A ROYAL PALACE WITH AN INCREDIBLE MOSAIC GARDEN IN GENOA

Throne room grandeur

Venetian chandelier

Rococo or what?

Out on the elevated terrace

From an elevated terrace

MONACO (Mon - AH - co)

Hotel Paris - If you need to ask the price, you shouldn't be eating here!

Stolen from inside the Hotel Paris

Walk around the coast

Did you know that Monaco is a state built on a victory won by a man disguised as a monk! Scandalous!

NICE, FRENCH RIVIERA

Pebble beaches make little girls happy

Crazy looking citrous fruits called Fortunella

Lovely French gentleman educating a tourist in Nice. Stop and stare at a tree to meet a local!

Happenstance park worth a detour but maybe you'll find another!

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Clues to the climb up to the Chagall Museum

Roses everywhere!

Tolkien-esque door

Path dappled with sunshine

Cool steps

Hotel Regina - maybe next time?!

Regina Victoria

Weird looking fruit

Still staring at trees!

Chagall's angels

Nice restaurant can be viewed two ways!

Just another day at the beach

My husband's toes

Love the twirls that seals this bag of breakfast goodness - croissants and pain au chocolat

PONT DE GARE

One tiny piece of an aqueduct over 50 km long from Uzes to Nimes

The view from the restaurant!

Salad and vegetable terrine (bring extra cash next time for dessert!)

AVIGNON, PROVENCE

Guess what we did on the Avignon Bridge?

The Bridge

I didn't know that there was a Canadian connection!

Pope's Palace decorated for a party

Good food with an in-road table!

Waiting for us

Strong finish!

ARLES - A UNESCO SITE AND HOME TO O COTE, A RESTAURANT EXTRA-ORDINAIRE IN PROVENCE

Van Gogh Tour - Look out the view and admire the painting - this town is full of them!

River Rhone 

Hospital Garden painted by Van Gogh

Lions' bridge - train bridge bombed during WWII

Along the River Rhone

Roman amphitheatre

Toast and tapenade 

Heirloom tomato gazpacho with a focaccia toast jabugo ham

Onion, pepper and anchovy tart "a la Nicoise"

Worth a detour!

Fresh mussels cooked in herbed butter and almond

Dark chocolate mousse, cocoa sorbet and candied mango

Even the roads are gorgeous!

Love these doors!