Hotel des Lices St-Tropez

... seen and spoken to, to date.
Set off mid morning to drive through Gorges du Verdon, again another stunning drive. This time though the weather was kind to us and we were able to get out for a hike after lunch. It seemed like a popular drive as we encountered several other tourists, one couple were eating lunch at the same spot we were. They packed up their picnic, took a swig out of ...

... inside is a double helix designed by davinci so that francois the premier could have his mistress go down one staircase while the next is going up. dude was big pimpin apparently.
next was cheverny, which people actually still live in. crazy. the inside was the most elaborately decorated. loved it. the woman who lived there had her wedding dress on display too, not so impressive though. i realize she was married in the 90's, a fashion dark age ...

... are BMW, in Italy they are Alfas, and in France, it's the Renault that pulls you over.

But interestingly, in all the countries (including the little ones we went through) the taxis and the buses are all manufactured by Mercedes Benz. Well, I am not sure that this fact is something my boss & buddy Gary will be happy about..? or not..? I guess you could say that the Mercedes Benz is the "Work Horse ...

... did laundry in Florence and Rome) treking across 8 countries, challenging ourselves every night to read a menu... we're looking forward to coming home soon.

But first we were in for a treat arriving in Cannes. We have landed at the famous Majestic Barriere Hotel, on la Croisette Blvd. Talk about culture shock! Remember, we've just come from either busy, historic, tourist-laden cities or sleepy waterfront villages in Italy. The moment we drove our dirty 335 into ...

... Sailboats were docked at the marina (knez, it made me think of you). Diane ordered mussles and Jon and I had our first mussels ever. They were delicious. Thank you Diane for helping me discover my love for sea food. St-Tropez was further than we thought, but thank god we ...

2009年7月30日 前往蔚蓝海 ;岸Côte d'Azur
路线：Cavaillon(& #37202;店退房) -> Aix-en-Provence -> Fréjus (南法海边ऴ 7;镇)

上午 320;车到Aix-en-Provence, 7027;里也有市&# 22330;，有些旧& #20070;，旧图片 很有意思， ;可 ...

... beyond bummed. The place was "charming". It is an old mansion converted into a hotel (Re: old furnishings, uncomfortable beds, old ornate walls and floors and worst of all NO SHOWER!). On top of that, our room was called the "Chanel" room! Believe me, Coco Chanel would not have stepped one of her pretty little Chanel feet into this room. We could let this get us down since it was almost double the cost of our great hotel in Monte Carlo but we said hey ...

... our tour. However I'm glad I did as my sickness has almost subsided, though now a fair few coughs are going around the bus! Also climbed up the chateau, which is on top of a big hill at the end of the beach. That was about it except for the last night at... MONACO!

... I took calls from my office in China. We trained from Nice to Vinimille then switched trains on to Savona. At Savona we will transfer again to Genova then head south to Roma. We plan to try to get a hotel outside of Rome an hour or two for a day or so and use as a base as we attack Italy by train. Yesterday in Andorra we ...

... are quite morbid, with people decomposing in caskets and being eaten by the Devil in hell. After this cheery stop we crossed the border into the beautiful territory of southern France. The scenery along the Mediterranean coast is amazing and the views as we entered Nice were quite stunning. We saw the royal palace of Monaco from the cliffs above, as well as the all-important casino. The population of Monaco is ...