A Slow Day & Some Reflections
A Slow Day & Some Reflections
A Slow Day Susie, Matt & Erin went to Ventimiglia to shop at the Friday open market. I decided to stay home since I had been there twice and had already made my purchases
St Agnes, An Interesting Drive
St Agnes, An Interesting Drive
St Agnes Today we are off to Sainte Agnes, the highest perched city in the area (elevation 4,000Ft!). We took the train to Menton and waited for about 20 minutes for the bus.
Biot - a very picturesque town!, The Swedish Invasion,
Biot - a very picturesque town!, The Swedish Invasion,
Biot Today we are off to Biot, a sleepy little town (population ~9,000) about 45 minutes from Nice. First a few facts (Wiki): Once inhabited by Celts, Biot was conquered by the Roman
Panoramic Views, A cool Car
Panoramic Views, A cool Car
An Easy Day Today we decided to kickback, we have been running around almost everyday - time for break on our vacation :-) Yesterday on the way to Eze we passed a little
Eze, Great Views, Awesome Moon
Eze, Great Views, Awesome Moon
Eze For today's adventure we headed out to Eze, about 35 minutes by bus. First a few facts about the village: Eze is a medieval village perched on a narrow rocky peak overlooking
Fruit Market, The Nice Beach & Crazy Swedes
Fruit Market, The Nice Beach & Crazy Swedes
Fruit Market Since Matt & Erin arrived late last night, we decided it might be good to walk about the city to get their bearings.
Rocky, Cap d'Ail, Matt & Erin Arrive
Rocky, Cap d'Ail, Matt & Erin Arrive
Earache My Eye... So, I woke up in the middle of the night with a mosquito buzzing around my ear. All I could think about was the bugger crawling into my ear, biting
Ventimiglia, Mini Rant, Menton, Sand Exists
Ventimiglia, Mini Rant, Menton, Sand Exists
Ventimiglia - Again Today is Friday and that means shopping in Ventimiglia, Europe's biggest open street market. You may recall we were in Ventimiglia last Friday. Susie needed to pick-up a few more items so
Rain Still Sucks!, St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Sandwich Cam Breaks New Ground & Limoncello Time
Rain Still Sucks!, St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Sandwich Cam Breaks New Ground & Limoncello Time
Sandy Leaves :-( Sandy left for home this morning :-( I am worried that Susie might have some problems shopping without Sandy... but I'm sure she will cope :-) Soooooo it was grey
Rain Sucks!, Epic Fail @ St Paul de Vence, Cameras 101
Rain Sucks!, Epic Fail @ St Paul de Vence, Cameras 101
It Rained & Rained :-( OK... it was a grey & rainy day. But that didn't stop us from doing something. After all, this was Sandy's last day in Nice. So we headed
Saorge, We Make A Rare Find,
Saorge, We Make A Rare Find,
An Old Tired Perched City Today we are off to Saorge, a perched city northeast of Nice near the Italian border. We will be taking a train and it will take about 90
The Russian Church, The Boys Lost, The Swedes Are Here & Some Weirdness
The Russian Church, The Boys Lost, The Swedes Are Here & Some Weirdness
French Toast... In France Chef Susie went over the top with breakfast this morning. French Toast in FRANCE! It was awesome!!
Entrevaux, Geology Plus, Climbing Mt. Everest,
Entrevaux, Geology Plus, Climbing Mt. Everest,
Off to Entrevaux Editor's Note: I'm trying some new software for editing my photos for this post. Are the photos better/worse/same? Put your comment in the comment section. THANKS -jj Today's adventure
Old Town, Churches, EuroCup and the Irish are Boring
Old Town, Churches, EuroCup and the Irish are Boring
Old Town Today we decided to hang around the city and explore old town in Nice. We also heard there was a little football (soccer) event happening today... So after a hearty breakfast
The HTML gods are Evil, Ventimiglia Open Market & An Awesome Hawaiian Shirt For Me!
The HTML gods are Evil, Ventimiglia Open Market & An Awesome Hawaiian Shirt For Me!
HTML Sucks! For some strange reason, the months for the posts are off by 1 month for some people. Some people have reported the blog post dates are for May while others see
St Tropez, Chicken Legs, Sandwich Cam, End of The World Clouds,
St Tropez, Chicken Legs, Sandwich Cam, End of The World Clouds,
St. Tropez Today we are going to St. Tropez by boat. We had to get up early today to catch a 9:00am boat from the Nice harbor to St. Tropez and it was a
Our Park, the Nice Beaches (Maybe), Villefranche-sur-Mer & a Mini Rant (EXTRA LONG!)
Our Park, the Nice Beaches (Maybe), Villefranche-sur-Mer & a Mini Rant (EXTRA LONG!)
Our Parks After another delicious and nutritious breakfast compliments of chef Susie it was off to visit the Nice beaches. But we decided to first checkout the park across the street from our
Breakfast on The Balcony, Exciting Day of Shopping (Groceries) & The Hood
Breakfast on The Balcony, Exciting Day of Shopping (Groceries) & The Hood
Breakfast on The Balcony Where did you have breakfast today? This is where I had breakfast this morning... how civilized!!
Dorthy I Don't Think We Are In Nice? The Sounds of Stockholm & Some More Weirdness
Dorthy I Don't Think We Are In Nice? The Sounds of Stockholm & Some More Weirdness
Q. The Shortest Path To Nice Is? A. NOT the way we traveled :-) Let's see... here is what Google maps says: Well, that seems pretty straight forward. Unfortunately, here was our flight
The Trip Begins, TSA Security Lines, A 70 Minute Pizza and Some Weirdness
The Trip Begins, TSA Security Lines, A 70 Minute Pizza and Some Weirdness
The Journey Begins So we begin. Sandy (who worked with me & Susie at Miller Brewing back in the day and will be with us until June 16) picked us up at 3pm
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