La Bastide de Valbonne

After brekkie it was onto Menton which is a lovely little town just before the Italian border. Menton is a much more down to earth place than its neighbours and more our scene. We found a park right on the beach and went for a wander and took in sum much needed sun. Next stop Italia!!<br>

... and not campervan parking friendly. We found a picture perfect stop just after Monte Carlo at the top of a hill overlooking the Med. We had the place to ourselves so we russelled up some brekkie in the sun which was lovely, so much so we were in t-shirts!!!

... wine bottle and then we thought they were off on the trail, but no they got in the car and drove on! <br> 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.

... 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 ...

We were so excited to have another person travelling with us, that our time spent with Diane was mostly fighting over her for her attention and trying to get her to side with one of us. She was definitely a good friend to both of us ( and didnt favor me, which I thought she should have ...

... so we entered and relinquished our 10 Euro entry fee to enter the infamous Monte-Carlo casino only to relinquish several more euros once inside. Before leaving, we took a few minutes to appreciate the artwork and interior of the casino. For us, it felt like we were in a scene of Casino Royale with James Bond! I kept looking for Daniel Craig. <br><br>Our dinner reservations at Sabatini's was 8:30pm. The ...

... makes up for that with the beauty of its seaside promenade and coastline. The famous wide promenade is known as promenade des Anglais and is lined with lights and palm trees. It was an attraction in itself just to walk up and down this boulevard at sunset. After doing some grocery shopping we asked our hostess for her dinner recommendation. She suggested a restaurant called Gesu (not exactly how it is spelled since it is written in ...

... long for us to make a small donation to the Principality! Just being charitable! As our group met up, fireworks started exploding over the water and splashing the night sky. What a great day!! Thanks to those of you who have left us comments. This is really fun for us and we hope that you're enjoying our adventures. Now, who's up for accompanying us in person somewhere next time? Love to all, Bill and Margo

... from not sleeping well the night before in St. Tropez - the room smelled like rotten eggs. Anyway, so when we arrived I didn't feel like doing much. The weather was overcast so we decided to make the day a "lazy Sunday" day. I took a couple hour nap then we woke up and walked down and had a couple beers, then dinner and that was pretty much it. The town is super small, you could walk the entire town in 20 minutes easy. Yesterday, however, was a busy day ...

... s example of wintering in the mild climate. Between 1860 and 1911 Nice was the fastest-growing city in Europe, and new rail links and roads opened it up to the rest of the continent. The city received an exotic facelift, with luxuriant palms, wattles and eucalypts imported from Australia, and fantastical belle époque buildings like the Nice Opera House and neoclassical Justice Palace. Artists such as Cézanne, Van Gogh and Matisse flocked to the area, attracted by the beautiful ...