Teranga Juan-les-Pins

After brekkie it was onto Menton which is a lovely little town just before the Italian border. Menton is a much more down to earth place than its neighbours and more our scene. We found a park right on the beach and went for a wander and took in sum much needed sun. Next stop Italia!!<br>

... and not campervan parking friendly. We found a picture perfect stop just after Monte Carlo at the top of a hill overlooking the Med. We had the place to ourselves so we russelled up some brekkie in the sun which was lovely, so much so we were in t-shirts!!!

... seen and spoken to, to date. <br> 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 ...

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 ...

... menu. Lambrusca. If you haven't had it before, its a wonderful young sparkling red wine. (please disreguard the last comment, the wine was horrible)<br><br>http://picasaweb.googl e.com/Jonny.D.Lawrence/20090927NiceAnti besCannesStTropez?authkey=Gv1sRgCPzYpeu 2gIC7Jw&amp;feat=directlink

... we opted not to return to the Ruby Princess just yet. Instead we chose to visit the casino in Monte-Carlo. Here, we found where the rich and famous come to play! There were BMW's, Mercedes, Audi's, Porsche's, Ferrari's and even a Lamborghini. We even witnessed a Volkswagon wedding car. Hmm! A wedding in Monte-Carlo! Can you say $$$$$$$?<br><br>We couldn't make a visit to the casino without making a wager ...

This morning I woke up and looked at my watch and it was blank. I tried pushing a few buttons and got nothing... I assume the battery is dead. I'll try to get it replaced or find a cheap watch in town tomorrow. <br><br>The hostel has a decent continental breakfast for free. I ate some cereal and headed to the train station to go to Monaco. On the train I took out my camera case and the zipper ripped off in my hand... Next I took ...

The drive out of Lugano to Milano, Italy started with 7 tunnels- nothing to extraordinary other than very nice and lush scenery. On the way from Milano (trucks galore on the ring roads) to the northern coast of the Mediterranean there were another 23 ...

... then dessert itself, then homemade marshmallows (post-dessert), then madelines and petits-fours with our pear digestif. The food and drink just kept coming and coming for over 3 hours! We finally had to tell our server that we were stuffed and then explained to him the wheelbarrow idiom as it refers to getting home after a big meal! The drive back to our hotel in Antibes seemed endless, but we finally made it into bed.

... down to the end of the train track going to the place we thought the bag drop-off was. When it led us outside to a construction site, we realized our initial ideas were wrong. So we walked back in the station, up the length of the track, up a flight of stairs to the ticket office, only to be directed again back to where we were to a random hotel that was the only site in Monoco that allows a bag drop-off... LOTS ...