Hotel Versailles Villefranche-sur-Mer

... br>Hotel was fantastic. 5 star luxury with sauna and steam room, which I enjoyed. Roof top pool overlooked the Mediterranean coast line. Ferrari's frequently pulling up out front with people arriving to gamble at the casino (the hotel has its own and is right next door to the main Monte Carlo casino). €500 notes being handed over at casino tables.

I went to the main casino on one night with high expectations. It was v quiet. Probably ...

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 ...

Well, I am writing this entry from Switzerland. Sitting at the Geneva airport. My flight from Barcelona to Geneva (to connect onto a flight to Nice) was delayed and then delayed again which meant I missed my connecting flight. Was originally angry about this cause I have lost a day of travel time, but it has given me the opportunity to sort some photos and begin my Monte Carlo relax period. Was fortunate that there was a later flight with seats available and that ...

... the morning shift I ran to the railway station. The return ticket to Monte Carlo was only 5 Euros, and the journey last 15-20 minutes. The views were gorgeous, but the best one was the old town of Monte Carlo and it`s cars. Jeeez! Amazing! Moreover, they would stop in order to let you pass through - before you even got to zebra. I had a very limited time, but the things I saw there made me convinced it was not my last time in Monaco.

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... like this in France. Then went to hotel to watch ENGLISH news-have missed that and I took a 1 hour bath-yeah!!

Most memorable par of day-of course our time with Anna today and seeing her beautiful work,, maybe we can take her daughter for exchange/.

Also, getting to finally spend time in Villefrache Sur Mer-kids want to do exchange there next time....funny, they are already scheming;;;

... transportation. We were humpin' it on the bus everywhere, but the bus schedule was always unreliable and ended at 8:30 pm, which meant we couldn't go out at night without walking or taking an expensive taxi. So, on Saturday I took the bus to the airport and rented a Mini-Cooper for the remainder of our trip. What a difference! In three days, we've got most of our energy back and brightened our outlook because we've had the freedom to go wherever we want ...

... s always encouraging <evil smile>. He's good, don't get me wrong, but he's not perfect, and that's all I was worried about. The view from the upper floor of school is gorgeous, as you can see by the picture for this blog. That's taken from the best spot at school, on the balcony outside the gran salon. Well, I have homework to do, so I'd better get to it, lest my brain purge everything from today in a rebellion against the intensive schooling. Aaron says "hi"

A relaxing and enjoyable day. Having spent the last few days on the road it was great to stay in one place and enjoy doing a lot of nothing. We met with Brent and Marg at about 10am and set out to walk around the beach front to the town of Beaulieu-sur-mer another lovely place on the Cote D'Azur. This was where we were going to stay with our friend, Peter Thompson , but the irony ...

After a sleep in we were taken to shore from the boat to Villefranche, a small village on the coast in a little bay where would take the train to Monte Carlo, Monaco to live it up with the rich and famous. From the boat we had grabbed a train timetable only to be told (along ...