Our final stop on Busabout was completed arriving back in Nice where it all began 10 weeks earlier. It was quite a sad day, however our European adventure wasn’t over yet, three sensational nights were still to be had!
Our first night was spent with a crew from Busabout at the Irish pub for dinner and trivia. It was quite an interesting trivia night as it was compared by both a French speaking and English speaking host. One of the questions which was hilarious to be heard in French was ‘which cartoon do the lines Yabba daba do come from’ the French didn’t get it at all!!
Our second day was spent exploring the local markets for some fresh produce for lunch and happy snaps from the lookout across the bay. We also went on the Busabout excursion to St. Tropez and Port Grimmaud along the French Riviera which is a 2 hour bus ride from Nice. The boat cruise which coincidentally offered bottomless beer, wine and punch also passed through the famous Millionaires bay where the likes of Paris Hilton, Bruce Willis, Geri Halliwell, the Beckhams and Denzel Washington holiday. The cruise also included a tour guide who pointed out a few of the mansions along the Riviera including the holiday homes of Bryan Adams, George Michaels, L’Oreal, Chanel and a notorious importer/exporter who hosted a Red Hot Chilli Peppers gig on his front lawn for his girlfriend...wonder what he imports and exports!
MONACO - As Monaco is only a 30 minute bus ride away of course we needed to make a visit, but first we stopped by Eze Village. Eze Village is a quaint little town famous for its French perfumes and aftershaves. Needless to say our credit card got a work out in Fraganauds perfumery! With bags in hand we made our way to Monaco, the second smallest country in Europe behind Vatican City. It is also the home of the infamous Gimmaldi’s Royal family, flash cars and of course the Monte Carlo Casino. Basically everything in Monte Carlo comes with a price tag! After spending the afternoon exploring the town via a road train we ventured into the Sun Casino (one a little more affordable to us). However, it still came at a price as playing Roulette consisted of a minimum 40 Euro ($AUD 60) buy in and if playing on the outside boxes it was a minimum 25 Euro ($AUD 40) bet! If you were wondering we didn’t leave the casino with fat wallets, but we also didn’t leave empty handed.
Travelling on Busabout has been amazing, we met heaps of people and explored countries, cities and towns we had never seen or even expected to see.
Well that finishes our European summer of a life time, now onward to London town to commence the next chapter of our adventure...
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