Kyriad - Frejus Saint-Raphael Fréjus

... upon me it feels very strange and somewhat daunting. But to my knowledge no one has ever died from teaching children so I am sure I will survive.... My Amazon book order should arrive soon to inspire me. I am really looking forward to discovering the 100 things you can do with a paper plate. Life is never going to be the same!!

More when I start travelling...

... 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 ...

i really am terrible at blogging....

this is very long and if anyone actually reads this...well then, im impressed. and thanks!

anyhoo so this week we didn't have school because it was toussaints( all saints day). a lame candy free holiday that they choose to celebrate over halloween. i will someday write a blog detailing a number of times and situations where france lacks logical, this abandonnement of halloween will definitely be ...

... Table wine....

But first, a little commentary on our observations. As I mentioned from Germany, the European people love station wagons. We have all seen them at times in the states but they are everywhere in Europe. We saw the German versions right off, but through the rest of the countries we visited it is also clear that the wagon is the car of choice. All sizes, all makes. In Italy, Fiat, Lancia, and ...

... but without the superstars.

Back to the senses: France smells good and tastes good too! Le Marches (the markets) occur everyday where fresh flowers, bread, fruits, vegetable and fish are sold daily. This is the way of life here; no supermarkets or walmart, just good fresh food, purchased daily.

The food here in France could be the best... the flavors and savors or french cuisine, rival all of our other meals in all of the countries we visited. Fresh food ...

... the wonderful "fun" and "vitamin" radio stations to keep us entertained with "Evacuate the Dancefloor" and 3 other dance songs that they kept repeating.

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Thursday 15th May We've decided to head a little earlier into Italy than planned, so thought we'd round off our France blog to keep everyone up to date, as we're not sure how good a wifi connection we'll have on the next site. (Pete is aiming to find a McDonalds for the use of free wifi if it's not that great)!! Nice was our first venture out this week, and what a city to visit. It is absolutely stunning!! We entered the city via Promenade Anglais with the yellow ...

... out for a night on the town.. The bar was tiny, drinks were about 8$ a beer and I was uber sweaty... a buddies wallet got smacked out of his hand just as he was paying for the bus and the theif ran away, tout suite, never to be seen again... not exactly a fantastic start to Nice, but, the silver lining of the cloud is still there.... All in all, a good bout so far... still loving the travlling, but I might have to slow the trip down a bit as racing ...

... side of a 72 inch compartment)! Luckily our children's brief interludes of squirming and noises were nothing compared to our 4 other bedmates' snoring and *******. Lots of 'partying' evident in Venice and Vienna as people celebrated the final days before Lent - paper streamers, painted faces, Mardi Gras style face masks and elaborate costumes. All was very entertaining to watch as we waited on the banks of the Grand Canal in Venice for our next train ...