Hotel Belles Rives Juan-les-Pins

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!!!

... wine bottle and then we thought they were off on the trail, but no they got in the car and drove on! <br> At the end of the gorge we joined the road towards Cannes, which was route Napoleon, orginially created by him as a pass through the mountains...very windy. Our destination for the evening was Grasse where we found a good park overlooking the city lights and our first view of the Med.

... Sailboats were docked at the marina (knez, it made me think of you). Diane ordered mussles and Jon and I had our first mussels ever. They were delicious. Thank you Diane for helping me discover my love for sea food. St-Tropez was further than we thought, but thank god we ...

We were so excited to have another person travelling with us, that our time spent with Diane was mostly fighting over her for her attention and trying to get her to side with one of us. She was definitely a good friend to both of us ( and didnt favor me, which I thought she should have ...

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 ...

... company of our gracious hosts. We returned home across the street realizing how fortunate we were to have such experiences from once total strangers. Proving once again the decision to exchange homes provides many opportunities that wouldn&#8217;t be possible staying in hotel.<br><br>We&#8217;ve come to realize from this trip that life is so much more enjoyable when the pace is slowed down and you allow yourself more time to enjoy ...

... It is hard to imagine the cost also- nothing in the way of property is cheap her obviously (property is like gold here). Cap St. Jean Ferrat for instance is a picture perfect ...

... spoke with someone at the AirFrance baggage office, explained that we needed to get the bag back tonight so we would have it in-hand to receive our detaxe at CDG tomorrow, and gave our hotel information to her. We then caught the shuttle to our hotel, Courtyard Marriott near the airport. It was nice to be in a spacious American-style hotel suite for our last night! About two hours after we ...

... resturant, but not suprisingly enough, it turned out the resturant needed a little lesson in "Mexican Food." Staurday we made our way into Monaco for the better part of the day and rubbed elbows with the rich and famous. We decided against trying our luck at the Monte Carlo Casino, but found a much better use of our money instead. Has anyone heard of the movie The ...