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Driving from Monaco to Monterosso

Not many photos taken today – bit difficult on the freeway with mad Italians driving like the clappers around us and me feeling quite panicky on the drive into our next destination in Cinque Terre. Ok so I don’t handle … Continue reading

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Eze is not easy

Eze, the town high above Beaulieu Sur Mer, and overlooking where we are staying at St Jean Cap Ferrat, is a trek that doesn’t align with its name. It’s views though are pretty stunning. And it’s also steeped (quite literally) … Continue reading

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Nice and surrounds, pretty nice

Had a great trek today, although the bus was certainly a welcome respite along the way. From here at St Jean Cap Ferrat we went to Mont Boron  a small, affluent suburb of Nice that occupies the mountain that rises up … Continue reading

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A life hard to take

Very little to say other than we are very fortunate to have friends who allow us to stay in their beautiful villa in the south of France. They are extremely generous and we are very grateful.  A lovely few days … Continue reading

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The beauty that is the South of France

We’ve been here often, but it’s always so beautiful to come home to! We are staying for a few days with friends Basil and Clare Sellers in their magnificent villa in Cap Ferrat on the Cote D’Azur.  It really is … Continue reading

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Paris – a day of wandering and enjoying

A beautiful day today just ambling around our area Le Jardin Tuileries to the Louvre and then some shopping. Breakfast in a street cafe, croissants, baguettes and eggs and ham, then into some of the great  shopping  in this area. … Continue reading

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Chasing the Peking to Paris rally cars

Today, we decided to be at the finish line for the Peking to Paris rally. Sounds good in theory you say, but in practice, well it was anything but. Having been told that the rally cars including a Citroen which … Continue reading

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Destination Paris!

After the long haul  Hobart-Sydney-Dubai-Paris,we are here. While not much has been done yet, we still had time to  settle in to our hotel, the Westin Paris near just about everything! On arrival our challenge was to sort out a … Continue reading

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The start of our next adventure – 2013

Welcome to our next adventure – starting from June 27 till August 23.  Off to France and Italy before some heavy cricket commitments in the United Kingdom  (three men’s Tests and two Women’s Tests) and a trip to Ireland in … Continue reading

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Hooray from Hollywood

Just a quick dash up to the Hollywood sign before we leave LA.  Luckily we were there before the rain as it has been pretty persistent throughout this afternoon wherever we drove. Some of the signs show we were in … Continue reading

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