Leaving Valbonne
Trip Start
May 26, 2006
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Trip End
Jun 10, 2006
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Valbonne,
France
Thursday, June 8, 2006
Valbonne is a nice little town with a ton of small restaurants in the alley ways. Very quaint and it isn't far from bigger surrounding cities. It has a really nice town square that we've been sitting around and doing some people watching. On the day we arrived I was sooooo tired from not sleeping well the night before in St. Tropez - the room smelled like rotten eggs. Anyway, so when we arrived I didn't feel like doing much. The weather was overcast so we decided to make the day a "lazy Sunday" day. I took a couple hour nap then we woke up and walked down and had a couple beers, then dinner and that was pretty much it. The town is super small, you could walk the entire town in 20 minutes easy. Yesterday, however, was a busy day. We got up and hoped in the car towards the French Grand Canyon.
The best thing about the French Grand Canyon is the fact that it wasn't "discovered" until 1905. Seriously, how the largest canyon/whole in the ground for all of Europe go undiscovered says volumes about the French's lack of interest in nature. According to many of the guide books, they are actively working on becoming more nature friendly. Even after it was discovered their initial plan was to damn it and flood it. This didn't happen, not because of enviromental concerns, but because it was going to cost so much! haha. Anyway, we made the 40 mile drive which took a little over 2 hours because of the winding roads. I was loving the drive - zipping around corners on a tight mountain road. Lots of fun!! We got some good pictures too, I'll post those later.
Today we are off towards Nice with a stopover in Cannes for a few hours. Then on Friday I drop off the car!
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almost home
yay! Me and miles are so excited to get to see you!!!