Hotel Balladins Toulon Superior

... handstands and all the rest.... spend hours cleaning the sand out of our bags and clothes! The next day was a stunning 26 degree day.. so so so nice. We never thought we would be at the beach again. Were tempted to stay but found out the next 2 days were not going to be great weather. Sadly we headed off at 4pm to head to Avignon.. Saying goodbye to the med forever was very hard.. and sad....

We weren't sure what to do today, so Erin got a couple of baguettes at a local boulangerie and we had that with some of the saucisson and olive tapanade for breakfast. Cheap and good. Most everything seems to be closed here on Sunday.

We finally decided to drive out to Fregus, where we read there are some Roman ruins and a Roman ampitheatre. When we got there, we found the ampitheatre right away. Of course, we arrived at 12:05 and the place was closed from ...

... were exceptional. He didn't seem to be a big fan of the 2007 vintage. We got a white and a red from him. These are very highly rated wines and tasted very good. The white CDPs are very interesting and we ended up with a couple of bottles of them while here.

Our second stop was a boutique winery, which was quite good. Domaine Tritignant and we got a couple of bottles from them as well. Some of these will need to be set aside for a few years ...

Today we went to Notre Dame De La Garde.
This is the main sight to visit here- it's a really beautiful church on top of the hill with a huge statue of the Virgin with the child on top of the church. Inside there is a lot to see - there are a lot of signs on the walls from differen people of all time who say thank you because they were resqued, they ...

Leaving for the hotel, use cell phone only or Italy phone from this point on. Meet ESPIAUS tonight and then ten hour trains tomoorow (5 of them) to Italy!!! CIAO!!!

Vincent car accident, shaken, but OK, resting at home, car looks bad......

Slept in, did laundry, needed day of rest. Went to grocery store. Kids told me that I need to buy a bikini. How funny. Went to marker and bought two bikinis from shirtless man who will be in NYC in the Fall, he wanted me to buy thong bikinis, not on this body!!! Bot two, but thought Parker may literlly die of embarrassment beofre my eyes because the man kept touching me and kissing Parker....

Alex slept through the exictement, but Parker,s ...

Hello to all!!!!! Ok, French keyboard will kill me and limit my writing, all keys in different locations!!!

Of course, our travels have been full of endless adventures.

We had great flight and three of us stayed up all night watching movies and laughing.

Got to Paris and took the public transport with our passes to our apt.

Nice apt, half, no one third size of my bedroom in MA-I knew that would be kids just laghed. They kept ...

... ry and its more like a real cruse ship. It had a casino, a few places to eat, a gift shop, and tons of bedrooms. We didn't think we would get a room, and we couldn't und**stand one word anyone was saying. Ryan and I stood in line like ev**yone else. All the custom**s w**e yelling because they w**e ****** off. I just sat in the middle of the line with this $20 K-Mart smile on my face watching the conv**sation go back and forth like it was a tennis match. Do you think ...

... waterfront, where you have to search very hard to even catch a glimpse of the beach which is covered by parasols, chaises and tacky, cheap-looking by ridiculously expensive restaurants and cafes. As if to add insult to injury, to enjoy these beaches you must pay upwards of 20 Euro to share the crammed space with hundreds of others. However there are a couple public beaches which haven't been snatched up by the hotels where you can enjoy the sun and sand for free. One of the best things we ...