Hotel Cantemerle Vence

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>

Up early as it was a spectacular sunrise - full of pinks and organges. We wanted to hit McWifi before we entered Italy but we did not find one until later in the day in Menton. Before that we drove the coast road through Nice and Monte Carlo, both concrete ...

Gorgeous morning and a stunning place for breakfast awaited us just outside Scooby overlooking the lake. I went for a run but Kim was feeling a little under the weather so she stayed and made me breakfast - yay! We spotted two girls about our age and attempted to engage in some conversation but their English was limited and French is rubbish. Shame as its manily been the grey hair brigade we ...

... the wonderful "fun" and "vitamin" radio stations to keep us entertained with "Evacuate the Dancefloor" and 3 other dance songs that they kept repeating.<br><br>http://picasaweb.goog le.com/Jonny.D.Lawrence/20090928Cannes? authkey=Gv1sRgCPHzqZ_hy_fA8AE&amp;feat= directlink

... first day in Nice was spent on the beach, we couldn't wait to go into the ocean, that we went swimming without towels. Wasn't a good idea since Nice is all rock beaches and we couldn't really sit to dry off... WE had a delicous pasta dinner at Pasta Basta and ordered the finest wine on ...

... experience at Sababini's was very personable! The eight course meal was superb! We both chose the steak and lobster, otherwise referred to as surf and turf! The service was fantastic! Sabatini's provided a more intimate and personable experience! We were glad we arrived with an apetite. Otherwise, the eight courses would've been too much. The champagne carried us through dinner until the cappuccino's. <br ...

... our habit until now.<br><br> We drove on for a while and stopped for gas where we also found a great Boulangerie, which is essentially a bakery where you could also get café and other fresh foods like sandwiches. Again our bikes with the Canadian flags drew attention. The owner of the place chatted with us a bit and told us about the significance of the mountain that overlooked the area, which funny enough looked similar to the rock of ...

... So thanks to our late evening chats which continued the next couple nights,I learned about Vence and other cool places to see in the area. Vence is an ancient walled city, wonderfully preserved, and in nestled in a quaint little town. Its found up in the mountains that look down on Nice and Cannes. Amazingly, my GPS knew all about Vence and had no problem guiding me up the ...

so today was a much better day than yesterday...we met up with some people from our hostel and traveled together...two of the girls spoke french so that was helpful. we went to Eze Village, an old medieval village from the 15th century, then on to Monaco. That was incredible too...tons of cool cars, yachts, and opulence. then we found a somewhat secluded beach and did some swimming...it was a pretty good day and i'll have some pics to add later. we were ...

So today Megan and I went to Monaco on the train. I guess it wasn't what i expected but it was still good. It didn't help that the weather wasn't all that great, it had rained earlier in the morning so it was a cloudy day, but luckily there was no rain when we were out. The buildings there are quite nice i must say. And there was a very nice cathedral that we went into. And we went and saw the palace. It was nice. Oh, i didn't mention ...