France, WOW!!!!

After staying at the Royal National Hotel in London for one night i was all ready for my contiki tour. So up bright and early at 5.15am to catch the coach. There are many diff people on the tour, N.Z, Ozzies, South Africans, Singapore, Canada, USA, China and even Pakko from Mexico. All of which are very nice people. So we headed off, bound for the White Cliffs of Dover, which happens to have a massive castle sitting on top of it that William the Conquerer had built when he invaded England. Passed thru border control and onto the ferry. It is only about an hour and a half to Calais, France. Just enough time to get breadfast in. Then onwards to Paris. After putting the tents up,the contiki reps surprised us with a feed of escargot(snails). And yes i tried them, and no i will never eat them again. ha ha ha. We headed into Paris for a night lights sightseeing tour. And wow... Nothing can prepare you for the beauty of this wonderful city, it truly is amazing. We saw the effeil tower, arc de tromphe(sorry not sure on the spelling), we went around and around the round about(very scary). Paris drivers are not the best, on average there is an accident every 12 minutes on this roundabout. But we did it without a scratch. We drove along the seine river, pass the lourve and notre-damne. There is so much to see in Paris to name all of it would take forever. It truly is awesome. The next day was a free day in Paris, so I had organised a trip to the top of the effiel tower, then i spent the rest of the day walking thru the back streets and along the seine taking in the sheer beauty of the place. I find it hard to find words to describe it. We jumped on the bus that night for a cabaret show, La Nouvelle, and also a French Dinner. Both were fantastic. The whole coach had a ball. But we were all tried, some still partied on but i chose to get some sleep, it had been a very long day. Up early again and off to Lyon, stopping on the way to visit a holiday home(castle) of Louie 15th. Massive and wow... Then onto Lyon and a wine tasting evening. We got to try and buy some French Red Wine. Yes once again i tried and this time i bought some as well, ha ha ha. In the coach again we head for Antibes, stopped at the home of Nougat then also in Grasse at a Perfume place. The tour showed how they made it etc it was very interesting. So 4 days into France and i have a selection of wine and perfume, i'm loving this. We then hit Monaco that night, talk about a place for the rich, did the whole casino thing. But alot of the tables had a minimum bet of 25 Euro so wasnt able to play them. Monaco is only 1.75 km. It only has 30,000 residence and you have to apply to the reining monarch for residence, with at least $1,000,000 to you name. I just missed out. Porche and Lamborgine city. I am now having a free day in nice, just chilling on the stone beach in the sun. A total relax day on the Mediterranean Sea. I know, I have such a hard life a. I'm trying to cope with it all, till next time.