The Final Word...

Hello Folks –

I regret to inform you that I’m going to make this my final blog for this year’s trip. I didn’t have the time to blog yesterday, and while we’re still here for a day or two – there is a fair bit going on in them, so something is going to have to give, and the blog is going to have to be it.

We have had one of our finest trips here yet. The weather was not everything that it could have been (we had a lot of high winds and breezes that cooled the real temperature down, as well as rain and clouds at least one full day on every week end), yet I have a doozie of a tan and certainly it wasn’t so bad as to have “ruined” the trip by any stretch of the imagination!

The highlight was, of course, the Mirazur experience – but there was so much more than just that that makes the memories. A nice pasta dinner on our balcony (oh, the 30’ x 30’ wrap around balcony – amazing!), the sun rising over Italy while the songbirds sing and mingled with the sound of the waves lapping at the shore, endless walks amongst the mountains and villas, train rides scuttling along the scenic coastline. They all fuse together to make the experience.

We’re all ready talking about “next year’s” trip, so health and finances permitting, we will be returning to our idyllic little spot (or somewhere close by) for more – memories, if we can.

I will try to post on facebook tomorrow, though, just for one final “kick at the can.”

I’m by no means a religious fellow, but do have in myself a certain spirituality that both ebbs and flows (usually according to my needs – lol!), but I know that we are truly blessed to have ever come here – never mind make repeated yearly visits.

Tomorrow we have to vacate the apartment by noon, as it has been let to others who are about to start their holidays. We are going to take the train to Nice and check in for 1 night at our “tourist class” hotel for the night, and then we’re taking their shuttle to the airport (right across the road) and starting out long trip home again.

We are anxious to see our friends, family and little doggie again. We want to hear about the adventures of our friends who have been traveling at the same time as us. I have several decorating contracts lined up for my return and the store is of course just about to head into the busy season (I believe we will be open every day starting the long week-end).

We absolutely love it here. It would be nice if others could join us sometime.

With love from the Menton, The French Riviera XO

PS: Sunny and 21c (feels chilly after hotter weather earlier!)

Today's photos:

View of Old Town Menton at sunrise from our balcony

Bougainvillea in full bloom at the Villa Mirasol

Amazing detail on an exterior staircase of a villa as photographed through the gate

Expensive trips to Canada advertised in the travel agency's window

The ravishing gardens of Val Rahmeh

Us in a traffic mirror

100% dead on view - la Mer!