ARRIVEDERCI LUCCA - FRENCH RIVIERA HERE WE COME

After 2 weeks in Lucca we were on our way to Juan Les Pins on the French Riviera. We had an overnight stop in Alba (home of Ferrero Rocher chocolates) -  after all the Italian food we've been eating, chocolate was definitely out of the question. AND who needs chocolate, in this town when you order a drink they bring you out a snack to go with it (this was a full size dinner plate)

As well as having the Ferrero Rocher chocolate factory,  Alba is also famous for white truffles

Next morning with Cliff behind the wheel, we made our way over the Alpes-Maritimes. It truly was a beautiful mountain range, unfortunately the drive down the mountain brought back childhood memories of car sickness.

 Just when I thought we had finished the windy road, the tom-tom directed us to take a very steep narrow road which climbed the side of another mountain. It was more like a private driveway - don't know what we would have done if we met a car coming the opposite way - scary drive for a back seat driver like me.  Safely back on the main road Cliff was in need a drink to calm his nerves - we came across a cafe/pub - the owners were cooking meat kebabs, fish & vegetables over hot coals. Lovely people with a very interesting little boy.

Their son "Oliver" was a shrewd little businessman - I couldn't get him to budge on the price of his homemade tart - so I ended up giving him more than he was asking (he was such a cutie)