We stop at Grasse to visit a perfume factory, where we learn how to make perfume and watch the hand made production of perfume and soap.
They employ two scientists and a "nose". A "nose" is a person who has had 3-8 years training on learning to discern 3,000 different aromas. The quanity/size of your nose does not influence the quality of your smellability. The " nose' is on a high salary, there are only fifty people worldwide trained with in this expertise.
We pass Nice and Cannes on the way to our lunchtime stop at Castellane.
Castellane is a quaint French village with hidden bakeries and shops down lane ways, which surround the village square. It is also a thoroughfare for the 'tour de France" and white water rafting. Greg and I opt for the cute little bakery for lunch- Joel and Rach will be proud of us- and after translation issues end up with a massive baguette stuffed with salad and chicken. Oh la la
Sisteron is our next stop, another town that the Tour de France rides through. The welcome flags and decorations are still up! A quick driver rest. And we are off again to finish our climb to Grenoble, passing apple orchards on the way.
We pass amazing scenery along the napoleon route, extremely high mountains, and windy roads. The trip from Menton to Grenoble although only 320 kms will take us all day.
Grenoble, is the city of Alps, and hosted the Olympic games in 1968. It had a tram going down the centre of the road which reminded us of Melbourne.
After dinner of salad, salmon, vegies and creme caramel, we decide to investigate the area with Robyn and Doug. Next to our hotel is a ice rink, so we watched the skaters and enjoyed a coffee - or I should say tried to enjoy the short black which is their way of having a coffee. There was a lengthy conversation over coffee about the rising and setting of the sun and how our shadows are on the opposite side - can't say I noticed really! ( note : Leanne wrote that)
Au-revoir
Leanne and Greg
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Leanne & Greg, we soooo want to be there. Stuff that dreams are made of. Now for this Doug & Robyn - Moss has a cousin Doug from Ballarat with a wife Robyn? Guess it's a long shot :)
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