Hotel Piccolo Lido Bordighera

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 I´d love to visit once a year minimum.....

... of the retired variety... nothing wrong with that, but even they are thin on the ground. Of course this has a lot to do with the time of year we are travelling and there is a festival van circuit the young antipodian crowd do each year, which is not really our thing. So it is our own fault for choosing this time and this route. The end result is that we tend to pounce upon anyone speaking English in the near vicinity. We haven't scared anyone off yet so we mustn't seem too desperate.

Tout a commencé avec un train de nuit en retard de 50 minutes...Pour sauver de l'argent, on a pas pris les couchettes mais que les sieges inclinage. Bon, il faut avouer que ce n'est pas vraiment comfortable, et il faut de la pratique pour dormir la dedans.

On s'est quand même rendu bien fatigué à Nice. En arrivant à l'hotel apres 15 minutes de marche, il nous renseigne qu'il a eu un dégat d'eau ...

On this morning we left Switzerland and travelled south into Italy en-route to the French Riviera. The scenery was pretty spectacular, with snow-white capped, jagged mountains that seemed to swallow the highway. Surreal!

When we arrived at our hotel we had about 30 mins to get ready for our trip into Monaco! On our drive to Monaco we crossed the bridge that Grace Kelly was killed on in a car accident. The roads are ...

... a plane or bus. Dee had horror memories of training to Syd for summer camps, but this was totally different. Each seat reclined, had a tray table and even a powerpoint and coat hook - we couldn't get over how luxurious and comfortable it was and agreed that the Eurail pass was a good investment as we got to see more of France in the train journey than if we had flown.

The hostel we were staying in is quite famous, as it is located in a converted monastery, where the monk who wrote 'Le ...

... che è meglio portarsi da subito valigie supplementari... Per l'occasione Giuliano sta studiando lo spagnolo, spero che lo impari meglio di quanto ha fatto per l'inglese. Vaccinazioni e profilassi antimalarica come da protocollo OMS. Non so se riuscirò ad aggiornare il blog in tempo reale quando saremo là. Aggiornerò l'itinerario appena possibile.

... resa conto che non è possibile. In realtà dal giorno del nostro matrimonio fino a ieri pensavo che lo fosse. Circondata dal tuo amore, il mio cuore si era aperto a te. Ma oggi, mentre ammiravo la strana, fredda bellezza del giardino di rocce del Ryoanji che mi avevi portato a vedere, non so perchè ho provato disgusto per me stessa e per i miei compromessi. Ho sentito una voce dentro di me che diceva 'non devi lasciarti trasportare dalla ...

... Io ho fatto la corta che passa da San Xil, non c'era quasi nessuno e i panorami sono favolosi! 15 Calvor - Gonzar km 40 Si passa da Portomarin dove c'è una chiesa splendida. Per il resto la bellezza della tappa è standard. 16 Gonzar - Melide km 34 Andate a mangiare il polpo da Ezechiele! L'albergue è forse uno dei peggiori, ma per il polpo questo ed altro!! 17 ...

... fino li (circa 90 Km da Santiago) bruciare un indumento usato durante il viaggio e fare il bagno nell'oceano... sarà un'impresa eroica (il bagno intendo, non il pellegrinaggio), ma vale la pena tentare! ("no! provare no! fare! o non fare! non c'è provare!" M° Yoda). Tutto il percorso sono quasi 900 km, credo che dovrò saltarne una parte (probabilmente parte della regione delle mesetas, un ...