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Blog: Beautiful Beach and a Broken Bus
Date: August 19th 2008

Tuesday, 19 August Lots of sleeping on the bus, and it was back into France, destination, Nice. On the way we had a stop over at a perfumery. It was just in time, as the tyre under where we were sitting sounded flat. The perfume tour of Fragonard wasn't the most riveting, but I did learn that the alcohol used in perfume comes from beetroot. Who knew! Upon returning to the bus we found ... read more


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