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Monaco: The best of it all in one little country
... water is calm and blue and the sunlight dances on the tiny ripples even on a cloudy day. The people are friendly and the streets are lined with charming old buildings full of boutiques, homes, and gelato (mmmmmmmm).
A short trip around the hill takes you from the harbor to where the rich and famous play... The Hotel de Paris, Casino Monte-Carlo, Gucci, Prada, Versace, and more ...
Day 16 - The Monte Carlo
... All of us were now getting very behind on our washing so we set off to try and find a laundromat and explore the coastal city. We took some tourist photos sticking our heads in the jack sparrow cut out and Todd in the Charlie's angels one too. We saw the building where Cannes film festival is held. We went to the beach to but part of the walkway was closed for something. It's strange that we only travelled like 30 mins on the train and we had ...
We return to the ancestral manse
... As always, the venerable Colombe d’Or restaurant, which guarded the entrance to the village, was surrounded, like a swarm of black flies, by Mercedes, BMWs and Jaguars. The Colombe is stuffed with original art by the likes of Picasso and Matisse—in the 1920’s and 30’s these unknown and impoverished artists stayed at the hotel and the prescient owner accepted their painting as payment in lieu of cash.
Then we walked past the ...
Most amazing dinner of my life and more Monaco
... different that what you'd expect: precise movements, lines of guards, large weapons, sabers, small drum/trumpet corp, pushy short German lady that shows up two minutes before the show and thinks she deserves a front row view. Fortunately my recent increased attendance at various concerts has kept me well practice in the art of maintaining a "Care Bear stare-like" position while surrounded by those with less experience in situational awareness/consideration ...
From the second smallest country in the world
... gardens around the Prince’s Palace were spectacular! What was rather odd was that while we were using the tripod and camera timer to get a photo of ourselves perched above the city, we were approached by a serious, but very polite, police man. He informed us that tripods are banned in Monaco unless they are used by a registered professional photographer! We remain baffled by this but assume it has something to do with the use of big heavy lenses ...