in the shade of the green pear: Day 2, Sunday

Day 2, Sunday Our first adventure Sunday morning was trying to get to Eze via Nice. As we entered Nice we noticed streets blocked off and we had to scramble to get back to the A8 and make an alternate plan. It turns out that there was a bike race in the city that morning. Our driving drama of the day should have predicted our future in the van. We did make it back to the A8 and after a few tolls, where we were desperately looking for the coin basket or a person, we made it to Eze. We found a great free parking lot just below the old city and toured Eze for the rest of the morning. Small shops and “streets” were amazing in this town high above the Mediterranean Sea. Lots of treasures were bought including some yummy licorice. We had packed our lunch that day and ate it in the parking lot and back of the van. Next stop….Monte Carlo!Ron made some tight turns to get us into the underground parking in Monte Carlo and once we surfaced we were all amazed at the beauty of the buildings and casino/opera house and of course all the expensive cars! Patti and Yvonne played the slots and lost 5E each, let’s call it a donation. After walking around the town we were off again, this time to Menton, the last city in France before crossing over into Italy. In Menton, Dave wanted to take us to see the Basilica St. Michael. Our walk to St. Michaels was described later that evening as 50 miles uphill on our knees. We did reach the beautiful church, enjoyed the view and took some fantastic pictures. What a great city!Dinner that night was quiche and salad, bread and wine. We played a card game, Golf, that Ron introduced us to and Dave won with a score of -1 (although he insisted that he had no idea of what he was doing!)