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We love Nice, what a fabulous place, everywhere just buzzes and the scenery is beautiful. Four of us went in November 2001 for the first time and the weather was still really hot. People were on the beach in their cozzis and two brave souls from our party went swimming. The pebble beach shelves away very steeply so be careful if you don't like to go out of your depth too much. We stayed at the Hotel Suisse right on the front, http://www.hotels-exclusive.com/french-riviera.htm fantastic view from our balconies right around the bay, but it was very noisy at night because of the traffic zooming around the corner. We didn't take breakfast at the hotel, it is very close to the Old Quarter so we went just around the corner to the Flower Market where there are lots of little cafes and restaurants. There was much more variety and cheaper too, and what a fantastic location, the flowers, fruit, veg., and local specialities on sale made a great picture. I bought some lavender jam, yummy!...

I am looking forward to my next trip now which is in June. I am going to France with my husband for just over two weeks, taking our car and a trailer, touring around and camping. The prices for the ferry from Plymouth to Roscoff were out of our price range (over £600) so we are driving to Dover and crossing to Boulogne with Speedferries (about £136) www.speedferries.com . We have just missed a special offer that is on at the moment, have a look at their website, they have £19 trips and cheap 10 trip deals. Too late for us!! Once in France we are going to head for the Cevennes area looking for a bit of rural peace, after that we shall probably head for my favourite bit of France - the Pyrenees . Bliss, bliss. I just love camping, the freedom, meeting new people, the relaxed life style, late mornings with a croissant, I can't wait! We are busy now researching the route and checking out camp sites, which are usually excellent in France (although the first thing I do is check out th...

Well, we're back from Spain, but not yet recovered! We had the most accident prone holiday ever. Three of us fell over and injured ourselves (no, we were not drunk!), the worst affected among us getting a really hard bang in the mouth and badly injuring her teeth. Lots of time (and money) were spent at the doctors and dentist, followed by R&R instead of gadding about as planned. We did get to see the Alhambra , which was just as wonderful as we hoped it would be, but it did rain all day and we were like drowned rats! We wouldn't have missed it for anything (but seeing it in the sunshine would have made it even better!). www.alhambra.org This was typical of our luck this holiday, it was the only time it rained, the rest of the time was very hot. We also liked Mijas village, which while it is on the tourist trail is a very striking place with wonderful views, see the picture above of the view from the restaurant. Club La Costa, Marina Del Sol village was great and the apart...