilles) which was lovely. Spent the day here at the pool and lounging around our room which was almost as big as our house! The photo shows the front of the Chateau and the view from our room. We battled the traffic jam in and out of St Tropez to visit this little village with the monster yachts of the uber-rich and the glitzy ...

... the others that they'd be waiting until tomorrow. Thought about getting a cab up there but we decided to just wander around because it was a very nice place with friendly people. Pete was in charge of the French - although we were both just getting comfortable with speaking a little Italian. Pete did very well (although a little too well). You never want to say your welcome too much like ...

I arrived in Nice, France last night, and it is amazing! I think I've said that about every place I have visited, but oh well. Last night I walked aroung town and got some gelato (ice cream) then went to my hostel and went to bed. It was a very long train ride from Barcelona. Today I woke up pretty early and went to the post office and to the train station to get my ticket to Bordeaux, France, then on to ...

... wonderfully they planned this city, escalators outside on the street to help us a little, 'escaliers' which were actually secret subway for pedestrians and no metro in sight, but a way to easily get around the hilly landscape of Monaco. This was such a wonderful trip and only all in one day.