Last days in France

We had our day in Monte Carlo. We caught the local train from Biot (Antibes) and had a great time. We missed the changing of the guard at the palace by minutes but made up for it by having lunch by the harbour watching the boats and sitting by the Grand Prix track. We paid our money and went into the Casino. Stephen played roulette but unfortunately had no luck.
Monday we set off for Italy planning to do a last supermarket shop while in France - yet another public holiday put an end to that idea but it did mean the motorways were mainly free of trucks. We are determined to see an upside to every situation.
We crossed the border into Italy and immediately ran into trouble using the auto tellers on the motorways so moved back to the slower coastal road. The first town had a brand new hypermarket with opening discounts and so we now are fully stocked with Italian fare.
We have taken the opportunity at our first stop in Italy to start to learn Italian. I am afraid it is going to be a slow process.
Next stop we plan to be at Cinque Terre to do some walking.
We are surprised the camp sites are not more social, so many people have satelite TV's which of course it not what we are used to with the boat where it seemed every evening turned into a social event. There are very few English speaking couples about.
As you may have noticed if you have been reading the blog the quality of the editing and formatting has not been good. Basically it is a factor of paying for internet time by the minute and having so many things that need to be done when we do get online. Oh for a wireless connection.