Premiere Classe Nice - Promenade Des Anglais

Monaco was unbelievable. I was awestruck most of the time by the fact that I was actually in Monte Carlo! Immaculate streets and gardens/parks, very clean. Designer labels and fashionable people everywhere. So small in area that every available inch of land is consumed, but still so much traffic. Amazing hills and views. The selection of photos show it best than I could describe - i took heaps of pics, so these are just a selection, but still a lot ...

Have had fun in France. Nice is interesting and the beautiful water of the mediterranian was great to woke up to... Mick went for a swim !! we caught a train to Cannes and we looked around all the exclusive spots but noone we knew... just rich people and us tourists..
we also went to Montecarlo.. fantastic.. even swa a kart race in Monaco... had a look at the MonteCarlo Casino.. impressive if only for the flashy cars and people with too much cash ...

... Monday’ by the Bangles at the airport. Too true...

12hrs after i checked out of my Barcelona hotel, i am in Monte Carlo!!!!! Luckily got the last bus from the Nice airport to Monaco. Amazing bus trip here. I think i was wide-eyed and jaw dropped for much of it. Although it is night, you can see some amazing views, yachts and cross some bridges with HUGE drop-offs down into the coastal valley. The streets truly are Grand Prix style. Can't wait to ...

... the morning shift I ran to the railway station. The return ticket to Monte Carlo was only 5 Euros, and the journey last 15-20 minutes. The views were gorgeous, but the best one was the old town of Monte Carlo and it`s cars. Jeeez! Amazing! Moreover, they would stop in order to let you pass through - before you even got to zebra. I had a very limited time, but the things I saw there made me convinced it was not my last time in Monaco.

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... then head to Rome. We'll get to Rome at about 6am on Thursday. We had a lot of fun in Nice. I'll try to see if I can remember most of it to write it down. Like Barcelona, Nice is on the Mediterranean Sea so the weather and the views are beautiful. (The girls are not bad either). We arrived in Nice and went to the internet cafe to get a hostel. We ended up finding a place with a three bed private room with its own bathroom. This ...

... and then layed out for a bit. The beach is a rocky beach but they had brought in a bit of sand so we layed out there. Brandon loved swimming in the water so he went in a few times while I tanned! Later that day we tried to find this palace that we had seen online. We got confused by the directions and never eneded up finding it but we got to see a lot of the town. We walked through the smaller side streets that are really ...

... which is actually fake, the sand has been shipped in) which was nice but overly expensive in terms of food and souveniers, and then caught a bus back to the port and had dinner in a mexican steakhouse style restaurant next to the water, which was my little splashout for the week as i dont get to eat out much anymore, trying to save money and all. We then saw a little more of the harbour and the boats, and wandered up the hill to the old town, through some more ...

... the chapel.

Wednesday Nice

Ashley slept in after a social night so we had a bit of a late start. Did some internet. Found Synergy offline, so I had to pay the bill to get us back online. Lodged our dirty clothes for washing (this is what I call a good hostel). Then we started one of the recommended tours by walking and catching and nearby tram down to the station. Caught a bus to the hill top fort town of ...