Hotel La Lubiane
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Monaco: The best of it all in one little country
Monaco was exciting! The landscape was unlike anything I've ever seen. The roads were narrow and winding and fun to drive, the food was simple and complex, the city was quaint and extravagant, full of nature and technology... Monaco is a contradiction.
The harbor is equally beautiful in the evening and during the day... the small sailboats line up along side luxury yachts and ...
Day 16 - The Monte Carlo
... per item not load and that would cost like a weeks accommodation to have clean clothes. We had afternoon tea of macarons on the wharf at the beach. The French man at the macaron place got confused because meg and I ordered after the boys and he said 'I thought the guys bought enough for four' hehe no. Meg an I got three each. I got a vanilla, Nutella and a caramel. Very yummy! Walking back to the hotel locals had set up some stalls selling ...
We return to the ancestral manse
... gravel court just adjacent to the café. The thud and scrape of the metal balls, which we could hear from our house, sounded just the same.
We walked past the Café down the sloping narrow road to our old house, La Golondrina. The apt name means swallows; we had lots of them. We stood in front of the metal gate we’d opened hundreds of times to walk down the stone path to the house. But now we had no more right to do so than did any of the many tourists ...
Neanderthal man alive and well in France
... is heard to mutter about contracts not being signed ???!!! All very strange…
Monsieur"s faith in France and the French is restored when we move to a camp site at Quinson near Le Grande Canyon du Verdon. 18 euros a night and unlimited access on the internet for 20 euros a week. The walks are brilliant through high sided limestone gorges. The village is attractive with bars and restaurants and most importantly, the people are ...
A real rollercoster...
... Wendy waggled the wheel. Definitely a clonk in the steering, and the steering is not something you want to lose on Alpine passes... Need to find a mechanic, in the middle of the afternoon siesta, in the Cote d'Azur. Who knows old Fiats. Hmmm....
I resume driving duties and we gingerly travel along the coast looking for a garage. First place was shut and no sign of life. Second place had no mechanic - but said the IP garage down the road did. Find the ...