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Travel Blogs from Juan-les-Pins
French Riviera Loungin'
As much as we enjoyed Venice and Cinque Terre, we were really looking forward to getting back to France. The language advantages for us not withstanding, France just functions better than Italy. Italy often feels like a nation that fixes everything with duct tape. We gave up hope of sending any postcards in Italy because either the post office …
Day 16 - The Monte Carlo
... per item not load and that would cost like a weeks accommodation to have clean clothes. We had afternoon tea of macarons on the wharf at the beach. The French man at the macaron place got confused because meg and I ordered after the boys and he said 'I thought the guys bought enough for four' hehe no. Meg an I got three each. I got a vanilla, Nutella and a caramel. Very yummy! Walking back to the hotel locals had set up some stalls selling ...
We return to the ancestral manse
... located in a parking garage. Well, it’s not exactly in the parking garage itself, but just off “Level 0,” which is three circular stories below the “+3” entrance level. We had arranged a rendezvous with old friends whom we had met there. We saw Anne with her infant son Emmanuel, who inexplicably was no longer a baby, but now ten years old! And our good friend Paula was there too.
After church we took the inevitable walk down ...
Living the High Life for a Couple of Days
... weather this trip like I was in Oct 2009, but I’ll make use of this time to connect to the free hotel wireless internet and check a few things...like my bank balance! I’ll update the Greece blog in a day or two dependent on internet availability and time as I progress thru the TopDeck tour. But all good so far. I’m sharing a room with 2 other Australian blokes. Good people, total group of 16. I hope and pray for good weather on the islands! Au revoir. ...
Not so Nice
... and so had this aversive impulse to stay away from the hostel, but at the same time I was tired and cold and wanted to go "home".
I've finally got some answers about this morning, at least. It really was quite an event, and my fear was justified. The staff member who was on night duty was also very rattled by the experience. He explained to me and another staff member what happened though...
Let's introduce our ...