Hotel des Fusains Nice

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 IŽd love to visit once a year minimum.....

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 ...

Keeping Clean... the shower offensive Scooby is only the size of a delivery van... 4.8m Long and 2.3m Wide... fits snuggly into a shopping car park space. Height is not an issue as he is 2.6m tall so plenty of room for us shorties! The point is that space on the inside is at a premium, so the shower is "cosy"... but it does the job. Best of all we have a gas water boiler so the water is HOT HOT HOT!! We need to fill up our water tank every few days as there is only enough ...

... that we were still in french territory, we feasted on delish pastries galore. Dee sampled her first proper French choc eclair...OH MY GOD was her reaction! Lewey even had dessert envy, and we both laughed at the fact that our tea cost more than the dessert (so very cheap in France for the desserts, bad bad bad as we are rapidly tripling our size, wondering how we will fit on the plane home)!

Feeling a little too much like a backpacker, and needing a tidy up before donning a bathing ...

... up hiking for 6 hours instead. It was an absolutely amazing hike with unbelievable views of the mountains. I literally could not believe how high we had climbed by the end of it. Needless to say, I got some amazing pictures. That night was Rob's birthday, so they invited over some Polish girls they had met in Sevilla and we drank Belgian beer on the rooftop terrace for awhile. The Polish girls were incredibly nice.

Next, I took a miserably long night train to Barcelona. It was 12 ...

... and the magnificent cathederal lots of leather goods for the shoppers today the 25th my birthday spent in three countries Italy Monaco and France Visited the leaning tower of Pisa a real highlight and have just arrived in Nice tonight we go to Monte Carlo Hard to keep the blog going as this tour is full on and internet cafes are hard to find we are seeing lots and learinga lot about European history More soon Edith and Laurie

... de Anglais which is the main road along the coast. Even though it was only about 60 degrees, there were people on the beach and some even in the water swimming. No I didn't venture into the water, to cold for me. Friday night I went to Monte Carlo to see how the rich and famous live it up. Monaco is about a 1/2 hour from Nice and is a very small and clean country. I spent a couple of hours ...

... and Louis Vuitton. we went to the village of Eze today in the hills above Nice; it is very beautiful and built into the rocks of the hillside. we leave at 10 tomorrow morning for Florence but are not going to spend much time there before going to Rome. love and Miss you all! alicia and brandon ps brandon loves the Orangina it is a popular orange soda here::: totally not relevant:: he made me put this

... above and beyond the call of duty and even helped get us a list of hotels in the area. I spent the next few hours trying to get through to hotels in Cassis and explain in my 25 words of high school French that we needed a room for four people. Finally, we got one and we headed towards the shore. The hills and mountains in this area rise right out of the ocean so the drive was stunning, even in the middle of a rain storm. Once we got Cassis we checked in and had a look ...