Comfort Hotel Solhotel Cannes

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>

... and not campervan parking friendly. We found a picture perfect stop just after Monte Carlo at the top of a hill overlooking the Med. We had the place to ourselves so we russelled up some brekkie in the sun which was lovely, so much so we were in t-shirts!!!

... 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.

... invest in bringing some of it back to the US.<br><br>Cannes and the French Riviera is really a spectacular place. Again, fancy yachts dock here and along the coast. We took a drive down to St. Tropez to experience the hype: but instead, found delight in an old medieval town called Grimaud, just a few miles inland from the coast. Grimaud had an old castle on the top over looking the now flashy Saint Tropez and Sea below. The old town is so beautiful and quaint, we could ...

Cannes is not as glamrous as we thought it would be, it still has all the fancy smancy stores along the beach, but there were definitely no red carpets rolled out when we were there. We did a day trip to St-Tropez, its was the end of a hge sailing competitiona and tons of ...

... of millionaires and billionaires. <br><br>The tour of the Royal Palace, where Prince Albert currently resides, offered an interesting and historical view of the life of the Grimaldi family. Later, we enjoyed some leisure time walking around the Palace Square, through the lanes and streets of Monaco-Ville. At 3pm sharp, we watched the Changing of the Guard in front of the Royal Palace. <br><br>Back at the ...

... home. We went to La Piazza. It's a nothing-special pizza place that is a favorite of students from my college. It was sad, but that was that. That week I had my first cooking class. It was very fun. We learned how to peel vegetables the French way and set a table correctly and how to properly open a wine bottle. The rest of the time, we watched the professionals at work. I still enjoyed it and learned from watching. We made potage, duck, ratatouille and mashed ...

... and it's nice because the tip and tax are already included in the price you see on the menu. Since Paris, I've been mostly staying around Cannes and enjoying life. Last Saturday there was an excursion to San Remo, Italy with the College. Only while living in Cannes can I say I day tripped to Italy! But it was nice to go back one last time to eat some focaccia and gelato and hear the wonderful Italian language. We stopped at Dolce Acqua on the way home, a little medieval ...

... had a craft market going on, which I walked through with Melissa. Then we made our way to the tourist office and saw the big building where all the movies are shown and the red carpet, which isn't as big as it looks in the pictures. It was really cool though. We asked at the office if we could do anything with the festival, but she told us the only thing regular people can see is the movie on the beach, you had be accredited to do anything else. They were playing the new Star ...