We travelled yesterday down the Route Napoleon from Aix-les-Bains to Nice, which took pretty much all day. Along the way we heard about Napoleon's place in French history, about the Revolution and lots of people being 'shortened' by the guillotine - delightful way of describing it, I think! - and saw lots of truly beautiful countryside. The road follows the crest of the French Alps, which end in the sea at Nice, very spectacular scenery indeed.
This fortress is at a place called Entre-Vaux (between valleys) and was built during a dispute between the local dukes of Savoie and Provence. It's a really spectacular little fortress, right on 
the top of the hill, and it's easy to see why it was built there as a defensive place. Not so easy to see how it was built, but it looks great!
Today we are in Nice, we arrived yesterday afternoon after quite a long day in our coach. Dinner last night was in a local restaurant which has a playing ground for petanque, so we had several games before dinner, much fun for all and very dusty hands afterwards! We went to Monaco this morning, had a look around the old city, cathedral, and palace. It's most unbelievably crowded, the buildings are on top of each other, and lots of things are built underground to make most use of the space on top. There is a group going there for dinner tonight but we're having something with a group who aren't going.
Tomorrow we head to Avignon for another 2-night stay which is a good thing - it's a chance to unpack the cases a bit and organise the things again.
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So, going to set up a petanque piste in the backyard at home? :D
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