Dutch and American cruise ship ms. Noordam, navigation journaling of Monte-Carlo story

Navigation journaling:

7 August: clear to cloudy, Breeze, temperature: 18 °-28 ° c

Port: Monte Carlo to Hong Kong: 7 points of departure: 5 p.m.

Today's trip is to ship the French Riviera's star on the trip, we got up, went to travel by bus, car leave Monaco, entered France, along the coast road from and into the mountains, the scenery beautiful way.

We at Campo City Beach a short stay, in the movie palace photo, go straight to the first destination in the little town of Grasse, perfume, glass is the world's perfume industry Center, we visited a company called Galimaro perfume factory, they really do business, describes the process of making perfumes, almost all of them have bought more or less all perfume in the Hall, Li Lanqing visit Galimaro photos placed in a conspicuous place, didn't know he was there to buy perfumes.

Away from Grasse, our car to the mountain area, near Highway, from time to time Flash are pretty small villa, reminding us that this is the European Mecca of resort Riviera-Provence region, many are urban life torture crazy workplace who dream soul garden.

Provence mountain restaurant

We in the mountain of an elegant restaurant and enjoy a meal and Provence-style lunch, fresh vegetables and local olive oil to make salad, stewed chicken and ice have just enough of Rose Wine, bring us into the artistic works of Peter Mayle.

French mountain town of St.

Paul de Vence

Our last destination is the French Riviera of the mountain town of St.

Saint Paul de Vence, Paul was a medieval defensive city. Now the whole town is filled with a gallery, Studio. France asserts this small town as: Berceau de l'art contemporain--the cradle of contemporary art, medieval city and the city cobblestone paved sun pattern of narrow paths, on either side of the display with the works of modern art painter, Eastern Mediterranean summer sun cover the small town of every room, every tree, every well, so that God's masterpiece to painters brought endless inspiration, so that the town was almost completely in character artists the changes — in this population less than 1000 people in the small city has opened more than 70 Studio, art gallery, Studio. Whether you're Impressionism, Cubism or postmodern fans can find you can't bear to reposition the footsteps of art. Behind each door are hiding something, want to let you go out. In this small city magic-like experience to walk through the medieval "peaks" and "silver lining".

St Paul de Vence most is the Gallery

St Paul de Vence and elegant restaurant

Modernist sculpture and the medieval old town side

St-Paul unique temperament attracted numerous artists and writers, from 1920 onwards, it has become France's most important literary mountain city.

France feminist pioneer Simone de Beauvoir and her lover, the philosopher Saudi, Russian painter Charles Carl have stayed here. Also attracted us. Sign in and painter, English and French hybrid receives, a crisis before you arrived.

We arrived at the town of car parks, discover our bus had gone.

Obviously, I remember the time of the collection! Here in Nice in about 20 km away, leaving us the cruise docked in Pier is about 40 km, and an hour later, cruise to set sail to Barcelona! must be noon Rose Wine drunk. My head was great!

Our dilemma was soon surrounded by a group of enthusiastic people get, a bus driver to help us contact Pier, at the same time allowing a person to help us to take a taxi from Nice, and we had the longest half an hour and finally we got a taxi.

Taxi in France a handsome guy were completed in less than 40 minutes to get to the Terminal. As for him how to do it, please take a look at the film the Taxi Lvkebeisong. At the same time, we open up the flight with us, Mr. Robert Noordam, with his help, the captain agreed, we are 10 minutes. Our taxi to reach the pier at five and eight minutes, get off at the time, I heard the cheers on the deck, the captain had been broadcast, as we say, a ship will be too late to leave. (PS, in the next few days, there is a strange visitors and we greet, congratulations we have finally caught up to me and my daughter said: this is our famous).

I think that if not enthusiastic people to help, we will miss the boat, so we need to transfer from a train to Barcelona in Nice, this way the old ones, the language is different, think also headaches. .....

Sincerely thank the kind people along the way.

Gonglue: St.

Paul de Vence can be visited by bus in Nice