Timing our visit to Monte Carlo just after sunset was perfect. With the area flooded with camera-toting tourists like us during daytime, we were told to consider a trek there at night, so off we went. The pedestrian-unfriendly traffic circle was not easy to navigate but we got through. It was still a bit crowded, [...] . . . → Read More: Monte Carlo At Dusk
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That is exactly how the outspoken Katherine Hepburn once called Monaco. To her, it was not because the principality of Monaco lacked beauty, but rather the preposterous idea of having a little country, a feudal anomaly taking up some of the Riviera’s best coastline. Needless to say,we enjoyed the beauty of this “pimple” (lol). If [...] . . . → Read More: “Pimple On The Chin Of The South Of France…” It was not surprising that my husband and I kept going back to Monaco. We love the place. In spite of the overcrowding during daytime, this tiny country is charming. When we were planning for the trip, we originally intended to book a hotel in Monaco for a few days towards the end of our [...] . . . → Read More: Glimpse Of Monaco Tourettes Sur Loup… a picturesque little town, hemmed in by forests, which gives the impression that its abrupt hill is ready to skid down. It is on this village where violets(the flower) are known to grow more than anywhere in France. It is on this village where I had the pleasure of leisurely licking my [...] . . . → Read More: Tourettes-Sur-Loup: One Last Look It’s interesting to point out that Gourdon in Vence is the only village along the western rim with a year-round population of only sixty people but it swells into who knows what number in the summer when tourists abound. We were fortunate to have timed our trip perfectly because while there were tourists like us [...] . . . → Read More: Quaint And Charming Is not to be confused with Saint-Paul-De-Vence. Vence is a town in the French Riviera, that is well-discovered and appealing which is set well above the Riviera. Growth on this little town has already sprawled well beyond the Old Walls as evidently shown by the cars that are jammed in its roundabouts. Nevertheless, the breeze [...] . . . → Read More: Vence… At Saint-Paul-De-Vence driving in the center of the Old Town is prohibited. The pedestrian only rue Grande is the most interesting street which runs along the entire length of St. Paul. The stone houses are from the 16th and 17th centuries; in fact, many of them are still bearing the coats of arms placed here [...] . . . → Read More: The Most Visited Village In France |
 
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