Hotel Les Bastides St Paul St-Paul-de-Vence

ok, it was more "collecting a new country" than being really interested in Monaco. Strange, when you go there from Nice airport by bus it costs you 18 € one way, when you go from Nice bus terminal it costs 1 € one way. Monaco is a very clean city. I have never seen so many big and expensive cars. I saw the casino and the castle. Nice, but not spectacular.

... have an amazing view from Colline du Chateau. On saturday (November 28) we had sunshine and 19 degrees (end of November) and I was even swimming in the sea (15 gegrees), on sunday, November 29 we had rain and thunderstorms so that caused a delay of the plane of three hours. Best breakfast in town you find in "Les pains a tables" close to the market. Nice is a city IŽd love to visit once a year minimum.....

... gesture. We can't change the world but we can change the way these children start off in life and who knows where that will lead....

It is less than 4 weeks now until I leave. There is much to do. I am trying to prepare myself for "teaching" 20 - 25 children. A bit of a challenge that. Much as I have known that I have always wanted to do something like this, now that it ...

... about a dog... Toilet time It is amazing how toilet dramas/stories are always a hot topic of conversation amongst travelers. I feel a little empty this time round as we have averted the problem as we have a Thetford cassette Porta Potti. Called "Theo"... We started out thinking would only use him in emergency situations but with the scarcity of public loos in France and more so in Italy means he is getting a lot more use than first planned. These loos are easy to empty and ...

... of Prince Albert - no joke), then walked along the harbour. The harbour had a full fairground atmosphere with rides, games, food, lights etc. We had the most delicious kebab for dinner from a stall :-) So posh!

We then followed the curve of the harbour to gape at the boats moored there. The amount of money people obviously have is just obscene!

Next we thought maybe we would have a go at trying to win ...

... the whole area was closed, with no eateries open. When we had exited the train station, we were supposed to go right and unfortunately we went left, and ended up doing a giant circle that lasted almost 2 hours, taking us past a football ground and also through the giant harbour. So when we arrived at the market/town area, and all was closed we now had a search on our hands to locate somewhere open to eat, since we were very hungry by now and the hulk was rearing in both of us!

Nice, Provence, France dan-and-dee

... she knew at him, he ran away as fast as his little Gucci covered feet could take him.  
So standing in the evil forest of Chanel, Gucci, Bulgari and Louis Vuitton our Cherylella was scared.  Her glass slipper (thong) was flopping around on one strap and the only shoes on sale were going to cost her two months mortgage!
Luckily for our heroine, she found the Monaco version of the "Shoe Shed" and instead of shoes for $1000 AUD she managed to find a glass slipper (well Italian ...

... was incredible, and worth every bit of the sleep deprivation. The next morning we slept in, went to breakfast and then headed back to Monte Carlo Beach for the day. The drive from Nice to Monaco during the day is absolutely breathtaking and so surreal... the views are so amazing that they look like photographs... I remember as we were driving through the windey cliffs, looking out the windows with the warm ocean breeze in our hair... I leaned over to tell ...

... I could imagine waking late at night to find him standing at the foot of my bed holding a block of wood and a hammer, 'Misery' style. After hasty consultation with Eb, we decided to back away slowly without making eye contact & find a hostel where the proprietor wasn't in need of prescription medication and a good lie-down. We were turned away from a couple more places that were chockers before finding a very nice (but costly) B&B. Vienna turned out to be very ornate, a ...

... to the boardwalk in Pacific Beach, San Diego....although much cleaner, more respectable, and much more charming and romantic. The shore is made of large stones and pebbles, and is lined with outdoor cafes which serve cocktails, wine and bring you delicious local green and balck olives. yum... The old area of the city if precious...people were great! Great food and lots of great people to meet makes this a fabulous place to visit...even in Late December....