SUNDAY 17th JUNE 2012ON TO ROMEStopped off in Florence on our way to Rome, had a look at some lovely leather goods and gold jewelry, before having a couple of hours to wander about this old city! The churches and old buildings were amazing, but it was extremely hot and we were quite glad to get back on the coach! Got to Rome in the late arvo and went straight to the Trevi Fountain and jostled in the extreme heat with thousands of tourists to get a photo and throw...

SATURDAY 16th JUNE 2012MONTECETINILeft Nice this morning and after a short drive stopped in Monaco where we goggled at the crystal clear ocean, the luxurious homes and the unreal boats! Hard to believe we actually visited the place let alone walk the streets!From there we hit the highway and headed for Pisa, along a magnificent freeway and through over and one hundred sixty tunnels! The tunnels ranged from a few metres to over a kilometre long, saving all the twi...

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...

TUESDAY 12th JUNE 2012BARCELONAA long and rather dreary drive to Barcelona today. Started out OK through some nice country, but the vista very quickly dried out and for the best part of six hours we saw little but scrappy ranch lands and almost desert! Had a few stops along the way at pretty scruffy truck stops and things didn't brighten up until we got to the coast and the outskirts of Barcelona at around 5.30pm!We went straight into the city and after havin...