L'Esterel Cannes

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 ...

... choice of routes and directions given. A classic is where we are on a main road with a slight bend and there is a goat track leading off the road. She tells us to turn right to avoid the goat track and stay on the highway... Sound advice, I would never have thought...Kim laughs as I often engage in conversation with Mary why she instructed me to go one way but blatantly ignored informing me about an important turn which I only noticed from looking at her screen. Maison d ...

... French Riviera is all that its cracked up to be, absolutely gorgeous views, the water was so blue and clear, and relatively warm in comparison to Melb beaches, and had it been a few degrees warmer, we probably would have dared a swim. Ah well. There's always Barcelona! But seriously Nice is absolutely lovely, and apparently 17 and overcast here translates as not a cloud in the bluest sky we've ever seen, with sun shining.... life's tough aye...

With the lovely weather (in comparison ...

... to hold the tender up until you are ready to board it!!!

I don't know if Barbara had been drinking but she claimed to have seen two turtles swimming off the boat as we lunched. She might have been turtley seeing things. She certainly wasn't seeing things later when we both sat at opposite ends of the same bar for an hour because the one table she could not see was the one I was sitting at - at least that's what she said.

Time for bed and thoughts of Pisa tomorrow.

... got situated. I met up with Kenna the first night. She showed me and Alex (roommate) around town. For those who don't know, Kenna is studying abroad in Antibes, which is the next small/major town east of Cannes. It's about a 10 minute train ride away. On Monday our French was tested and Tuesday we were put into classes. Originally, myself and my now friend, Marissa, were the only AIFS students in our class along with 11 Japanese students. They were a lot of fun, but ...

... forgotten lifestyle where dwellings were not safe unless they existed behind walls. Since my GPS was doing such a good job directing me through the tiniest of villages, I thought I might try another. Saint Paul. Saint Paul Oct. 10 (Click for pics!) Saint Paul was bustling with tourist. It also had a beautiful vantage point of the surrounding mountains and its ancient streets and store fronts were now restaurants, gift ...