The alarm went off at 5am and it was a very quick shower before putting our cases out at 5.30am and being in the foyer soon after to collect a breakfast box. We then boarded the coach for our transfer to Zagreb Airport - Gasper again showing his his great manner by accompanying the 10 of us just to make sure everything went smoothly! We checked our cases in for the Croatian Airlines flight and then had an hour or so to kill, so we had a coffee and wandered about ...

FRIDAY 15th JUNE 2012NICE 2This morning after a rather ordinary night in our twin folder beds??? at the very quaint Busby Hotel we headed off for a drive up into the surrounding mountains for a tour! We stopped at the St Paul's village and had a look at the little shops etc. of this lovely little mountain town! The tour was a good one and it was nice to get out of the city and see all the sights up in the mountains! Later in the evening we drove up to an amaz...

THURSDAY 14th JUNE 2012NICEThe drive to Nice was a long one, through some pretty countryside, staying reasonably close to the coast so that we could see the Mediterranean Sea on quite a few occasions. We passed through the end of the Pyrenees Mountains which were very beautiful and also later as we neared Nice the French Alps! The only stops during the day were at truck stops and we arrived into the French Riviera in good time, which gave us a chance to do an ori...

FRIDAY 8th JUNE 2012BORDEAUXSaid farewell to Paris and the crap hotel Apogia! Victor was most apologetic about the place and I don't reckon Trafalgar will have that place on the list again! It took and hour to get out of the ridiculous Parisian traffic and then we were into glorious farmland as far as the eye good see! Very open flat country with thousands of wind turbines dominating the skyline - wind energy is the way to go in Europe that's for sure! We...

THURSDAY 7th JUNE 2012PARIS DAY TWOThis morning we had a bit of sleep in and were back on the bus for another tour of the city! Again the chaotic traffic held us up for a while and we slowly covered some the stuff we saw last night, the sights just as impressive during the day!!!!We had a guided tour of the Notre Dame Cathedral, and then had some spare time to have a wander and get a roll for lunch! Used my very limited French to order it quite successfully! And ...