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Heaven on toast
A few months ago a friend posted on Facebook that she was venturing over to Nice, France for a day (it’s only a 2 hour drive from Genoa). Nice is one of my favourite cities and although her going meant...
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Aix en Provence, France
Let me just start by saying that I’m pretty sure I drank enough champagne this past weekend to keep the French economy going for the next millennium :) Enroute from Genoa I was greeted by sweeping...
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Aix V
Have you ever seen so much crammed into a long weekend? What’s left? Well, some small stuff like the great meal we ate at L’Alcôve on our first night and why we didn’t go to the Sextius Terme (spa),...
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The final Aix
Actually we were a long way from Aix when we turned off the Autostrada at Cannes and headed inland towards Grasse. Not more than 15 minutes and we were quite aware that this is a tourist town with one...
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France in Springtime
Here is a feature article that I wrote last week and some extra photos that I took. I hope you enjoy them! Nice, France article as written in the online UK Holiday Magazine.
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Fifty miles…Padam, padam, padam
Here we are click here to see how goofy 50 is… Wow! Fifty years, half a century, and here I am still standing. If you say it in miles it really doesn’t sound that far at all, does it? I’m 50! I have a...
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Did someone mention Menton?
You know we all have towns that we pass through to get to where we’re going, right? For me that town was Menton. It’s a seaside village in France which borders on Italy. I was not really that aware of...
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Airbnb misadventures
Destination: Nice, France. I’ve never used Airbnb before but wasn’t too concerned. I figured it had to be at least a step up from couch surfing and hostels, right? When I arrived at the meeting time...
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No soup for you!
France is just so much more fun than Italy! Yesterday I went with a friend to Nice, France. Nice is only 2 hours by car from Genoa. The forecast was 18C and sunny and I couldn’t wait to wander through...
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