Grand Hotel des Ambassadeurs
Travel Blogs from Menton
Day 16 - The Monte Carlo
... he was from Australia too. She said that she was our mothers age and she felt she needed to tell us not to waste our money. We got talking about our future prospects for uni and careers, when I came to me she said that nursing was the wort idea possible... Thanks ! She said I should go into podiatry or speech therapy. She apparently wanted me to die of boredom in my twenties :). We hit the pokies now and meg, Todd and jake lost there €5. BUT I put ...
We return to the ancestral manse
... by our house and looked in when we lived there. As I stood, looking at La Golondrina, so many memories packed away in the archives were released: puppy Pandora tearing up the underground plastic sprinkler pipes (they weren’t cheap to replace!), the raucous concerts that lasted most of the night that took place in the space just on the other side of the city wall from the house, the swallows at twilight sewing complicated patterns over the vineyards, the bottle ...
Sex on the beach!!
... high panoramic views of the resort of Menton and sweaty palms and bum for Monsieur. A road sign indicates that vehicles over 8 metres long should not attempt to ascend to the camp site. The motorhome with the bikes on the back is about 7.5 metres, Monsieur debates whether to use this as an excuse to skip Menton but looks over to Madame's smiling face, sensibly decides against it and grits his teeth. For Monsieur, it's hair-raising, some of ...
Pisa, Menton, and on to the rich in Monaco!
... own marble rom these mountains. It is said that just by looking at a block of marble, he would know what it wanted to be - his job was simply to liberate the figure from the marble. I think that's beautiful.
This whole region was so beautiful, the Italian Alps, and there were literally houses right on top of the mountains. It was honestly so beautiful i wanted to cry, and a few tears definitely came out. I think I must have been Italian in a past ...
Nice is nice, but more so Monaco
... you could replicate the customer service. On arrival, a glass of rose each and the rest of the bottle left in the fridge, where there are also four fruit tarts for us. As much beer as I want. A well-stocked kitchen in a 4 bedroom house, we have the place to ourselves. The house is full of collectibles he has assembled over the years, and you walk from room to room admiring the detail. The interior design in wonderfully coordinated, and massive timber beams support ...