(Post Update #2: lost it all before, so re-writing it)

Heya All, thanks for everyone’s comments, good to hear from home.

Curently in Nice for the second day, yesterday we went for dinner in Monaco, and for a little wander around Le Grande Palace (well, outside, since I wasn’t going to be paying 10 EUR to get in)

Got a whole bunch of photos here, but I still don’t think I’ll be getting them online any time soon (There’s about 900 now, excluding the first lot I put up — yeah, a real shutterbug)

I’ve been ripping through the memory cards pretty darn quick, _VERY_ glad I’ve got the 60GB portable with me (It’s certainly been getting a heck of a workout).

By the way, Lindt chocolate is much better when it’s fresh. Almost everyone on the bus spent their time in Switzerland buying and eating chocolate.

For the real sweet-tooth traveller, Annecy puts in a damn fine showing. Litterally every second shop in one of the bigger streets had either a soft-serve machine out the front, or had a full-blown icecream counter.
The sweet shops are also fantastic looking… Fresh nougat of a dozen varieties…

I’m, amazingly enough, doing pretty well at avoiding it … for the most part. Everyone was feeling a little queezy after leaving Geneva, so we all did a big splurge at buying fruit in Annecy.

The one little corner mini-mart had the best fruit I’ve tasted for ages (it’s easily comparable to home). Grapes from Africa, Nectrines from Spain, Cherries and Pink Lady apples from France, rockmellon and oranges to die for. It’s all good, and amazingly enough very reasonable prices… I think I had about a kilo of various fruits for about 6 Euros.

enough about the food, I’m off outta here… booked my hotel for Rome for two nights (21st-23rd May), and then I’m off to Vienna.

Also, Updated the Itinerary, see here for hotel details