Le Suffren Grimaud

... 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 ...

... inside is a double helix designed by davinci so that francois the premier could have his mistress go down one staircase while the next is going up. dude was big pimpin apparently.
next was cheverny, which people actually still live in. crazy. the inside was the most elaborately decorated. loved it. the woman who lived there had her wedding dress on display too, not so impressive though. i realize she was married in the 90's, a fashion dark age ...

... below.

Oddly, we haven't seen as many sports/exotics over here as you might think. There are a few Porches here and there. Big deal.. Some Ferraris but again not as many as I thought I would see. Oh and a couple of "greasers" in Lambos (Good God..! This could be a blog topic all on it's own, so I'll discuss in person over a glass of wine with the quiz winner)... So, what was the most spotted and ...

We've entered France, our final stop before heading home. After over two weeks in Italy, as we were just getting comfortable with the language, the customs, the rules of the road and cruising speeds... what a shock it was to "Cross the border". Suddenly, all that was familiar was gone, a foreign language, road signs we were unable to decipher and we're exhausted from the road.

We're not ashamed to admit that after three + weeks of living out of suitcases (fortunately ...

... 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 ...

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... friendly. He knew a bit about Australia as he jumped ship there in 1965 and spent 20 days in HM prison. Very funny/pleasant man. The highlight for me on this return journey was the swim in Cabasson which was a pretty little beach away from the madding crowd. Flew out from Nice this morning and this evening we go to our first Parisian show at the Lido and the nighttime Illuminations tour.

... then I big hug. I knew that wasn't really a possibility, so I had kind of resigned myself to that. But when I got out of the car at the apartment I'm staying at, and as I was looking around I thought I saw a white shrt, and then through the crowd, I saw them. THE ELDERS!!!! I don't know when I've been SO EXCITED to see the missionaries. And while I couldn't hug them, I could understand them and I shook their hands and they gave me a map ...

... knowing full well I wasn´t making the 10:00 now even before I came up against gi-normous line number two. This one was even longer, but they had many more windows in operation. When I finally reached the front of the queue I expected to hear that the next train to Avignon was at 1:00, as my schedule indicated, and just hoped they had seats left to reserve (the station was a zoo). Instead, the helpful and stunning, for a rail station attendant I must say - but is was France after all ...

From Barcelona we headed back to France to the French Riviera. We stayed close to the town of Nice. On our way into our accommodation, we stopped at a perfumery and had a tour and went into their wholesale shop (still not terribly cheap). Went for a walk along the beach near the campsite, Nice was all lit up along the coast for us to see. The beach is all blue and grey ...