Blogs from Monaco, Europe - page 2

900 km. Abfahrt bei 10° und den ganzen Tag immer wieder nur so ähnlich. Ab Sirmiome die letzten 400 km Regen oder Regengüsse. Freundlicherweise nahm mich Astrid auch nass auf und ich verstreute meine Sachen auf den warmen Heizkörpern.... read more

Cannot come to the French Riveira without visiting Monte Carlo! With all it's tacky predictiveness it still draws a crowd of gawkers like us! Easytrain ride along the coast (most trains run right on the waters edge-flattest) & run through many tunnels. So it is really scenic from the train most of the journey through Villefranche, Eze sur Mer, Beauleui sur Mer, Cap d'Ail to the Monaco Gare in the tunnel. Out of there pronto and emerged from the cliff side into the Principality of Monaco. It is a hotchpotch of building designs with many needing attention. It is certainly the playground for the rich who want to be seen by the rich. We came hoping to see some fancy things and were not disappointed. A walk up hill to the Casino where most of the ... read more

TODAY Ron and I (Dennis) toured the corniches of the Cote D'Azur.. We left the Muse in Monte Carlo and drove via the upper corniche to the little town of La Turbie high on the mountain. The view of Monaco below was fabulous. We saw the Alpentrophy, a huge stone monument to Augustus built by the romans in 6 B.C. It was a quaint little town of narrow streets. Then it was on to Eze via the middle corniche where we had climbed to the castle on top in October. This time I sat in a cafe and had a Coke Zero. We then went to Nice and saw the War Memorial (WWI) the beach and Promenade des Anglais and the Negresco hotel and the main plaza before returning on the lower corniche through Villafranche and ... read more

Well, into another country already. Up early, Sweden lost the soccer so we had mournful singing most of the night. Up early for a walk along the promenade by the sea. Lots of rubbish everywhere and lots of council workers cleaning it up. quite a few sleeping bodies on the beach as well. Bought some nice fresh fruit from the market outside our door. Then off to our boat to Monaco. Sea was like glass. And ever so clear. Cruised along the coast and arrived in the French harbour which is just beside the big port of Monaco. Short walk into the main town and found our way up the very steep hill to the Prince's palace. Disturbing thing is they have defribulators placed in strategic places on the way up...... Got there in plenty of ... read more

Tuesday February 16 – Today I went to Monaco. And even better, I met a friend there. A couple days ago, I found out that Lisa would be in Nice at the same time, so we made plans to get together. Last night we made plans to go to Monaco together today. We would meet there, since she was taking the bus and I would take the train, since I am practically living at the train station. Or at least, on the tracks. This lovely apartment just so happens to back up to the tracks, and the bathroom window overlooks the tracks. When I shower, I feel certain everyone zooming by would have a good view if only they looked up. Anyway, I stopped by the tourist info office at the station in Nice and got ... read more