Blogs from Juan-les-Pins, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe

Hi Everyone We are already almost 2 weeks into our trip and I have yet to get started on a blog so here goes, starting from leaving NZ. After that long flight we arrived in San Francisco in the early afternoon in what we thought would be a warm city - this is still California after all. But it was rather cold and apparently this is the normal temperature for this time of year. Apparently the author Mark Twain once said that the coldest winter he ever spent was summer in San Francisco!! We found the hop on - hop off bus, done up to look like a cable car but double height and off we set to see the sights of San Fran. Well, that is, what we could see as the city seemed have ... read more

Today I took the train to Antibes with Nicolas' friends who were also from Montreal. They were a couple and very mushy, quite annoying actually (also for Nicolas). The couple was late because the girl had something wrong with her eyes (they were itchy) and so she went to the pharmacist. Nicolas warned me about her being a hypochondriac. Anyway, while Nicolas and I bought our tickets, I looked over at this woman who had crumpled to the floor and was crying hysterically. It looked pretty pathetic and she looked very lost, mentally and physically. I came up to her and said "Do you speak English?". She said yes and I asked her what was wrong. She had missed her train to Marseille and wasn't going to make her flight. I told her that it ... read more

Tanai and i made dinner for 7. Her ravioli in a tomato, cream, onion, and chantarelles sause was absolutelz awsome. My date with cooking destiny was 1.2 kilos of cod... cooked caren style, with shallots, zucchinis, zucchini blossoms, and lots of wine. It was good. The cake for Michelles birthday was an awesome chocolate and white chocolate mousee... yummmm Wed beach. thn tanias mom took us for an amazing meal of stuffed veggies, shimp (w heads to remove), a huge salad with prwns and a chocolate cake with a molten center. mmmm After Tania left on thursday, all loaded down with my, rob's and lauren's stuff, i headed to Nice. It was sunny and hot when i went into musee Chagall. WOW. this musuem was fantastic, and i loved the stained glass. i would go back ... read more

only with topless women" -Tania, on counting the topless women at the public beach in Juan Les Pins.And kinda like the men in speedos, most of the women going topless are not the ones with the best figures. Only about 15% or less of the women are topless so it is no big deal. People tend to be 1 of 2 colors down here, dark brown or bright red. I am an exception, i am white. I left Belgium for Nice bright and early to avoid a airport fiasco like last time. No problems! My last night in belgium was marked by the best waffle i had eaten the whole time taking a kamikazee dive onto my pants, leaving a trail of chocolate down my leg. doh. washed the pants, and most of the stain came ... read more