Thursday

Most of us are starting to lose track of time now. We are constantly on the move, but I think everyone is still having fun.

Wednesday was spent traveling. We went to Pisa and took the required photos of us holding up the tower.

We arrived in Nice in the late afternoon. That gave us time to wander down to the ocean and enjoy the feel of old town Nice.

Dinner was pot roast and pasta. The waiter was very demonstrative with Caroline while still managing to look very aloof and "french" as if we bored him to no end. Although I think she got 3 desserts out of the deal which is way better than some of the rest of us did!

After dinner, we wandered to a gelato shop (how could we resist). They had many strange and bizarre flavors including black olive, tomato basil and eggplant.

Today was a late start (I'm actually beginning to think that Kathy, our tour guide, is a night owl, cause we've had more late starts on this trip than any other. EVER.

So, we toured Nice and headed to Eze and the perfume factory Fragonard. After a tour and a little bit of shopping (everyone should come back smelling delightful), we walked up to the ruins of a castle high on a cliff and saw a cactus garden. This is a much bigger deal to people in Europe than to people from Texas. We got a lot of photos with the beautiful Cote d'Azur in the background.

We then headed to Monaco to enjoy a lovely lunch with the rich and famous. Some of us took a tour of the church in which Prince Ranier and Grace Kelly were married and are buried.

We returned to Nice in the afternoon and the kids once again spread out. Some hit the beach, others shopped, and I'd be willing to bet Ms. Toney and I were not the only ones to nap.

We walked to dinner and enjoyed our final meal in Nice of chicken, carrots and potatoes. Virginia has declared it to be the best meal of the trip, but I'm pretty certain the eclairs for dessert are what pushed it to the pole position.

The adults stopped at a cafe to get free wi-fi (well, free minus the 2 coffees and 2 sprites we got to qualify for the free wi-fi.) We will be checking the kids in for the night at about 10pm since we have to be up early in the morning to head towards Province.