Lyon, we are here

Hello again, two days in a row, you are being spoilt.

We have arrived safely in Lyon and collected at the station by Ian and Margaret and taken to their home where we were given a fantastic bar-b-que and ate and drank well into the night (5am to be precise). We can honestly say that we had the most enjoyable evening of the whole trip, their hospitality has been fabulous and we really hope that we zill be able to return the favour some day soon. There is something so comforting about being with people you know especially when you have spent the last three weeks living amongst complete strangers.

We said that we would post some photos and that is really our intention today. I don't know how many we can upload but we will try and see what happens.

Here is a photo of a sculpture called Nomad because it has no face just an empty space. It sits on the walls of the old town in Antibes, is made up of letters of the alphabet and is very impressive. If you are reading this Patrick, it's similar to the sculpture outside the MOMA at Middlesburgh. I don't know if you can make it out but there are people inside it so you get an idea of the size of it.

This is a photo of the Cathedral at Monte Carlo. We are sure that it is not squint but every photo that we tried to take of it came out the same way so now we are not so sure. Could it be doing an impression of the leaning tower?

Here we are outside the Hotel Paris in Monte Carlo which is beside the Casino Royale. We lingered about for a while in the hope that we might see someone famous but alas not but we did see some very nice cars.

This is back in Rome when we climbed the dome at St Peters to get the view from the top (over 300 stairs) on one of the sunnier days.

After a beautiful sunny day in Grasse, just as we head back for the train, another thunderstorm. Fortunately we managed to get to shelter just in ti,me. We are becoming professional rain dodgers.

We will see you all back home on Wednesday.

Love Jean and Sheila