Chrys Hotel Antibes

After brekkie it was onto Menton which is a lovely little town just before the Italian border. Menton is a much more down to earth place than its neighbours and more our scene. We found a park right on the beach and went for a wander and took in sum much needed sun. Next stop Italia!!<br>

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 ...

... wine bottle and then we thought they were off on the trail, but no they got in the car and drove on! <br> At the end of the gorge we joined the road towards Cannes, which was route Napoleon, orginially created by him as a pass through the mountains...very windy. Our destination for the evening was Grasse where we found a good park overlooking the city lights and our first view of the Med.

... Sailboats were docked at the marina (knez, it made me think of you). Diane ordered mussles and Jon and I had our first mussels ever. They were delicious. Thank you Diane for helping me discover my love for sea food. St-Tropez was further than we thought, but thank god we ...

... Canadian Prairies to immigrant Ukrainian parents, who's now raised a family of her own, continues to value and be proud of her Ukrainian heritage! So, today, Elsie becomes Lesia, that beautiful Ukrainian Princess! And could there be a more appropriate location than Monaco! For those who may not be aware, the name Elsie translates to Lesia in Ukrainian.<br><br>So, the Ruby Princess takes Princess Lesia to ...

... lessons last summer would have lead to us sailing in the Mediterrannean? (Next time it will be on something bigger then a Hobie 14) It was a beautiful day with an acceptable amount of wind. We sailed around large yachts and sailboats who were anchored in the bay with &#8220;beautiful&#8221; people sunning themselves on them. Truly an experience to treasure.<br><br>Eze-A Village with a view and a cactus garden-After sailing we took the hour long drive to the old village of Eze ...

... relaxed by walking around the island, swimming and laying in the sun. <br><br>In a few days, Ross and my best friend, Erik is coming to visit us. We are going to go to Monaco (not Morocco) and then travel to Spain to visit Ross' foreign exchange student's family. I won't have my computer, so this is the last entry before I come back home, but don't worry, I'll put up pictures and tell you all about my travels when I have the chance at home. I can't wait to see you all!<br>

... ocean. All of the booths had similar things like scarves, jackets, household items, underwear, etc. I bought a pretty yellow scarf which you can see in the pictures and I also got a knock-off Longchamps purse that EVERYONE has in France for school, but I got mine for 5 euros! That's like 90% off. We had fun walking around the market but we were getting cold and wet after about 2 hours. We decided to try to find a cafe to wait sit and wait for our trains. We couldn't find one ...

... drove off to see the Gorges du Verdon. A 2½ hour drive up through Grasse and on into the Maritime Alpes. Our intention was to get to Sublime Point where we would have lunch and then return. As we went through 3,500 ft above sea level, we did notice a substantial drop in temperature and by the time we reached our destination we did feel the coolness. However the sun did finally come out. It was the only cloudy day we had had since arriving in France. Back in ...

Arrived in Antibes and Patrick our exchange was there to meet us. Also assisted in getting the rental returned at Antibes railway station where Avis had their own carpark BUT no office or any sign on what to do with keys etc. Finally discovered through a phone call, "Oh, just leave the keys in the ticket office of the station or with one of the platform attendants....." Would have been easier if we had known in ...