The Days Keep Getting Better and Better

How to top today?  It couldn't be done.  It's fitting that it was our last day...what great memories to leave with.  Today, we visited three countries:  France, Monaco and Italy.

We woke up early and drove up the French Riviera.

Our first major stop of the day was at a perfume factory!  We learned how perfume is made and that there are only 150 "noses" in the world--those who are hired to smell and to help create the fragrances.  We had an opportunity to smell different containers and see if we could identify the main ingredient as well.  After our tour, we were led to the showroom to buy some souvenirs.

As we finished up in the perfume factory, many of us wandered outside to wait and were greeted by a Ferrari test drive site.  It was 200 Euros to drive for an hour or 59 Euros to sit in the passenger seat for a 15 minute drive.  We definitely enjoyed looking.

We drove a bit more and got out of the bus in MONACO!  We walked by the Royal Palace, saw the Grand Prix track (coming next month), saw the tennis stadium which attracts world class athletes from around the world and saw stunning views of this country. Wow.

We got back on the bus, drove an hour and then explored Sanremo, Italy.  We had pizza, pasta, shopping, gelato, exploration, walking, shopping, pizza, pasta, gelato....yes, all of that, that many times. :)

After our day abroad, we came back to France and enjoyed our time in Nice.  We said goodbye to this wonderful country.  We had our dinner and boarded our bus with our faithful drivers for the last time.  We said thank you to Stephane Olivee and Sofiane who drove us all over the continent all week.  We are grateful for them.

Tonight we are packing one final time....cramming our clothes and our souvenirs into our luggage in preparation for our early flights home tomorrow.

We are looking forward to seeing our friends and family, but are sad to leave this fantastic country.  We've had a superb trip!