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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...

... of the retired variety... nothing wrong with that, but even they are thin on the ground. Of course this has a lot to do with the time of year we are travelling and there is a festival van circuit the young antipodian crowd do each year, which is not really our thing. So it is our own fault for choosing this time and this route. The end result is that we tend to pounce upon anyone speaking English in the near vicinity. We haven't scared anyone off yet so we mustn't seem too desperate.

... curly so it really isn't surprising that accidents are a regular occurrence.

Monaco is the world's second smallest country (after Vatican City) less than 2 square km, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in decadence! Streets are manicured, lavish hotels and casinos line the waterfront, and the harbour is chock a block with gigantic, plush boats.

Once we arrived we visited the Palais du Prince (or ...

... 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 ...

... de le Provence, olive groves, vineyards, Les Antiques (ancient Roman city) etc etc etc, Just a typical day in France. Again in Avignon we found a place within the old city where we could walk to the Pope's palace and all the other sites in town. Yes we did walk on the famous bridge of Avignon. It was tough but I managed to avoid buying anything with that little musical ditty attatched to it. From Avignon we headed to Vence ...

... an optional tour to Monte Carlo by night which included a trip to the Casino. Jackie and I had 25 minutes to get ready, dressed in our best( me a suit). Jackie looked lovely and we left for Monte Casino at 8pm which took about 25minutes. It was a lovely sight and when we got there we had an hour to walk around. We were with 4 others and had a Pizza and beer until we met up with some others of our tour who were having a special Italian meal. We then had ...

... Pocas celeho prveho dna sme boli velmi povdacni vsetkym cestarom, ktori sa za nas namahali stavbami vsetkych tych mostov a tunelov cez Alpy cez ktore sme presli. Neviem presne kolko ich bolo, ale len tych tunelov muselo byt minimalne 20 pred tym ako sme prisli do Francuzska. A dalej tvorcom Shangenskej dohody, pretoze prejst z Rakuska do Talianska v rychlosti 100km/h a z Talianska do Francuzka v rychlosti 110km/h, to je raj pre cestovatelov ako sme my.

... adventure to Chique Terre. I could stay in Nice another 3 days... easy, but I have so much more to see. Scooter was pretty well behaved today. He did keep telling racial slurs while we were on the train. He was in my backpack so everyone keep looking around trying to figure out where it was from. I just looked around too. The worst was when he called this little black baby a "Nigglette"! I told him that was totally inappropiate, he never listens.