Hotel Omega Valbonne

... staff than patrons. Cost €10 to get in! The interior is like one of the palaces I’ve been too; plush seats; pull levers on the pokies. The tables are old-style with the croupiers using real rakes to literally rake the money in. Even the toilets are self-cleaning. The whole place is quite surreal. Not as big as I imagined, and I think it was quiet because u had to pay, whereas the casino at my hotel was always packed & free entry with ...

... committed by kids. except using much smaller words. maybe at least they'll think i'm older than i look now?

btws when asked my age i replied, a true lady never reveals her age. my 2 faves in the class laughed at that one. at least someone got my jokes!


and tomorrow?
another day of very early rising to greet the bus, and go to a class that i may or may not actually have.(thanks eve)

looks like i've got my work cut out for me.....

Have had fun in France. Nice is interesting and the beautiful water of the mediterranian was great to woke up to... Mick went for a swim !! we caught a train to Cannes and we looked around all the exclusive spots but noone we knew... just rich people and us tourists..
we also went to Montecarlo.. fantastic.. even swa a kart race in Monaco... had a look at the MonteCarlo Casino.. impressive if only for the flashy cars and people with too much cash ...

... blue/green shutter doors. i feel all french like whenever we open and close them.

so tomorrow is my first day of school for real. eek. little nervous, its a class of terminal and then the professional school. definite potential for them to be older than me. oh *****, i already look like im 12 haha.

yet another part of this lovely adventure!






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... Monday’ by the Bangles at the airport. Too true...

12hrs after i checked out of my Barcelona hotel, i am in Monte Carlo!!!!! Luckily got the last bus from the Nice airport to Monaco. Amazing bus trip here. I think i was wide-eyed and jaw dropped for much of it. Although it is night, you can see some amazing views, yachts and cross some bridges with HUGE drop-offs down into the coastal valley. The streets truly are Grand Prix style. Can't wait to ...

Just paid a fleeting visit to St Tropez on the way to Avignon (so we thought)... had to be done really.. a quick wander around and a very quick coffee. It was much smaller than I thought. Lots of nice boats but loads of tourists too.... that was about it!

... capital of the world (Grasse) and the medieval towns amongst the hills. These photos show some of the beautiful streets and buildings, also the issues with parking around these small villages with tiny streets. This car was parked so close to the wall, but the driver probably does this every day as there was not a scratch on the car.

... us speaks English. It's insulting to expect someone to do this even though so many do. We both instead prefer to try our best (use sign language) and people often speak English back anyway (when they realise how bad your attempts are). We read that in Venice they are adopting 5 different prices 1. Locals, 2. Fluent Italian, 3. People that try to speak Italian, 4. People who don't try ...

... walked around Old Town Nice and bought a purse thingy and found a place to eat with tracitional French food. I had seafood risotto. It was the recommendation from the chef for the day. I then went to the beach and layed out for a couple hours. The beach is not sand, it is actually smooth rocks, but it is not bad to lay on. Now I am back at the hostel getting ready to nap before my next adventure around town!

... some today and its not small, and it only cost 0.80 euro cents. And the ice cream is different, but very good. Yum... ice cream.. hahaa.... ohhhhh and Chocolate, how i love European chocolate and can't wait until tomorrow when i am in Switzerland where i hear the chocolate is even better! I shall be bringing chocolate home that is for sure. Well thats all for today, and tomorrow i am off to Luzern Swizterland on the Train! Can't wait!