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  Nice, France
Monday, May 19, 2008

It has been some time since I was last here, but Nice and Monaco have definitely impressed me more this time around. After a much needed 9 hour rest (and a 35 euro parking ticket), we all got up to explore these cities in a leisurely manner. A quick walk to the train station and we were ready to head to Monaco. But first, we had to get a chicken kebap sandwich from the spot right next to the station. It was a delicious as I remembered, and it was a great way to start the day.
 
We missed the train to Monaco, however, and then had 2 hours to kill until the next train. We then took the tram down to the 'old town,' which has amazing buildings, fountains, etc. It was really beautiful, and I couldn't believe that I had missed seeing that the last time I was here. We walked down to the pebble beaches, had a drink at the Meridian Hotel, then made our way back up to the train station. We nearly didn't make it to our 4 pm train, but we were able to sneak onto a tram without paying the euro fee (woohoo), and made it onto the train just in time

Chicken Kebap

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Monaco has now trumped St. Raphael as our favorite Cote town. It's super clean, beautiful buildings, and beautiful people, all dressed very well. Monaco is not very big, so we were able to see about 75% of it in a few hours. Not bad, eh? We started off at the Monte Carlo casino, which we didn't enter because it was going to cost us 10 euros. What a rip. So we just took pictures of fancy cars, and headed over to the east end of the port. We really had no choice but to walk down to the port because everything is blocked off due to preparation for the Grand Prix. I wasn't sure if were going to make it up to the Palais because Lisa's flip flops were not cooperating with her. But a few breaks, and a stop at the marche (market), we started the long trek up to the top of the hill to see the Palais.
 
The Palace is obviously very beautiful, with the best views of Monaco. I now remembered why I wanted to buy a yacht so badly, so I could dock it here and hang out on the coast. We then walked around Monaco-ville, had dinner, and headed back to what is definitely the most beautiful train station we have seen yet.
 
Back at the hotel, two bottles of wine shared on our awesome terrace. Tomorrow we visit a few cities in Provence and head up to Burgundy.

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