Hotel Au Tropico Antibes

Once upon a time there was a normal holidaymaker who went on a trip to Cambodia. With her friends this trip had been planned for 2 years, but work was such that she didn't really think about it. She packed her bags and left for a bit of winter sunshine. <br><br>This was January 2009. <br><br ...

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!!!

... seen and spoken to, to date. <br> Set off mid morning to drive through Gorges du Verdon, again another stunning drive. This time though the weather was kind to us and we were able to get out for a hike after lunch. It seemed like a popular drive as we encountered several other tourists, one couple were eating lunch at the same spot we were. They packed up their picnic, took a swig out of ...

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 ...

Bonjour! Today we arrive at Monaco! A district of royalty and affluence! The home of Prince's and Princesses! An area visited by many Prince's and Princesses as well as celebrities, millionaires and billionaires! It's a place to see and be seen! It's a location where wealth is a necessity and sophistication is a requirement! <br><br>Also today, Elsie celebrates a birthday! Her 60th! That little girl born on ...

... everyone, and most of them beautiful people at that. Streets full of Audi, Aston, Porsche and many more. Even a Audi W12, for anyone who has seen Transporter or likes cars. We explored looking around at the private beaches, private tents, street performers, cameras, models and movie advertising everywhere. Unlike the beaches in Nice, the ones in Cannes had sand not stones. Cory and I got in for a swim, which was a tad cold but great all the same! There were palm trees lining ...

... Maxou said before that his mom would want to speak English with us so that she could practice but it turned out that she knew very little and I didn't hear the dad speak one word of English. The little brother is learning English in school and is probably very good but was kind of shy to speak in front of a bunch of girls, especially after I asked him if he had a girlfriend. My roommates have been speaking French a lot longer than I have, so everyone was ...

... corner there was a new scenic outlook. Having a totally clear but windy day and the seas being a mass of white caps, enhanced that. Lunched in the gardens on the way to the Palace and then wandered around the streets of the old town before heading in the direction of the fabled Monte-Carlo Casino. No, we did not enter the doorways, enjoying the sights of the rich and about to be poor entering from Bentleys and Ferrari's galore. Not the usual red or ...

Matthias &amp; I flew from Frankfurt to Nice, picked up our rental car and headed straight to Antibes where we met up with my good friends Jessica and Jc. We spent a few hours wandering the old alleys of beautiful Antibes and then drove along the Cote d'Azur to Les Arcs sur Argens. Les Arcs is this beautiful little villages in the mountains of the Cote ...