The French Rivieraaaaah

Since this weekend was a long weekend in Switzerland Gabi had three days of vacation so we took a trip to the French Riviera.  The first two days were a bit of a washout, cold and rainy throughout.  But then on Friday afternoon the sun finally came out and boy what a difference the sun makes.  As a result I think the prettier places were the ones we were in when the sun was out (Monaco and St. Tropez over Cannes and Nice).  We ate like pigs, enjoyed the beaches as much as possible, tried to give Sebas the feeling that he was Fernando Alonso racing for Formula 1, and walked a TON.  We stayed at a hotel in Nice and from there drove to all these different places.  We also walked around Nice for dinner and stuff like that.  Last night dinner was at a Spanish tapas places were we had to stay way longer than anticipated because of a flash thunderstorm, but they had live music (and dessert!) so that was A OK with us.  :)

Here is us when the sun finally came out in St. Tropez. We had lunch at this place where the owner was super nice, she spoke Spanish because she was French but grew up in the border with Spain.

I do have to say, that while the French Riviera is unique in the fact that you see the most beautiful views from the beaches, the beaches have NOTHING on the Puerto Rico beaches. Obviously they are colder, but beyond that a lot of them were either rocky (big pebbles that hurt your feet quite a bit) or kinda cumbersome to get to (even when they claim to be "kid friendly"). So while there's nothing like the "ambiance" of the French Riviera, Puerto Rico beaches have nothing to envy. That's my plug for Puerto Rico. :)