Hotel Villa Vauban
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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
... cones and stopping suddenly to look in a shop window, blocking the narrow way. We revisited the old church at the highest point in the village. Then we tracked down the shop of our German friend Giesela, proprietress of Les Trois Etioles. It had moved to another part of the village, but the fabulous home-made liquors were alive and well. Carole and I toasted little glasses of fig liquor, which was beyond scrumptious.
There were two last stops on ...
Day 18
... no wonder after the stairs, but I found another couple scattered around the downtown area. Very good idea that. We walked to top the hill on the opposite side of the bay from the palace. Came across a flash hotel with a line of luxury cars parked out front, 2 x Rollers, 2 x Ferrairis, Audi's, Lambougini, Porche, the poor old BMW looked very ordinary. Very busy place with a couple of cruise ships in and the port chokka with super yachts. Every second ...
On top o' the hill
... the sun. Then we went home, played music (they all play guitar) and had some dinner. Then we (4 of the guys me and Liat, an Israeli girl, friend of one of theirs) went out to Nice, a pub called Wayne's where a live band was playing and afterwards a DJ. People were dancing on tables (I did too!) it reminded me a little of Oktoberfest! The band was good and the DJ not too bad. Then home for a rest and watched a film. What a cool ...
Na riviera francesa
... sushis ou embutidos e então optou pelos 3 lanches.
Descansamos um pouco e logo depois nos arrumamos para as atividades noturnas.
Eram várias as opções, mas optamos pelo grupo de japoneses que cantam e tocam músicas internacionais enquanto os animados (e descansados) passageiros dançam.
O menu do jantar é composto de aperitivo, saladas e sopas, prato principal e sobremesa. Nele há sempre 2 cardápios: o da esquerda ...