MONTE CARLO (Monaco): WOW, WOW, WOW!!! Now this place oozes serious wealth!! As soon as we got off the ship and looked around the boat harbour, our mouths dropped open and stayed that way for most of the day!! Apart from the magnificent boats lined up one after the other – one even had a helicopter atop (never quite seen anything like these water toys before), we immediately spotted Porsches, Rollers, Bentleys, Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and a Masserati!! We walked along the shoreline and Colin had a swim in the Med., said it was very salty and didn’t like the gritty beach but the sun was shining and we were in Monte Carlo…. The Monte Carlo Casino was next on our walking trip, but it was ‘closed’ – so we just gazed at this lovely building and imagined how much fun it would have been to have had a little bet!! We walked all the way back through the fabulous shops to the Royal Palace set high on the hill, home of the Grimaldi family but we just missed Prince Albert and his lovely new bride as they are no doubt on their honeymoon. The square around the Palace was surrounded by beautiful pastel buildings, some residential, café’s and more souvenir shops. A leisurely walk back to the ship – just dreaming of what it would be like to be this rich….
Photos above are: view from Monte Carlo Yacht Club; giant swimming pool; Colin swimming in the Med; soft top Rollers; view from the Royal Palace; the pretty Palace; square around the Palace; pic. taken from the steps of the Monte Carlo Casino; is this my car?; the Monte Carlo Casino; just too big!!!
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