Blogs from Monaco, Europe

A country on it's own....if you are super rich you'll be in Monaco then...didn't recognise anyone famous. The bus trip to Cap D'Ail is amazing...everyone moves to the seaside of the bus to snap photos it is truly a beautiful scenic route. We opted for disembarkation at Edmond's stop to walk from 'Plage Mala' on the 'Bord de Mer' (the boardwalk by the sea) 1hour 15min easy walk beneath some very expensive & lovely homes set in the rocky hillside. Over Summer the rocks beneath the boardwalk are littered with sunbathers. We came off the walk at Port Cap D'Ail beach & headed inland for a little shade. Past the Clay Tennis courts, the Louis II Stadium of Monaco, recognising now our entry into the Principality. An escalator ride to the Carrefore Supermarket where we noticed ... read more

We disembarked at the huge, cavernous railway station in Monte Carlo. The platform seemed to go on for half a mile. After several banks of escalators we emerged in a high part of the town and worked our way towards the older parts of the Monte Carlo. This was my very first visit to Monaco and my first impressions of the capital were measured. A bank of low cloud blanketed the hills surrounding town. The air was thick and humid. The city seemed somehow buttoned-up and subdued. The tall buildings impart a slight sense of claustrophobia. Window shutters were tightly drawn and there were few signs of normal life. There is also a distinct waft and sour smell of indolent, unearned income about the place. The maxim that the place is “a sunny spot for shady ... read more

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