I woke up in our car. It was a little cold. I found it hard to sleep because I didn't fit. Lily took up all the room in the back seat. I woke at 5am. We had an early breakfast at a nice French cafe but I had a headache. The landlord of the apartment finally returned Dad's call to tell him the passcode had changed and our paperwork had an old pass code on it and that's why we couldn't get in the room. She was very apologetic and felt bad we slept in the car. With ...

Today we had a big drive to Paris from Lake Como we drove through Switzerland it was a lovely view out of the window. We stopped at a shopping Centre to get lunch we also went into a different shop to buy dad a watch for his birthday. While dad was choosing his watch Lily and I went to play in the play ground. When Lily and I were on a big swing I found a Swiss Franc worth 1/2 a Franc. We then got in the car to finish the drive to Paris. When we arrived we could ...

Today we went to the pool at our hotel it is very big and has beautiful fountains. I went in first and it was freezing so I was out pretty quick then dad lowered him self in. Dad did ten laps and at the end dads head was frozen. After we went to the beach it was really hot when lily and I were digging a hole for a swimming pool a girl came up and asked us if we spoke English. She was from Leeds in the UK she liked to talk a lot and had lots of questions about Aus...

Today we drove to Cannes to see the film festival. We saw lots of ladies in grey dresses dancing on the beach. They had balloons. We walked around the Marina and admired the boats. There was a convoy of army jeeps on the road and a man asked me to jump into his jeep for a photo. He had a 'rat' tied to the front of the jeep. It looked like the rat from the kids movie 'Ratatouille'. I have included a photo. We walked past some pink motor scooters which were very cu...

Today we went to Grasse to see a perfume factory called Fragonard. We went on a tour around the factory I learnt that in 1926 it became a family business but the name came from a famous painter in the area. They use flowers from all over the world but only local flowers are distilled in the factory. Some scents are sourced from Australia. I have a photo of a map where all the flowers come from. The bottles are made out of aluminium so the perfume lasts longer. Pe...