6- L'excursion surprise!

So, turns out the surprise trip I mentioned in my last post is to San Remo, Italy, this Saturday! I am really looking forward to it. Although I signed up to explore the Cote d'Azur and improve my French, I'm thrilled to be going on this adventure to another country I've never been before. We'll be spending the whole day in Italy, doing miscellaneous surprise activities. This weekend the group went to Monaco and Eze (all in one day-- we were all exhausted afterwards but it was well worth the fatigue). I'd already been to Monaco last week, but I was more than willing to return. It actually worked out well, because yesterday we went to a part of Monaco I didn't have the chance to see the first time. Both parts were equally stunning. We got a tour of the Prince's palace, and afterwards I got a baguette sandwich for lunch and ate it while window shopping (I always feel so French with a baguette in hand). After, we headed to Eze, a mountain-top village not far from Monaco. Eze was quite isolated, but that's part of what made is so beautiful and authentic. It had such breathtaking views of the Mediterranean Sea (of course, to get to the best views we had to walk up a lot of hills). In Eze, we got a tour of one of the most famous parfumerie's in the world: La Parfumerie Fragonard. We learned how perfume is made and got to smell a ton of different scents. By the time we left, I had a huge headache and couldn't smell anything anymore! I'll definitely have an awesome blog post on Sunday, after our day in Italy!