Minotel Les Strelitzias Juan-les-Pins

... staff than patrons. Cost €10 to get in! The interior is like one of the palaces I’ve been too; plush seats; pull levers on the pokies. The tables are old-style with the croupiers using real rakes to literally rake the money in. Even the toilets are self-cleaning. The whole place is quite surreal. Not as big as I imagined, and I think it was quiet because u had to pay, whereas the casino at my hotel was always packed & free entry with ...

... than i could paint.

so we get to school and i try to figure out where to go. eve (contact lady) said i had a terminale class at 8:30. well according to the proviseur ( vice principal guy) there are no terminales at 8:30 on wednesdays....okay....?

so i call eve ( our contact lady who is supposed to make our schedule but actually does nothing except annoy us), and im like wtf? please explain and it she tells me that she is going to be late for ...

Have had fun in France. Nice is interesting and the beautiful water of the mediterranian was great to woke up to... Mick went for a swim !! we caught a train to Cannes and we looked around all the exclusive spots but noone we knew... just rich people and us tourists..
we also went to Montecarlo.. fantastic.. even swa a kart race in Monaco... had a look at the MonteCarlo Casino.. impressive if only for the flashy cars and people with too much cash ...

... love the sunshine. sorry kids at home, but the weather here is gorgeous!!!!

anyhoo so we're finally moved in and making the place a little home-y. until our landlords get us a futon downstairs im living in the mezzanine above beccas bedroom. its such a cute little nook i feel all hidden away. :) hella mignon. oh and we have really cool door thingys downstairs. theyre the typical ...

... Monday’ by the Bangles at the airport. Too true...

12hrs after i checked out of my Barcelona hotel, i am in Monte Carlo!!!!! Luckily got the last bus from the Nice airport to Monaco. Amazing bus trip here. I think i was wide-eyed and jaw dropped for much of it. Although it is night, you can see some amazing views, yachts and cross some bridges with HUGE drop-offs down into the coastal valley. The streets truly are Grand Prix style. Can't wait to ...

... the morning shift I ran to the railway station. The return ticket to Monte Carlo was only 5 Euros, and the journey last 15-20 minutes. The views were gorgeous, but the best one was the old town of Monte Carlo and it`s cars. Jeeez! Amazing! Moreover, they would stop in order to let you pass through - before you even got to zebra. I had a very limited time, but the things I saw there made me convinced it was not my last time in Monaco.

... It was lots of fun at the water park and it was a great way to cool off. We have had beautiful weather here and have throughly enjoyed the heat. At Marineland though it was unbearably hot so we decided to come home for a nap and go back when it was cooler and see the night shows. The killer whale and dolphin shows were great with the lights and fireworks that accompanied them.

Biot is famous for their glass ...

... toilet that would warm the lid so I didn't have to sit on a cold one. Anyway, I digress. Outside of the Monte Carlo casino, a constant parade of $100,000 cars go by. One of the Ferraris revved his engine as if to say, "look, I own a Ferrari." The two cars behind him followed suit as if to say, "look, we ALL own Ferraris!" Again, we had another late lunch. I've got to stop doing this to Karla-for my own good. She gets in a terrible ...

God Bless the USA, Happy belated Fourth of July to everyone. I hope everyone had a blast, although I hear there were some pretty heavy restrictions on fireworks due to the drought. Of course that still leaves everyones favorite pastime untouched which gives us all another chance to reconnect with the Dale Asher inside each of us. As you can tell, I'm doomed to remain a week or so behind in the updates, but theres just not much ...

... we would be playing a game on our longer bus trip days - it is called secret admirer, pretty much everyone picks out some ones name and then writes that person notes and if they want to buys them a present. Lots of fun at night while helping each other write notes - I got Selene, a fellow kiwi. We pretty much used Avignon to chill out - we were a little tired.