Carlton Nice

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.....

... gesture. We can't change the world but we can change the way these children start off in life and who knows where that will lead....

It is less than 4 weeks now until I leave. There is much to do. I am trying to prepare myself for "teaching" 20 - 25 children. A bit of a challenge that. Much as I have known that I have always wanted to do something like this, now that it ...

... 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.

... The trip to Barcelona took much longer than planned. France decided to have a train strike on Tuesday – the day we hoped to go. If you don’t know about France and strikes, google it sometime – if they don’t have some labor group striking something at least once a week, they strike because of that. So, on Wednesday, we tried to get a train to Barcelona, but could only get to the France-Spain border city of Perpignan. There’s ...

... Prince' (The Little Prince), a gorgeous and very well-known kids book which is also an allegory, was based there. So the monastery/hostel has little pics from the book everywhere and is generally really cute. They were so nice, had a pick up bus service into town (as the hostel is located on a mountain about 15min walk into town). The hostel had an awesome communal kitchen, but also came with a chef that we did not expect, and every night they offered 5euro pizzas or a roast and veggie ...

... of rushing air coming in through the window, but at least the runs of sweat down our bodies have slowed.

Well what seemed like a good idea was quickly squashed by our two elderly friends who were not happy with the noise created when the train passed through tunnels in the mountainside!

So there we were once again sitting in a cabin with 2 old chooks sweating from the inside out just so they could hear a little better!

The train then ...

ARRIVED from Milan early train (5 hours, but i had a whole compartment to myself- naps, books, excersise, meals...) good costal views most of the way through france. in Nice i took a tram and was then picked up by the hostel i was staying with. it was a rad place- used to be a huge monastary, cheap prices, good food... skated into town. took a 2 hour bus to some french alps for some snowboarding. it ...

Our trip to the south of France was a last minute decision, as we originally wanted to go to Berlin or Barcelona, but being a long weekend, found it was too expensive. In the end, with a good ole bit of web browsing perseverance we found some ideal flights to Marseille, and so jumped at the opportunity. Sometimes the unexpected trips are the best. So on the 3rd of May, a Saturday we hopped on a flight from Glasgow to Marseille. We arrived in Marseille and ...