16th April: Pisa and the French Riveria
We left Florence for a scenic drive to Pisa to visit the leaning tower. As we came around the corner and the tower came into view, I could hear those around me saying 'Ohhhhh'. It really does lean! While I refused to take the typical touristy pushing-against-the-tower photo, everyone else did and I tried to get Mitch as he "kicked" against the tower which failed miserably.
Mitch attempting to kick the tower
Fam bam
We then said arriverderci to Italia and bonjour to France for the final country on our tour. We stayed in the French Riveria and visited Monaco and Monte Carlo. Those places were just incredible... The wealth, beauty and extravagance there just blew my mind; we saw huge yachts, Lamborghinis (and many others), the royal palace, where Grace Kelly was married and went to a casino in Monte Carlo to play roulette (we didn't win). I also made eye contact with Russel Crowe which was exciting.
17th April: Grenoble
A long drive through gorgeous countryside today - the same route Napoleon took at some point in his life and is therefore called Route Napoleon. We stopped for lunch in a cute little French town called Castellane where we bought baguettes, ham, cheese, salad and meringue for a picnic along the beautiful blue river. We witnessed a car crash (someone didn't put his handbrake on and rolled down the hill into another car), and the two owners of the cars starting yelling angrily at each other. We stayed in Grenoble that night but didn't get to see any of it unfortunately.
The beautiful blue and freeing cold river we had lunch next to
18th April: Paris
We drove to Paris but stopped in another adorable French town, Beaune, for lunch. Later, in Paris, we had a casual dinner near our hotel and had an early night.
19th April
Croissants, Notre Dame, bus tour to see the main sites, Versailles (for mum, dad, Mitch and nan - I walked around Paris for a bit before catching the Metro back to our hotel and looking at the cute puppies in the pet store nearby), Latin Quarter for dinner (I ate frogs legs! Just tasted like fish) and seeing the Eiffel Tower all sparkly at night.
Notre Dame for the second time
Eiffel Tower
Olsens in Paris...
20th April: Goodbyes
I got on the Cosmos coach alone that morning after saying a tearful goodbye to my beautiful family. It helped knowing I'd see mum and dad in one week when they visit Brighton for two days, but it would be 7 months before seeing nan or Mitch again. Anyway, I was really sad as we waved goodbye and I went back to Ardingly.
Thank you for a wonderful holiday mum and dad. Love you so much.
Love Maddi xoxo
No comments:
Post a Comment