UK & Europe Experience 2013: Wrap-up & Honourable Mentions ... 8^) Saturday, August 31, 2013: ... awoke at 05h00 this morning ... and jumped outside quickly as rain is forecast and I needed to pull down and fold the trip laundry from the clothesline ... ... 05h30 me & Bean are snuggled in and I'm completing the final version of the August 29 Blog ... she really wanted to add our encounter with "Hunter" the Customs Canine in the Montreal airport...

Day 30 ... highlights the journey home ... transportation and "The Canadian Customs Experience" 06h30 GMT Cannes to Nice, France Aeroport ... we awoke Aug 29 05h15 (GMT timezone) which is Aug 28 21h15 (SK timezone ... still love the fact that our little rectangle has its own timezone ) and had a taxi waiting for us at reception - was totally winging this ... during our Aug 27 walk around the Cannes Mandelieu Aeroport I was quasi-looking into transport optio...

Day 29 ... highlights last full day in utter relaxation mode ~ le sigh ... we spent a good part of the morning getting our permanently expanded suitcases in order knowing we'll be up early tomorrow to begin our transport back home. ... we had a few things to dry out from the beach yesterday so we went and hung out at the pool, soaked up some sunrays, did our puzzles and dried our damp items [strewn across the pool fence ]. ... around mid-afternoon we decided ...

Day 28 ... highlights a day at the beach and a great supper in great company ... another day of letting our path unfold as we walk it ... once again a wonderful petit dejeuner from the hotel buffet and then we decided to head to a beach [there's plenty to pick from here ] ... set-up our beach blankets ... don't believe in using towels in this weather ... we do get some curious stares from folks around us because we don't have the a-typical "beach set-up" ......

Day 27 ... highlights "cash back", flea market and moving r-e-a-l slow-motion slow ... our day started with a bit of a sleep in and a nice well-rounded petit-dejeuner from the hotel's buffet ... felt like I needed to work up some inner-strength to go and deal with the property management (PM) company - it being Monday and "back to business" and all ... so me and Bean took the bus into central Cannes and walked slowly down the promenade to the PM's office, we w...