Residence Nice France

... out in the shape of a star) that was the military quarters for generals, officers and men. Today it is the summer residence of the Governor General of Canada, a military museum and headquarters of the 22nd Canadian Regiment. The walk around Old Quebec ...

... plonked on some seats in first class. The train was now no longer an intercity so we stopped in every dump between Italy and France. At the border we had to go into busses. Thank god for the Vodafone miracle: Elisah's phoen decided to find a network so I ...

... yellow submarine used by the great Jacques Cousteau. Wandering alongside the main road from here, we passed Princess Caroline's residence, part of the 'Old Town' which covers the large rock outcrop called Le Rocher (the Rock). Proceeding further up ...

... , I thought, and thought and finally it came to me...why not Nice?  Your probably thinking, wait you went to Nice, why didn't you up to Northern France or at least somewhere where it snows?  Well I figured I can't go home for Christmas, and I ...

... up to the villa. The place we're staying is so beautiful, it used to be a monastery and was converted into a youth hostel/student residence by some ingenious mind. Take a look at it here. Today we walked around Nice for quite a while, taking in a lot ...

... Mmmmm. After that we got on the train and headed to Monaco, which the girls know as being where all the celebrities try to gain residence (at 1,000,000 euro just to apply!) and the boys know as the home of the Grande Prix. Today though there was the ...

... an in classic French style, with lots of wine too.  Before sunset we had a look at the Royal Palace official residence of the Grimaldi family very famous in Monaco. Then we took many photo's overlooking the harbour an around the Monte ...

... Riviera. Glamor and theatricality became reality when Grace Kelly became the princess of Monaco in 1956. Today the Palace remains the residence of the current Prince of Monaco. Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to take pictures inside the Palace, so no ...

... put into words, but let me tell you, is delish. I also got to see my friend Mariann who I hadn't seen since leaving residence 2 years ago. She is now studying in Cannes but made a trip up to see the old homestead....and see some familiar faces still ...

... ; We were given some time to walk around the palace grounds of Prince Ranier. The flag was flying when we arrived so he was in residence. Just as we were about to leave the flag was lowered but we did not see him leave.  There was only one souvenir ...

... apartment sleeping 2/3 people. 3. Nice You don't have to be rich or famous to holiday in France's glorious Côte d'Azur. Even better, the city of Nice boasts the longest hours of sunshine in the French Riviera region, enjoying approximately 2668 hours of ...

... to take us to the town of Herouville, a suburb of Caen in the center of the Province of Normandy.  After checking into our residence in Herouville, and taking a short rest the group will make a short visit to Cane - a major town in the early plans of ...

... to eat in the main piazza, before heading up to The Popes Palace (Palais des Papes), which obviously was once a form of residence for a number of Popes & is the largest Gothic Palace in Europe - impressive! We then headed onto the Saint Benezet ...

... much luckier. On the 13th, well, another banner day in the Foreign Service!  Today our meeting took place i the Ambassador's residence.  Another striking Parisian site.  One bit of history that was shared with us is that the home was uses ...

... scenery even though it rained most of the time. We got in late and weren't sure whether they would hold our room at the Residence Versailles for us but we arrived just as they were turning away a group of people that wanted our room. The place was ...

... nbsp; This made checking in much easier, and we were able to understand each other pretty well.  Luckily, she was young and very nice so she was patient with me (it could just be my imagination, but I think she was also crushing on me!)  ...

... sidewalks, and consequently on the bottom of my shoes.  Yuck!  There is a little area reserved in front of my residence for doggies, which I took a picture of; I think you'll be amused!  The french seriously do love their dogs!  They ...

... . We took a taxi to the Vieux Port (this is the old harbor) where we find our hotel for the coming days, 'Hotel Residence Vieux Port'. It was another pleasant surprise, or better very good Google research by the Google queen. The hotel has a bit of a ...

... they may not have had us in the system. After much walking, we finally found it - it's actually in a residental building (hence, Residence du Palais, the name of the hotel).  They DID have our reservation and we are staying in a double room on the ...

... at Gare Du Nord in just over 2 hours.  Lyne and Liliane came to pick us up and we headed back to the Srithammavanh residence for a crash catch up before dinner.  Since Lili had been in Shanghai for the last 4 months, she was craving pho so the ...