The weather forecast didn't show good weather but we went ahead with our plan. On the first night we left at about 5.30pm and the night was cold and long. The first stop is Montpellier which is about 3 1/2 hrs away. It was a wet night... the wind was strong with heavy downpour. It was quite difficult to drive and the temperature was about 5 degree C. It was freezing for me and it was tired for Matthew. Finally we came to the hotel. It was in downtown Montpellier. It's a small local hotel with basic essential but the staff was quite friendly and helpful. We were very tried and sooner than we know, we were asleep.
We woke up pretty early as Matthew is an early bird recently... Around 7am, we were all awake. Getting ourselves ready, we are all set to explore the town. It was a quiet morning, we left the hotel at around 9am and most of the shop are still closed. Nice and peaceful, we have a very nice morning walk to the Cathedral, the market place and Place de la Comedie. Next we went on the tram that take us to the Polydone and Antigone and before we know it, we had reached the Esplanade de L'Europe.
By the time, we finished our lunch (we had subway sandwiches for lunch), it's about time to leave for Marseilles. The weather was great... unlike what the night before. Marseilles is a well-known port and with good weather, it's pretty. We took the petite train all the way to the Notre Dame Cathedral at the top of the hill... it was a nice view from the top but the journey was a little bumpy for me!
We had bouillabaisse for dinner... a well known Provencals fish-stew that originate from Marseilles' port.
On the following day, we had a scenic drive along the coastal area - the Famous Cote D'Azur. It was indeed very Scenic and with good weather.. it was prefect!
We arrived at Cannes that night... it happened to be the Cannes Films Festival... but of cos we didn't have the ticket and didn't see any celebrities but we did took picture at the "red carpet". We left for Nice the same night as most of the hotel are either too expensive or fully-booked.
After a restful night, we drove to Monaco from Nice the next day. Along the way, there are some pretty site too.
Monaco is having the Formula 1 car racing that weekend, so it was packed with fans all over... it's quite common to see luxury sport cars like Ferrari and Bentley. Again, we didn't have any ticket and we just happen to be outside the race track...
We had our dinner at Old Nice which is pretty nice...
On our way back to CF... it was a long drive with the strong wind and the heavy traffic... it took us about 10hrs to get back from Nice - including lunch break and many pit-stops!
The famous Milau bridge on the way back...
