Blogs from Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe - page 7

We took an elevator to the ancient high fort on the hill above Nice and then walked down. We knew we'd be wasted if we tried to hike up AND walk down too. Plus, I swam twice. Love the clear, warm, salty water! The only drawback is that the beach is all pebbles with only a small area where sand has been imported for the kids to have a play area. Believe me it is a torturous trek getting into and out of the water. A kind lady, nude bathing on the beach, took pity on me and came down to the water's edge to give me a hand, bare boobs and all! So, I'm back to appreciating all the wonderful people, clothed (or not) who happen into my life. The jet lag caught up with ... read more

If you didn't see the dog, don't doubt your eyesight, doubt my mastery of this tablet's tiny keyboard!... read more

Day 112 – French Riviera – France By the afternoon today we had reached the French Riviera. It looks so good. Crystal water, blue skies and no hint of rain. Hooray! We stopped at a perfumery in Grasse which is where perfume apparently originates from. We got to see how they make perfume and then we got into the sampling. Our bus smelt real nice when everyone got back on. Once we’d settled into our hotel in Nice we got dressed for a group dinner. The restaurant we went to had other TopDeck groups there so we ran into our last TopDeck bus driver and also some sisters from the Britain/Ireland trip. The dinner was good fun and we all followed our illustrious leader to Wayne’s Bar. How to describe this bar??? Well it’s ... read more

Perjantaina 26.7. aamulla pakattiin ja siivottiin vielä loput ja oltiinkin palauttamassa avaimia kympiltä. Auto oli aivan tupaten täynnä tavaraa. Päätettiin vetää koko matka Nizzaan motaria, kun siitäkin kertyi ajoa jo kolmisen tuntia, eikä Lilian nukkunut kuin 50 min. Poikettiin kuitenkin syömään puoliltapäivin randomilla Le-Cannet-des-Maures’in ankeahkoon kylään. Ei aluksi löydetty mitään järkevännäköistä ruokapaikkaa ja lähdettiin ajamaan Le Vieux Cannet –kyltin perään. Kapea tie lähti kiemurtelemaan ylös kukkulanrinnettä läpi omakotialueen ja ylhäällä oli todella idyllisen näköinen pikkukylä, joka käsitti vain muutaman talon. Vastaan käveli pari turistia ja he kertoivat, ettei paikassa ole ravintolaa eikä edes kahvilaa. Ajettiin takaisin alas ja toiseen suuntaan liikenneympyrästä ja valittiin tien varresta yksi ravintola, joka näytti tosi kotikutoiselta ja just siltä, että se on joko... read more

The day did not start well, as our hotel proprietor - who had cheerily encouraged pre-paying for both rooms and breakfast yesterday afternoon - proved both grouchy and stingy in providing anything approaching sustenance for today's relatively brief journey; he positively bristled when we deigned to ask for refills on orange juice (this was the first non-buffet breakfast we encountered), and rebuked an inquiry about the availability of cheese by retorting 'there is no cheese - this is a Frenchbreakfast!' Definitely not worth the 7 euros he had extorted. But this was our final riding day and we were not to be swayed from enjoying ourselves. There were several options for getting to Ni... read more