Archive for July, 2018

Jul 06, 2018

RIP TIDES, read this as it could save your life one day!

I found this on a friend’s personal site and asked if I could share this with you, thank you Peter.  It truly resonated with me and I know I will never look at an ocean the same again.  This was written by Kenny Jewell, a former surf lifesaver….. As a former surf lifesaver I constantly […]

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Jul 05, 2018

Finally a rest day and then a visit to an interesting location

I totally loved Monaco but it really did wear me out with all that walking.  I spent the next day, Sunday, June 3rd doing laundry and washing my hair.  Fortunately we had the washing machine brochures which of course were in French ( which I spoke before English )  as I needed them to figure […]

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Jul 04, 2018

The small country of Monaco

Part of the reason we stopped in Nice was to go to Monaco.  I grew up following the story of the American actress Grace Kelly who became the Princess of Monaco in April of 1956 ( I was only 3 at the time ).   I have always wanted to go to Monaco so Saturday June […]

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Jul 03, 2018

Our first full day in Nice – June 1st

I was coughing so much that I had to order a brandy at 12 Euro 😯 which helped just a tiny bit.  I had also purchased cough syrup and special lozenges earlier in the day.  Including wine the dinner came to 47.50 Euro, about 74.00 CAD.  Not too bad as we had a 50 Euro […]

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Jul 01, 2018

Proud to be a Canadian

This is the first Canada Day in the 15 years we have lived here that it was cool and drizzling however we still went up to the main street to see the parade.  Every year it is different and this year ‘cute’ would be the best description. For those of you who are not Canadian […]

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