Med Nice

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.

I know I always write the same...great weather, such a nice city, good food....but I have to say that Nice was a (very) big surprise for me, I can say that it is my favourite city in Europe (ok, number 2 after Lisbon). You have the mountains, the Cote d´Azur (when you see the water you know why the name is Cote d´Azur), the market with fresh vegetables, fruits, honey, oil, soap, you have great restaurants ...

... gesture. We can't change the world but we can change the way these children start off in life and who knows where that will lead....

It is less than 4 weeks now until I leave. There is much to do. I am trying to prepare myself for "teaching" 20 - 25 children. A bit of a challenge that. Much as I have known that I have always wanted to do something like this, now that it ...

... 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 ...

... of Prince Albert - no joke), then walked along the harbour. The harbour had a full fairground atmosphere with rides, games, food, lights etc. We had the most delicious kebab for dinner from a stall :-) So posh!

We then followed the curve of the harbour to gape at the boats moored there. The amount of money people obviously have is just obscene!

Next we thought maybe we would have a go at trying to win ...

... and Cannes. Dani was pumped for Cannes as this is where they hold THE Cannes film festival. Unfortunately, just as our luck would have it, the train we took was delayed by almost 2 hours, and we still don't know why. So it took us much longer to get to our first stop on our journey which was Antibes. We had been recommended to have some lunch there and apparently they have an awesome market. However thanks to the aforementioned delay, and our silly Dubcheck moves which will be revealed ...

... of this guy, I decided to run. Well, the guy chases me for abuot 5 blocks until i finally lose him. I'm like phew. Well, i find the tall black norweign dude and show him where subway is, as we go to subway club, the same bouncer sees me and just as hes about to tackle me..:BOOM! norweign kicks him in the stomach. Instead of possibly gettnig arrested in Nice, i let that dude b************ out of him and as he did that, i slid into my hostel. But, i could hear the dude ...

... big designer brand names.  So in our designer Target clothes we made a hasty exit and found the rain had stopped.  We headed into the Vieux Nice (old town) where the 18th century buildings charmed us into their little laneways and we found some lovely shops and even a marketplace.

Parc du Chateau sits atop the hill at the end of the Promenade and an elevator inside the hill   takes you up for a fabulous view of Nice.  Actually there is no Chateau but a park marks the ...

... dès le départ de Nice, la densité au mètre carré dans le bus augmente encore dans les minutes suivantes. A Monaco c'est pire, à l'arrêt de Fontvieille, environ 20 personnes de plus s'ajoutent au total, et on doit être au moins 80 dans le car, au point où le chauffeur décide de ne plus prendre personne pour au moins les dix arrêts suivants. On arrive à Menton vers les 18 heures 10, et je vais à la petite épicerie tout près pour me prendre à soûper : je monte ensuite ...