South of France, 21st September - 2nd October (by Amy and Neil)

We arrived in Nice, France late in the afternoon and we met a lady called Marion. Marion owned an apartment in Nice that we were renting for 8 nights; we had seen it on AirBnB and thought it would be perfect for us.

We were very happy with the apartment and it was a great base for our time in Nice with Uncle Ian and Charlie who were in town for the Monaco Boat Show. They had got us passes for the show and we made a few visits to the Monaco boat show and spent a lot of time with Ian and Charlie.

At the boatshow

Ian and Charlie's Seamagine stand

We had a tour of this boat

Dinner with Charlie's brother and sister in law

It was my birthday (turned 10!) - we had a day out at Ville France; Ville France is a town we visited on a cruise holiday in 2009 and it was great to go back there.

We also had a walk up to the old fort which had a great view of Nice Port and and 'Promenade des Anglais' which runs along the beach.

We said good bye to Ian and Charlie and drove to a place called Port Grimaud in the bay of St Tropez. We stayed in a holiday chalet and it was fun staying in the resort which had a great park and walks. We also had a tour of the town in one of the tractor trains.

Parked under the wrong tree

Park on campsite

Port Grimaud

From St Tropez we drove to Parpignan where we stayed for a couple of nights. We had dinner at the beach, and also went bowling and went swimming in the local sports centre.

From Parpignan, we headed off to Andorra where we were going to stay with Justine's cousin Mike, and Anna and Sienna (4). On the way we stopped at Carcassonne and saw a medieval castle that was similar to the castle in the film Shrek! We had a great time in France and were excited to meet our relatives in Andorra.