Last week we left the middle of France and the Loire Valley to head futher south. The Loire Valley is an old hangout for French Royalty who built a variety of grand chateaux's in the 1700's- 1900's. Today it is a mecca for bus loads of tourists, we just managed to explore a few and stay at a sleepy campsite near the town of Blois on the banks of the Seine.
From here we were a little undecided on where to travel to. We wanted to get south for a bit to check out the Riveria. We stayed a night near some grey looking city of Clarmont - Ferrand very near to Lyon. I enjoyed a big run in the forests and around some volcanoes but we soon headed further south.
We found a campsite between Nice and Cannes on the coast for $15 Euro a night so planned to stay for three days. We checked out some of the resort towns like St Tropez but were turned back by the manic traffic. We spent a good day in Nice and enjoyed wandering around the backstreets, having coffee and checking out the markets. Nice had a great feel with heaps of tourists lying on the average gravel beach.
From Nice we drove via Italy all the way north to the French Alps and the resort town on Chamonix at the foot of Mt Blanc. We are lucky enough to be staying with a friend from work in their holiday house before we head back to Paris by next Saturday.
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