France - The French Riviera

The entry into France from Italy is noticeable after only a few miles. The first is the cleanliness of the surroundings and the environment and the quality of the roads. Maybe not surprisingly, it is the most visited and probably the most moneyed part in real estate value, on the whole European continent.
It has superlatives of many kinds - grandness and opulence, mostly good sunny weather, good hotels and good restaurants, large yacht clubs and marinas with large and very expensive yachts and boats. The list goes on, but you get my meaning.
It has shopping areas, Mall's and arcades where, big stores small shops or simply little alleyways where you can walk and window shop for hours. Boredom and nothing to do does not exist here. Most important of all is - bring your wallet or purse, make sure you have cash and that your credit cards have been paid up to date. You can if you want max them out in a very short time ....
It caters very well for motorhome owners with camperstops and campsites all over the place - some were free for an overnight stop and some will charge you upwards of 60 Euros per day in the high season (June, July, August). This time round we were only passing through really and will visit for longer spells again in future.

The Cote d'Azur (French Riviera) in southeast France

We made use of a free camperstop outside Nice simply for the purpose to secure an Internet connection from SFR the French version of Vodafone. The following three nights was at an ACSI campsite with all facilities, to use as a base for exploring Nice.
There is no better place to start than the Promenade des Anglais on the Nice waterfront. It is beautiful, it has life and it is of the best people watching promenades to be found anywhere in the world.

Parc des Maurettes near Nice.

Promenade des Anglais in Nice

Cascade of water from the Bellanda Tower - view point in Nice.

Nice yacht basin (Port of Nice)

Commemorating the end of the war

" A Victory for Freedom and for People over Servitude and Dictators" 

About to land at Nice airport

Hobie Cat sailing, a wonderful inexpensive and very thrilling way of pitting your skills against the wind. The height of the mast and spread of sail will determine your skills level and speed. Yourself only if you so choose but an extra crew member will help with the workload, speed and leaning whereby one of the hulls are lifted out of the water giving a unique sailing experience. The Comores Islands in 1996 .... ! Probably a bit rusty now, but nothing that can't be remedied .... ! And like motorcycles, you are only proficient once you have come unstuck a few times.
The shopping mall near Nice airport provided an ideal opportunity for plane spotting and a good few hours were spent doing some aviation photography.

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Hobie Cat near Nice airport

We spent two full days 'doing the rounds' in Nice and Cagnes-sur-Mer near our campsite. The days were warm and sunny although the nights were quite chilly with temp dropping to single figures. We will be back!