Hotel Acadia Cannes

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.

... have an amazing view from Colline du Chateau. On saturday (November 28) we had sunshine and 19 degrees (end of November) and I was even swimming in the sea (15 gegrees), on sunday, November 29 we had rain and thunderstorms so that caused a delay of the plane of three hours. Best breakfast in town you find in "Les pains a tables" close to the market. Nice is a city IŽd love to visit once a year minimum.....

... upon me it feels very strange and somewhat daunting. But to my knowledge no one has ever died from teaching children so I am sure I will survive.... My Amazon book order should arrive soon to inspire me. I am really looking forward to discovering the 100 things you can do with a paper plate. Life is never going to be the same!!

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... curly so it really isn't surprising that accidents are a regular occurrence.

Monaco is the world's second smallest country (after Vatican City) less than 2 square km, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in decadence! Streets are manicured, lavish hotels and casinos line the waterfront, and the harbour is chock a block with gigantic, plush boats.

Once we arrived we visited the Palais du Prince (or ...

... for 6.50. Being slightly poor after Paris, we gladly took advantage of this offer, however there's only so many mini pizzas you can stomach.

The next morning, we mastered the tram service quickly and loved listening to the recorded messages that announced which stop we were at.... so chic and cute. Dani was geared up for some serious sun and sand - I mean this is the Riviera after all. She was a little disappointed when we walked down to the beach and discovered that instead of sand ...

... the wonderful "fun" and "vitamin" radio stations to keep us entertained with "Evacuate the Dancefloor" and 3 other dance songs that they kept repeating.

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... a very friendly lady. Really really really intensely cool place. After, my friends Michael, Sarah, Tara, Marissa, Teeny and myself went to Versailles. We did the typical walk through with audio guides. Again, very cool. After, Michael and Sarah left while Marissa, Tara, Teeny and I stayed to walk through the gardens. It was really cold, but very pretty. There were rowers rowing in the square pond sort of thing in the middle of the garden. Right outside of the garden ...

... the rustic beauty of Cannes and Antibes. As we headed out of Cannes we drove by the main theater of the film festival. The red carpet was out again for a special event coming this weekend. We didn't see any familiar faces except for Charlize Theron and Eva Longoria in advertisements and on billboards. It was pretty funny actually to see Eva Longoria on a sandwich board advertising ice cream treats from a trailer-like the Good Humor man ...

... walked in with her dog the size of a small pony. He was huge and round and fluffy, and sat there behind me slowly dripping drool on the floor. Every time the line inched forward, the lady had to coax him to scoot up too, which must have been hard work for him because eventually he just went over to the corner to lie down. At this point, a prim and proper French little old lady came out of a side room and just lit up to see this rug of a dog sprawled across the floor. She asked ...

... hotel, which was called The Premiere Class Hotel. What a joke. The rooms were as barebones as could be, no carpet, no closet, no tacky painting on the wall, no dresser. There was one bunk bed and underneath were 2 tiny twin beds. You couldn't open the window, which looked out to the airport. Also the bathroom, now that was funny. It was all plastic and bubblegum pink, everything. The shower was so tiny and when you were in there water got everywhere in the bathroom. I was ...