Sunday 31.1.210 day 109 San Marino We had bfast and then drove to San Marino the third smallest country it is only 61 sq km and is 657 m above sea level when we where there is was snowing and there the whole place was covered in snow. We then headed off to Maranello the home of the Ferrari. The Ferrari factory is open 7 days a week and has a Ferrari museum that has the largest collection of Ferrari in the world. On the way it was snowing and the snow just got heaver and deeper in the road till we decided it was to dangerous to keep driving and stopped at the next hotel we found which just happened to be in the town of Imola there is a race track here which used ... read more

Saturday 30.1.210 day 108 Verona is we’re Shakespeare ‘Romeo and Juliet is set in winter We went to the pink marble Roman amphitheatre that was built in the 1st century AD and is still used today as Verona’s opera house. It is the third largest Roman amphitheatre in existence; it can seat 20,000 people and is remarkable well preserved. We also went to Casa di Glulietta (Juliet’s house). Although Romeo and Juliet is fictional you can go on Juliet’s balcony for a fee which we chose not to but you can see it for free and take photos and see the bronze statue of Juliet. It is said that if you rub her right breast for luck and a new lover. Those in love can add their mark on the lovers wall nearby were there are ... read more

Thursday 28.1.210 day 106 Monaco changing of the guards We checked out of our hotel and headed to Monaco to see the changing of the guards. It was lots of fun with a marching band and lots of guards doing synchronise gun swapping. We then drove to San Remo in Italy and then up to the Italian alps there was lots of snow and it was starting to get cold and dark and the road we were on had signs saying chains were required so we decided to stay in the Italian alps near Turino over night and get the autobahn out in the morning rather than keep going on the winding roads. ... read more

Tuesday 26.1.210 day 104 Nice, Cannes and Monaco Our apartment is about 20 minutes from Cannes so we drove down to Cannes and along the very beautiful coast we then drove on too Cannes the home of the international film festival there was a music festival on when we where there and there were lots of limos arriving with ‘maybe’ famous people in them. We then drove on to Monaco the Principaute De Monaco a very surreal place with manicured lawns and poodles with great hair styles. It is the world second smallest country 195 SQ Km. All the cars with Monaco plates are worth more than $100,000 (AUS) and there are lots of Casinos (more per square km than anywhere else in the world I think). There are fantastic car shops for Lamborghini, Ferrari, Bentley ... read more

Sunday 24.1.210 day 102 Provence We drove to Aix de Provence who famous residents have include painter Paul Cezanne and novelist Emile Zola. It is a very pretty tree line town. We then went to Avingon it once was the papal seat of power and we saw the palais des papes the is encircled by a 4.3km of stone ramparts. We then went to Marsella and saw the Basilica of Notre dame. The Basilica sits above Marsella is the second largest city in France on top is a gigantic statue of merry and Jesus the statue is 9.72m and weighs 9,796 kg the wrist measurements of the baby Jesus is 1.1 meter. In Marsells we saw markets selling fish right off the boats we saw ferries so Africa ... read more