Hotel Kyriad Nice Centre Port

... the local bar and settled in for a few drinks and complimentary tapas.<br><br>Wed 11 Nov<br>Riva Ligura even better in the sunlight had a pretty little piazza and church which had a beautiful painted interior - much unexpected by us. The novalty factor was it had automatic sliding doors!

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.

... br><br>Today's Royal itinerary takes us on a tour of Monaco, including old Monaco and the Royal Palace. It's uncertain whether the schedules of Prince Albert or Princess Caroline will allow for a meeting with Princess Lesia but our respective public relations staff are working on it!<br><br>The tour of Monaco-Ville, also known as Old Monaco included a walk through the narrow streets that once ...

... The plan now is to head back up there tomorrow, spending most of the day on the road, then going to see Versailles on Wednesday. We originally wanted to see Versailles but ran out of time. It just seems like a much better use of time than sitting around here, paying 40 Euros for parking and not having the room we expected.<br><br>So tomorrow's a driving day. Today, we kick back a bit and prepare for the long drive back to Paris.<br>

... fountain in the middle and a tree under which we had our picnic lunch. The afternoon took us through what I can only imagine was a glacial valley, with amazing mountain/cliffs looming either side with the road winding through the wide plain in between, it was rather special. Hopefully Ellen's camera-phone fas a couple of nice photos on it as with perfect timing my camera died at this point &#8211; always charge before it dies! Unbeknownst to us it was a public ...

... diving, water skiing, lounging at the beach, and yes you can even head up in the alps and go skiing for a day. So my next trip I think Nice will be a spot to come explore more but in the mean time it has just been a spot where I can rest my head and relax for an evening before I get back on the train. So don't have much to tell you about Nice seeing I really did not get to explore that much. But someday I will...

... edge of the hill/mountain and have the sweeping overlook of the coast and water surrounding the village. Eze is definitely a must see in this region and I am only sad that our tour was so short we had to quickly climb up and back down without time to just wander and discover this gem on our own. I would definitely love to come back to this place some day and discover its secrets when I have more time to spend.

... we had a coke outside his house and we think that should count! We did actually take a tour of the Palace which was quite exquisitely decorated, but we weren't surprised as every European Palace we have visited to date (and there are quite a few!) have been lavishly decorated and there is so much detail, engraving, covering, embellishing, embossing, embroidering, carving etc etc that it is ***********centrate sometimes ...