I returned from a fantastic break in Nice yesterday. During my stay we visited Monaco, where this photo was taken, and Ventimiglia in Italy.

I tried moules mariniere for the first time, which I really liked, and snails, which I didn't. Although they tasted fine, they had a very strange texture and I couldn't get it out of my head that I was eating snails. I also had gnocchi for lunch in Italy, which I wanted to try in Venice but didn't get the chance.

We're already planning to go to Rome in September since this trip was such a success. I'm also planning a short trip to Dublin for my friends at university and I when the exams are over. Ryanair are offering penny flights to Dublin from Manchester. With taxes that means that the flights will cost just £20 return. I've also found a cheap place to stay, The Marlborough Hostel. The hostel charges less than £10 a night and provides free breakfast and internet access. I think that sounds great. Have you tried this hostel before?

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Simon's flat in Antibes is beautiful - very Ikea. Yesterday he was in work, so Caroline and I explored the town and the harbour. We got incredibly lost but somehow managed to get back to the flat in time to go out for a chinese meal.

For lunch we found a nice little restaurant where a crazy waiter served us. He was one of the hightlights of the day. As he walked around the restaurant he kept screaming before coming over to our table and pretending to drop a cup of coffee on us. He then proceeded to tidy up a table next to ours. He picked up a half full jug of water and poured it all over the table before walking off and sticking his tongue out at us!! Later on as I waited to use the toilet he ran in and banged all the doors, making the people using the toilets think it was me. A very amusing lunch by anyone's standards. The food wasn't half bad either, I had tartar de la mer.

Today Caroline and I are travelling to Cannes for a few hours, before meeting Simon for dinner in Nice tonight. Tomorrow Simon has the day off, so we plan to visit Monaco for another day out.

It's nice and sunny too :)

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If ever there was a need for an example of how not to celebrate a divorce, then Heather Mills has met that need. Yesterday, after dousing Paul McCartney's lawyer with a glass of water she proceeded to rant for 11 minutes about how hard life would be with the 20-odd million pounds she got. Not exactly appealing to the masses or the journalists hounding her outside the courts either for that matter.

Perhaps a quick comment to say she was glad a settlement had been reached and happy to have the marriage and the divorce behind her might have been more apt. Either way I suspect Heather knew she'd be criticised on the front page of all the newspapers the next day.

If I ever get divorced I'll do it properly. Although I do hope I don't!

P.s. I'm in Nice. It's nice. Ha ha ha...

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Tomorrow I shall be jetting off to Nice from the John Lennon airport in Liverpool. I'm away for five nights, returning on 23rd March. So, this blog might not be updated until then.

Au Revoir!

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I treated myself to a new t-shirt from Topman. I love it.

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The assessment day in London went fairly well. We were placed into small groups and given a client to create a pitch for. As the day progressed we were given updates and had to rework our pitch to accommodate them. I had lots of great, creative ideas but since public speaking isn't my strongest point I'm not too sure how I did.

During the day we all had a quick interview with one of the staff, which I quite enjoyed. I talked about all the things I got up to at Concept Communications last summer and the PR campaign I put together for Mogul Magazine. We were also set the task of writing a press release in thirty minutes and creating a small list of media to send it to. Annoyingly I completely forgot to make the media list, but I was quite proud of my press release so hopefully that will even things out.

I find out if I'm through to the final interview round sometime during the next two weeks. Unfortunately the final interview is scheduled for the day I fly to Nice. So if I'm lucky enough to get an interview I will have to cancel or modify my holiday dates.

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Thanks to Easy Jet and having a good friend with an appartment in Nice, France, I shall be enjoying a six day break during Easter for just £113.05. A bargain by anyone's standards I think.

Should be a great reward for finishing and handing in my dissertation on blogs. I just need to write it first!

Ooh la la.

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