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Day 16 - The Monte Carlo
... just incase you missed that try have both now blown €25 on failure) Todd made money though he made €35 not knowing really what was happening and annoying a lady who had thousands on the table in chips. Todd and I made a dance to rub in our victory and meg and jake both have to deal with the guilt of wasting there money. It was an awesome experience and we learnt that jake has issues with gambling ( I had to drag him away literally :)) ...
We return to the ancestral manse
... journey: We visited the cemetery where Marc Chagall is buried and placed small stones on his grave. Then Annie and Paula went to the little tourist office, just across from the estate agent’s where we found La Golondrina. The office was able to supply Annie with the phone number of her dear friend, the artist and St Paul fixture Nanou. Since Nanou speaks almost no English, Paula translated. They made arrangements for us to visit Nanou at her house and studio the next ...
Monaco - where my other car is a Ferrari!!
... The House of Grimaldi has ruled Monaco since 1297 . Despite Monaco being independent and pursuing its own foreign policy course, its national defence is the responsibility of France. Even more importantly, Monaco has it’s own footie team but plays in the French Football league!!!
We started the morning by strolling down to the Information centre at the top end of the casino gardens. I found out that if you ask, they will stamp your passport free of charge. The ...
Zapped!
... baguette.
For those interested, here's the link to the ragout recipe and here's the link to the recipe for the spuds. Of course, you'll probably never get it as good as Juliet can do it!
The rest of the day was very lazy with a bit of shopping and a bit of telly.
While languishing in the family room downstairs watching telly, a storm came over in the afternoon with some ...
Grocery shopping
... even though it's only a couple of kms down the road.
It's interesting shopping in French supermarkets because of the varieties of tucker we don't see back home in Aus.
Simon popped in to pick up some mail he was expecting and gave us a few tips about visiting Cannes.
I watched some Pommie TV downstairs and I think Juliet was watching something upstairs.
I had an early night.
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