Hotel de France St-Raphaël

It is Sunday and very wet and miserable here in Antibes. Quite a change from the glorious day we had yesterday. Ideal for computer work in fact... (Except that then things didn't pan out as planned and it is now Monday)

It wasn't my intention to have an entry before my departure but the response to my initial circular has been so overwhelming that I feel it merited an ...

... wine bottle and then we thought they were off on the trail, but no they got in the car and drove on!
At the end of the gorge we joined the road towards Cannes, which was route Napoleon, orginially created by him as a pass through the mountains...very windy. Our destination for the evening was Grasse where we found a good park overlooking the city lights and our first view of the Med.

... cutest children ever, and yes even i thought they were cute. As you all well know i despise babies so i hope you understand just how cute these 2 baby people were.

our story starts with a small black child shouting " blah blah blah blah black is blue- tiful". yes "blue" tifal. apparently his one phrase of english impressed small blonde child person enough to go over and befriend the bean. they even shared blocks. but alas when the train ...

Cannes is not as glamrous as we thought it would be, it still has all the fancy smancy stores along the beach, but there were definitely no red carpets rolled out when we were there. We did a day trip to St-Tropez, its was the end of a hge sailing competitiona and tons of ...

... Deze keer wel de canyon volledig tot beneden gedaan in plaats van eerder te stoppen zoals vorig jaar. Maar hebben dan nu ook geen rugzak onderweg vergeten!

Dit was verder ook onze laatste canyon van de week en na vandaag zullen we weer een heel tijdje geduld mogen uitoefenen om nog eens een canyon in te duiken!

... zijn van allemaal, hij biedt wel de mogelijkheid om een aantal technieken zoals het aanleggen van looplijntjes,... te oefenen.

Verder is er nog een ander groepje net voor ons de canyon in getrokken, we zullen hen nog een aantal maal tegenkomen in het verder verloop van de canyon.

Op een bepaald moment blijkt dat er ergens een foutje in de topo zit... We komen aan een rappel en weten niet of ...

... and Penelope Cruz. (It was good; pretty short; odd, but cool, ending.) We basically just took it easy in this town then just hopped a train to move on to Avignon. Anyone can do this town in a day. It was our last beach town though, along the south of France, so we were sad about that. But it just means we are moving closer and closer to Paris! -Michelle

... Nice (sounds like "niece") to be not-so nice. We catch our overnite train to Venice and cram ourselves into our lil' 1st class room. Great idea to whoever recommended we pay extra for a 1st class room! Merci...errr...Grazie! Although the room was itsy-bitsy...it was a place to safely store our luggage and stretch our legs while catching a few hours sleep. Bonne nuit (good night), France and Buongiorno, Venezia (hello, Venice)!

... was repeated in reverse. It was one of those 'at least I can say I've done it' kind of things. We explored the produce markets and bought food for lunch before setting off in the afternoon to check out Monaco, site of the Grand Prix to be held the following day. We caught the bus to Monaco which was a spectacular journey in itself. The bus route meandered along a coast line dotted with villas, shops and hotels nestled into the most spectacular limestone cliffs rising abruptly ...

... and i mostly read and relaxed. My stomach and Back got red but not too bad for how much time i spent out there. AFter the beach we went to the hostel and I made a sandwich and showered. When I got down to the kitchen I saw Dave(red haired brit) from paris, I new he was going to Nice, but I didnt know he was staying at the same hostel it was funny. So he joined us and we got some beer and drank and hung out in the hostel. Dan, Bo ...