I enjoyed a sleep in 7:30am, yes that is classed as a sleep in on our tour. Off along the French Riviera - absolutely beautiful!!! I'm surprised the bus didn't tip to the right from everyone trying to get a photo of the coastline. The group stopped in a small town called Eze. We stocked up on goodies at a perfumery called Fragonard. The guided tour we received was very informative. I learnt - It takes 600 kgs of lavender to make a litre of perfume and 10 times as much of rose petals. Now I can see why some perfumes are so expensive!
The person who makes perfume is called a 'Nez' which means nose in English. There are only 150 in the world who qualify for the job due to the super sonic smelling senses. (perhaps Aaron could qualify)
Continuing on it takes 10 years to become a 'nose' and you can only study in France. A 'nose' will only work 3 hours a day (for obvious reasons) and can't eat spicy food, smoke or drink alcohol. A dedicated profession. Everyone bought up since we received factory prices - bargainville. I invested in Royal Jelly in hopes to keep me eternally youthful ;)
On forward along the Italian Riviera to Pisa - tourist central. So many people there posing for photos, holding, pushing or leaning against the Leaning tower of Pisa. It only took 2 hours of being in Italy for me to purchase my first Italian gelato. It lived up to all my tastebuds expectations!!
Our evening was spent in a quaint little town called Montecantini. There we enjoyed a meal compliments of the hotel, little did we realize it was going to be 5 courser. A walk around the town after dinner was a necessity.
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