Castellaro Golf Resort Imperia

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.

... we still would not be being tourists until 10am at the earliest. Because of our limited space Kim has become much more aware of the amount of rubbish we throw away as we have to take out the trash after every meal. Upside to Campervaning... the freedom is great. You can go to all of the little villages which are so difficult to get to when your backpacking. You're not tied to accommodation bookings or having to hunt out hostels on arrival to your destination. And you ...

... of fresh air and great scenery. We bumped into an old man foraging for funghi. We had a wee convesation with him as he had a little English and was obliging when Kim asked to take his photo. The church was closed when we got there but it was more about the hike than the destination.

The hike took longer than we expected so we missed our run, but managed to squeeze in another capuccio at our local before we left.

We continued along the coast road looking for a spot for the night. Traffic was horresdous and very slow going. I wanted to turn around and head back into France. Kim on the other hand was all smiles as she loves Italy. Finally found one in the cute little fishing village of Riva Ligure ...

Up early as it was a spectacular sunrise - full of pinks and organges. We wanted to hit McWifi before we entered Italy but we did not find one until later in the day in Menton. Before that we drove the coast road through Nice and Monte Carlo, both concrete ...

Vandaag doen we de canyon met Harald en 2 dames waarvan ik me de naam eigenlijk niet meer kan herinneren... Sorry, maar 't waren wel plezante meiden!

Kan niet zo heel veel over deze canyon vertellen. Heb hem zelf vorig jaar ook al eens gedaan samen met PhiL, Leen en Tine. Het blijft echter wel een mooie canyon om te doen!

Helemaal op het einde ligt er zelfs een autowrak in de canyon, ik ...

... the streets of the of the town center and called it a night. The town is very provincial and hardly any tourists at all. The buildings are all several centuries old and there is character in every cobble stone step, window sill, and light post. The streets are winding and a bit confusing, but to me that just adds to the romance of the place :-) Everywhere you look, there is something interesting to see. I woke up early in the morning that ...

Our second day in Nice would bring our second adventure with the French rail system. The train was supposed to be an easy 20 minute ride to Monaco. The first train that we boarded was just sitting at the platform for 20 minutes after its scheduled departure time. Then an announcement came over the speakers in French and everyone that was sitting in our car started jogging to ...

... our way back to Nice, where we strolled the boardwalk again and watched the setup for the Monaco Ironman competition the next day-over 1200 entries, and boy, not an ounce of fat in sight; you might say some were rather good looking too. Single girls take note, you might want to start swimming, running and biking! Of course they were surrounded by groupies more than willing to help them. Myself, I'll take ...

... cliff face through all these small towns with little coves and sailing ships, and fark, it was just plain cool. At one point these two seagulls began to fly next to the bus over the ocean at exactly the same speed as the bus, certainly a very surreal moment which Kate and I won't be forgetting in a while. Monaco...was, ok. Definitely not as nice as the bus trip over there but we went, saw the casino, Kate ...