Mediterranee Menton

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 ...

Keeping Clean... the shower offensive Scooby is only the size of a delivery van... 4.8m Long and 2.3m Wide... fits snuggly into a shopping car park space. Height is not an issue as he is 2.6m tall so plenty of room for us shorties! The point is that space on the inside is at a premium, so the shower is "cosy"... but it does the job. Best of all we have a gas water boiler so the water is HOT HOT HOT!! We need to fill up our water tank every few days as there is only enough ...

On this morning we left Switzerland and travelled south into Italy en-route to the French Riviera. The scenery was pretty spectacular, with snow-white capped, jagged mountains that seemed to swallow the highway. Surreal!

When we arrived at our hotel we had about 30 mins to get ready for our trip into Monaco! On our drive to Monaco we crossed the bridge that Grace Kelly was killed on in a car accident. The roads are ...

We sadly departed Paris (don't think we've been happy to leave a place yet, except for Honkers and that was different!) and took our first Eurail journey to Nice, located on the lovely French Riviera. As Dee turned 26 in October and is no longer a younging, we had to buy first class tickets in order to sit together (more expensive, but totally worth it!). So we were geared up for our first train journey. The train itself was unbelievable, the seats were soooo comfy and much more spacious than ...

Une excellente journée aujourd'hui, qui commence avec cette charmante Mexicaine qui fait une recherche sur l'immigration italienne au Mexique au 19ème siècle (gageons qu'il n'y a pas des tonnes de documents là-dessus) ; une belle jasette autour d'un mini-pain et d'un café d'environ 40 millilitres. Je prépare ensuite, lentement, mon sac dans la chambre, après une douche, parce que j'ai amplement de temps devant moi ; je dis au revoir à Santiago ( le ...

... room. As we looked around we realised that there were bags in the room, so we decided we better go back downstairs, after we went through the bags. Ok Mum that last bit was not true, we went back downstairs and waited while the staff hurriedly tried to work out what went wrong. Kirra and I looked at each other and thought we were out on the street, but they had stuffed up the rooms and ...

... asleep long before the train leaves the station and are obviously regular passengers on this route. As a matter of interest, you are not expected to change into pajamas, you sleep fully clothed (with your shoes off, of course). We wonder how Rocio is getting on. The accommodation is cramped. There is no where to sit and hardly anywhere to stand. We explore the rest of the train hoping to find sustenance, or perhaps somewhere to sit before we turn in. There is no ...

... I've been searching for an equal ever since. We took a day trip to Villefranche-sur-Mer and Monaco from here, the former of which is super nice. The aquarium in Monaco is a dump, though. Skip it and see Prince Ranier's car collection instead- a highlight of the trip for us car-junkies.