PV-Holidays Residence Pierre & Vacances Les Rivages Les Issambres

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 ...

... seen and spoken to, to date.
Set off mid morning to drive through Gorges du Verdon, again another stunning drive. This time though the weather was kind to us and we were able to get out for a hike after lunch. It seemed like a popular drive as we encountered several other tourists, one couple were eating lunch at the same spot we were. They packed up their picnic, took a swig out of ...

... then finally the hostel. yayyyy.


we ended up meeting 2 australian girls, and one girl, meng basically became our travel buddy for the trip. we spent our 2 days in tours mostly chilling at cafes drinking amazing cafe cremes, and looking at the ridiculously cute timbered houses of place plumerau. we also read trashy girl magazines in french and meng cooked us an amazing dinner. all in all tours was pretty fab.

So we booked a ...

... Table wine....

But first, a little commentary on our observations. As I mentioned from Germany, the European people love station wagons. We have all seen them at times in the states but they are everywhere in Europe. We saw the German versions right off, but through the rest of the countries we visited it is also clear that the wagon is the car of choice. All sizes, all makes. In Italy, Fiat, Lancia, and ...

We've entered France, our final stop before heading home. After over two weeks in Italy, as we were just getting comfortable with the language, the customs, the rules of the road and cruising speeds... what a shock it was to "Cross the border". Suddenly, all that was familiar was gone, a foreign language, road signs we were unable to decipher and we're exhausted from the road.

We're not ashamed to admit that after three + weeks of living out of suitcases (fortunately ...

Cannes is not as glamrous as we thought it would be, it still has all the fancy smancy stores along the beach, but there were definitely no red carpets rolled out when we were there. We did a day trip to St-Tropez, its was the end of a hge sailing competitiona and tons of ...

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... haircuts! Ryan went first and we told the girl "go short!" we did not know what to expect. When Laurie watched all of Ryan's waves drop to the floor from the razor she just about pooped but remained so Ryan would not freak out. In the end, Ryan's hair turned out great, shortest hair cut he has ever had but it looks fabulous! Laurie went next and DID NOT go as short as Ryan! Laurie's looks great so all in all we had ...

... and palm leaf thatching and Jack Johnson in the background pulled it off nicely, and had a stunning view to go with it. After lunch we cruised over to Les Issambres where his restaurant was, boasting pizza, drinks and mini-golf. This part of the Côte d'Azur was not as crowded as the rest and there was a little bay with stunningly clear water, we and a few of his colleagues spent the afternoon snorkelling and hunting for a strange cousin of the squid which ...

... we managed to get though to each other what we meant- how I wanted another toy than the one on offer and how there wasn't any other toy at that time. I also managed to find rose flavours sweets that I am trying to ration out so I can bring them home to NZ. That night, after checking in, we glamorized ourselves (I wore a skirt- don't have a heart attack) we were bused toward Monte Carlo to have dinner and see the Casino. We saw the royal palace before ...