Weekend Roundup

BULLET-POINTS LOOK at the weekend's activities:

• Friends gave us tickets to the Monoco Yacht Show. Incredible. Lots of freebies that the kids loved, and huge, huge, boats. The kids' favorite (and by favorite I mean so ostentatious that it almost made you sick) was a 75-meter beaut that required a full-time staff of 16! The helecopter pad on top was the icing on the cake for little Henry. I couldn't even pretend to want to buy this one.
• Dinner at Stars & Bars. Loads of fun, but over-rated if you want the truth. (see photo)
• Rugby match on TV for me after everyone else went to bed (nothing else was on). Truth is I was catching up on US politics on-line while the rugby match was on. Couldn't even tell you who won.
• All homework was done by 9:30am (!)Sunday morning so we went to a huge vide grenier in Villeneuve-Loubet. In other words: a big flea market. The French love their 'vides'. I was looking for a second bike. Didn't find one.
• Went to the beach with bikes (I had to rent one from a little stand) and we rode along the sea for an hour in Cagnes-sur-Mer (near Nice). It was beautiful and relaxing. Then spend a couple hours at a new beach area we found right near the Nice Airport -- which was a great fun for Henry because he got to see the planes landing and taking off. (It's not Gravelly Point in DC, but it wasn't bad).
• 30 minutes of Hanah Montana on French Disney Channel. [Note: Billy Ray Cirus acts no better than he sings].
• Now I'm going to 'watch' the first half of the Redskins-Cowboys game on the internet. Not holding my breath for a Skins win, however.

We took lots of photos at the yacht show and P & J are eager to see them, but we haven't downloaded them to the computer yet. They're coming.
CJS