Nicea Hotel

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.....

It is Sunday and very wet and miserable here in Antibes. Quite a change from the glorious day we had yesterday. Ideal for computer work in fact... (Except that then things didn't pan out as planned and it is now Monday)

It wasn't my intention to have an entry before my departure but the response to my initial circular has been so overwhelming that I feel it merited an ...

... 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 ...

... at least 20) everything from lemon to vanilla, creme caramel, raspberry, nougat and fig! We munched on our teeny treats and decided we'd had enough sightseeing for the day and it was time to head home.

Although we would have liked to do a similar day trip to Monaco and Cap d'ail, the weather was a bit ****** the next few days and the majority of the sights at these spots were the awesome beaches, plus we needed some chill time too. Gotta save something for next time right? And of ...

Above the Roquebrune-Cap Martin train station there is a flat lived in by a young woman who must be asked frequently if she sells tickets, because the door to her flat appears to be the door to the ticket office. But like the ticket office, which may once have been at this station, her door remains closed, mostly.

There is a machine on the platform, which only accepts coins, and we didn't have the €7.80 in coins for 2nd ...

... Cider. She was falling over drunk at about midnight, and then we went for a walk to sober her up, had some waffles. By 2am she reckoned she was fine, but she was swaying as she was standing there. There was no way I was getting in a car with her, I asked her friend Claudia to drop me home instead. She had a tiny smart car, which was an experience in itself. Much safer too, yeah bit of a wierd end to the night but it all worked out in the end.

 

... I spent 12 euros (around $20) on their expensive washing machines to wash the pillow and the quilt and the mattress protector, as requested, and they accused me of lying and said that I hadn't washed them, because they found one hair on one of the items. They (violently) pulled them off the beds and took them away to be washed again! She said I hadn't cleaned the floor because she found one speck of dust ...

... other celebrities own homes, estates, mansions, etc around this area. Our arrival in Nice was pretty special as well. The high winding road tended to drop in elevation until we rounded another long corner to see the Promenade Des Anglaise, a very wide (7m?) walking 'pavement' which stretches the whole way along the waterfront of Nice...several kilometres probably. The coach stopped in front of the truly 'posh' Radisson SAS hotel which was to be ...

... experience of our lives. Well, no weve had worse actually, but it was definitely the most bizarre. There was a nice Australian girl in our compartment when we got there and we had only paid for "reclining chairs" (usually bus style in our extensive experience) but we were in a compartment for six people, three small chairs on each side, facing each other. So, Andy and I sat by the window, facing each other. There was about six inches between our knees. After about half an hour two French ...