French Riviera

Hello! We are just about to leave our third hotel.....Hotel Les Terrasses d'Eze. We are high up on a mountain on the South of France...over looking the French Riviera. This is a picture of the inifinity pool and the distance at our hotel. We are excited to get on the road and head into ITALY....so this will be a quick entry!

Yesterday was another packed fun day. We left Aix and drove a very scenic drive along the coast....stopping in various spots to check out the locals and the view. We spent a few hours in Cannes and another few in Nice. Both beautiful and full of RICH people and fancy shops. I bought a Loius Vuitton bag and Erin a Ferrarri.....oh we wish! The views were spectacular. Especially in Nice where there we bunches of beautiful sail boats out in the sea. We had lunch right on the ocean. They don't have real sand beaches, but instead beaches made out of big round rocks! We strolled the boardwalk and had some ice cream.

Next stop was to Eze which is up on the mountain above Nice and Monaco. The winding roads to get up here were nuts....but Erin is doing a fabulous job driving! The drive was worth it though...the view from the top is wonderful!

Last night we went back down the mountain to Monte Carlo....to THE Casino.....one of the most sophisticated and elaborate casinos either of us has ever seen. We had dinner at a sidewalk cafe outside and then went in to roll some dice. We paid the entrance fee and luckily we fit the dress code (suit and tie)....they had to swipe our passports and then we were IN. We both agree though that it was TOO stuffy and high -end. To play ANY table was a huge minium bet....so instead we just blew 10 euros on the slots and watched the rich people spend their money. (by the way...the number of fancy cars outside were way more than we could take in!)

Ok....so we are off to Florence next......

Until then...Chow!