TERRASE DE CHINE, RIGAUD

Thinking of you, Grandma!

RIGAUD HIKE

Quebec Fall Colours 

Champs de Diable ou champs de Patate

A granite mine, previously

Sanctuaire de Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Rigaud

SANTA MARGHERITA DI LIGURIA

View from the beach

The plan was to get on the bus to Portofino, but my daughter and I were swarmed and never made it on ! What a beautiful day to be stranded here!

Beach sand cakes

I LOVED ZEBRA STRIPED CHURCHES

San Lorenzo Cathedral

What do all these flags mean?!

Guarding the property

Last supper mural and St Jean Paul II

Gothic stripes

It looks like venetian glass to me!

I love that churches still have open doors!

GENOA (GENOVA)

This is a city we were recommended by a well-travelled uncle. Although a little gritty at the harbour, some streets are lined with palaces vying for a place in the kingdom. The aquarium was great, the pesto pasta awesome, and the front desk clerk at Hotel Nuova Nord made our stay! We love the ligurian coast!

Porticos 

Christopher Colombus's birthplace house

Marina

Genoa's flag

SLOW FOOD AND FAST FOOD IN GENOA

The first time I ever ate at a slow food restaurant was in Genoa. The place was tough to get into (you needed to attract attention to get past a locked front door) but once we were seated, we were given a nice corner table and lots of cold water. Based only on this one experience, I like fast food better, at least the bakery way!

Amuse bouche unexpected but a strange combo of cold pasty food hard to share.

Ambiance

Pesto pasta

Mussel on a bed of pasta

The weirdest veggie burger I have ever tried to eat

Meringue art

The one that came with us!

Focaccia Tipo Recco is my favourite!

Chinotto on the steps of San Lorenzo Cathedral 

ILLEGAL PICNIC ON THE HOTEL FLOOR IN AVIGNON

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