Le Grand Hotel Cannes

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 ...

Bonjour! Today we arrive at Monaco! A district of royalty and affluence! The home of Prince's and Princesses! An area visited by many Prince's and Princesses as well as celebrities, millionaires and billionaires! It's a place to see and be seen! It's a location where wealth is a necessity and sophistication is a requirement! <br><br>Also today, Elsie celebrates a birthday! Her 60th! That little girl born on ...

... type of carpeting down so that your feet don,t get sandy, how funny thought that to be the point. Gorgeous view from the chairs. The beach boys needed a certain look to work there.<br><br>Kids and I swam entirely alone for an hour. Alex moaned that the view and scene not as fun. Italian man qrrrives, he is placed in chair up front, we are thrid row, pecking order to all this. He is given an expresso and an Italian ...

... the umbrellas). The only common culinary denominator is the cheese and bread. Being an American, where bread is a minor component of any meal, except in sandwich form, I never realized the historical importance of it until I went to Thailand, where they constantly compare its importance to that of rice for them. And they're right; I just never knew it. Of course I might have if we'd had better bread in my childhood. Pasteurized homogenized ...

... this opening, I felt like I had been transported into another time. St. Paul de Vince's centre ville has extreamly narrow, cobble stoned streets, so narrow that it is impossibly for a car to drive down them, which explains why this area is for pedestrians only. The streets of the city went up and down inclines, and winded through the city almost endlessly. The buildings in this part of town were very compact, were ...

... college, and so far, I've met and talked to students from Italy, Spain, Czech Republic, and Sweden. Some of them know a little English, but we mostly speak in French which can really hurt the head after awhile, especially since I haven't spoken it on a daily basis since high school! But hearing it all the time, from shopkeepers, people you pass on the street, and the staff at the school, it's definitely ...