Honeymoon: Day Three, MONACO

JK, September 11 2010: Yesterday was our last full day in France before travelling to Italy. Once again, we awoke before dawn and began our day by reading, before another scrumptious buffet breakfast in the hotel. We considered travelling by boat or scooter before settling on the train to Monaco. Upon arrival, we descended upon the harbourfront, setting a leisurely pace toward the pier and Oceanographic Museum.

Monaco

Honeymoon: Day Two, NICE

Jessica, September 9 2010: We were in the pool by 7:30 am. It is indoor/outdoor with mosaic tiles all round. Inside it is a low, filled-to-the-brim pool in a dark, Roman-eque room. Swim through plastic flaps to the outside portion: a semi-circle under bright sky and surrounded by dark wicker lounge chairs, which themselves are surrounded (one level up) by the terrace restaurant.

That is where we ate breakfast. Delicious! Sausages bursting with flavour, tomatoes grilled and stuffed with bread crumbs, salmon that tastes like it was plucked from the ocean moments before, country oranges so sweet, brie, gouda, goat's cheese, fresh bread and pastries, a sour cherry tart that melts like butter ...