So today we had a semi early start for our trip to Avignon which is about a half day - 4 hour bus trip! Contiki have been so reasonable with the stops and it always feels like the drives are so much shorter with the way they stop and let us see the local sites on the way, however after a big night a stop at a perfumery DIDNY really appeal many as we went into a little French town - which I think was called Grasse and learnt how they make their perfume - and fou...

Although we had no wake up call I decided to get up at normal time to see as much of little Nice as I could today! I did some laundry which I was gonna try and avoid, with my french speaking Canadian friend Anton and Aussie friend Danielle, then met up with some new contiki friends from south Africa to go out and explore! We travelled to the beach which we couldn't find the night before, then went up to the chateau peek where we had photos and the most magnificen...

After a fantastic night last night it is officially 2013 and with only 2 hours sleep I am headed from Italy to France today with 2 nights in Nice. Italy was amazing I couldn't have asked for anything more! We drove along the little coast line with kilometers of houses on cliffs and hills and the ocean. Ofcourse we did a bit of sleeping and my friend Samir, who turned 23 today was full on asleep on my for half the trip so it was AWESOME to be up out of the bus! Be...