August 6, 2009

Chateau de Cruix and other adventures

Bonsoir! It;s 10:30 at night in the beautiful city of Cannes and I am using a French keyboard so bear with me.
Yesterday we drove most of the day to Lyon from Paris, stopping in Fountainbleu to see the former royal residence and then making our final stop in Lyon at a gorgeous old estate called Chateau de Cruix. It was old but renovated and spacious and airy and the party in the basement club, called The Cave, was themed "Anything But Clothes" (ABC). The costumes, made from magazines, bubble wrap, tin foil, garbage bags, aprons, French flags, towels, sleeping bags, and even a broken backpack, were hysterical and once everyone was drunk, it got even funnier.
Today a severely hung over busload of kids stopped at Avignon for lunch and a genuine, centuries old French perfumerie to sample the wares; my new scent is called "Miranda" and contains essences of bergamont, amber, vanilla, and coconut. We have been upgraded a hotel because the campsite was full and now we're staying at the 3 star Albatros hotel in Cannes. Sweet deal!

Off to bed after a tired day, and last night!

Monaco tomorrow night, and Nice and Cannes during the day.

- Laur

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Sounds like maybe some beach time coming up. Also going to be interested in what you think of Monaco. Glad you are having such an amazing time.