Tonight we headed about 45 minutes out of nice to the luxurious Monte Carlo in Monaco, where a small apartment can start at something like €800,000 and money is made without taxes but off tourism and casinos! Holy crap the cars - Lamborghinis, Maseratis, Bentleys, Ferraris, just casually parked out side the casinos or the hotels! This place SCREAMED wealth. I was overwhelmed by the palace like grand casino and the beautiful buildings. I think what made it b...

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...

After Pisa, we headed too the beautiful small coastal region of the Cinque Terre, which I can say was where I was probably lost excited about going too!! It's practically 7 little villages accessible by train with little colorful hillside towns and what not! Incredible! Me and my friend Umy got lost from the little group we were in, but thAts what made it more interesting because we found all these little paths and streets leading all over the place! We were mean...

This morning we had a guided tour and demo on florentine leather - as this is what the city is so famous for.. However we just spent most of the rest of the day exploring the beautiful town, and taking photos before heading off to a beautiful 3 course Tuscan dinner on a hill overlooking Florence ! It was gorgeous! We had a lot of time to spend as we please today. Crazy story! The way to the restaurant isn't specifically designed for bus drivers and is steep, ver...