Mondial Cannes

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.

... have an amazing view from Colline du Chateau. On saturday (November 28) we had sunshine and 19 degrees (end of November) and I was even swimming in the sea (15 gegrees), on sunday, November 29 we had rain and thunderstorms so that caused a delay of the plane of three hours. Best breakfast in town you find in "Les pains a tables" close to the market. Nice is a city IŽd love to visit once a year minimum.....

... Not only have the donations received already far exceeded my expectations, but the kind words and general interest and support that I have received have been amazing. So thank you all. It is all very much appreciated and I can't believe that between us we really will change these little lives. It is my motto here in Antibes, but this is the ultimate "think globally; act locally ...

... if we want to via a plug in the side of Scooby. We've only hooked up to mains twice and found that we can charge all our gadgets from the leisure battery without running out of power. Laptop, Camera, phone, iPod, eBook and GPs. The fridge goes 3 ways off Mains when plugged in, off battery when the car is running and off gas when stationary. Mad Mary We have a GPS with EU maps installed. She was christened Mad Mary by the previous owner due to her sometimes ...

... towels...ahhh it was wonderful. We even had a towel warmer in the bathroom and a separate toilet!!!! Also a mini fridge and a tv which had a whopping two english speaking channels, so we were finally able to watch the news...

Our hotel also had a day spa section. We decided to cap off our extravagant weekend with some more splurge, a 1hr massage each! It also included half an hour to use the jacuzzi and steam room. It hurt the bank account, but it was worth every penny! By ...

... with the yachts logo on them. Since all the jackets matched, from Marseille to here, we kept getting questioned if we were all on a team together, or if we were all crewing on the same yacht. While we were walking around the Le Suquet district, the old town of Cannes, there must have been half a dozen guys stop us to ask about our jackets. After awhile, it was starting to get comical.

THURSDAY
Cannes, Provence, France mylifesjourney

... that we al just went to bed. Anywho-the first full day in Austria was a boring one. I have to be honest. There was a lot to see, but nothing very original in comparison to what I have been seeing during my time in Europe. Sadly, old cities are starting to mesh together in my memory. The next morning, Emily, Rachel and I left before the other three since we were hungry and ready to go. We took the metro back to Stephansplazt and walked in the direction of the Hofburg ...

... manual cathedral organ with its tiered rows of ingredient bottles arranged around a scale which the perfumer, called the "nose", uses when mixing & testing fragrances. I learned that it takes 440 lbs. of lavender flowers to produce 2.2 lbs. of lavender extract for use in perfume. The "nose" trains their probosci for 7 yrs. to recognize about 6000 scents. Grasse also produces some of France's finest flowers including jasmine, rose, lavender, mimosa ...

... up sign, but then I realized she was using it to say things like, in the first part of the homework, you do this. *Another counting issue--the way they count floors of a building. This one really drives me crazy because it makes no sense. My room number here is 207, but I'm on the third floor....so the first floor is the "ground floor," then it goes up from there. *The way they tell time--with a 24 hour clock. It's taken me forever to remember that 15:25 is not 5:25 like it ...

... Switzerland and then drive to Belguim. I hope it works out, she has to check on a few things on Monday. So today was a nice hot day for the beach and to wonder around. Oh yes, and yesterday i wandered on some Castle Hill place, which had fifty million stairs, it was quite nice though and took some pictures which i am adding to this entry. It was worth the ...