Le Relais du postillon Antibes

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>

Up early as it was a spectacular sunrise - full of pinks and organges. We wanted to hit McWifi before we entered Italy but we did not find one until later in the day in Menton. Before that we drove the coast road through Nice and Monte Carlo, both concrete ...

... seen and spoken to, to date. <br> 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 ...

Cannes is not as glamrous as we thought it would be, it still has all the fancy smancy stores along the beach, but there were definitely no red carpets rolled out when we were there. We did a day trip to St-Tropez, its was the end of a hge sailing competitiona and tons of ...

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 ...

We decide today we will sit and not do much. We go to the store and get a small package of bacon and 2 eggs and fresh bread from the bakery. This is a nice change from cereal.<br><br>After we clean up I work on the blog - they are changing the blog settings, after 8 months of doing it one way I now have to learn, figure out and find how to do it another way. I hope it will become ...

... also gives great advice about traveling in the region or all over Europe. She grew up in Germany but rarely speaks in her native language on an every day basis. She learned French in school and lived in France for a year after school to get better. She told me when she got here, like us, people would begin to speak English with her because she sounded foreign and they wanted to speed up the comprehension process. But she didn't even know English yet! She then learned ...

I have arrived! Actually I arrived Sunday at 11am (that is 2am California time). All my flights went really well. I was worried about my Chicago plane switch but my plane got in 15 min early and I had just enough time to go to the bathroom, get dinner/lunch, fill up my water bottle and get to the gate. My 8 hour flight from Chicago to Frankfurt went by as quickly as 8 hours can and I tried to sleep (I probably got about 4 hours). At the Frankfurt ...

... I had been there years ago as a school boy with my parents and Linda and I had taken our children there years ago, well things have changed now its packed with immigrants and cheap housing, we for the first time felt uncomfortable so moved to Nice. Just beautiful along the promenade warm, very clean sea, pebble beach, a great atmosphere, the best part of being on a bike is that we can squeeze in anywhere ...

... Very much apart of the French Riviera style. The beach itself was qutie interesting as well. No sand, no dust, only pebbles, big rocks just about; made is fun to run on although it was getting to my knees after a bit. The next day we left early to go the Perfume Fragonard. That place was cool. We got to see how perfume and soap is made and by the end of it all I spent 17 Euros on a small bottle of all natural perfume called Diamonds=) LOVE ...