Monaco, Monte Carlo and Eze

Today we went to Monaco, Monte Carlo and Eze. It was a quick bus ride to Monaco. We arrived in a parking garage and then went up to the outside level. It was beautiful. Beyond Beautiful. Gorgeous ocean views of this hillside principality. We were on the lookout for Crown Price Albert. You know he’s looking for a wife! We toured his “castle”, saw where his sisters live.


We also went to the church where his mother and father are buried. Princess Graces grave was covered in flowers. Prince Rainers was too, but not as much. It’s hard to believe that all these years later, she’s still so thought of by the people. After this, we boarded the bus for a short, really short, ride to Monte Carlo. Playground of the rich and famous. We walked up and saw Bentleys and Rolls Royces and Ferraris, well you get the drift. People walking around in their fancy shoes, dripping in diamonds and lots of people with their little dogs. We went to Café du paris for lunch. Apparently a very respectable restaurant, then we had free time to explore. I went to the Casino and dropped 11 euro gambling.

No winner here, so I decided to walk around and window show through all the fancy stores. Prada, Fendi, Louis Vuitton, Dior and Cartier to name a few. I didn’t buy anything, such restraint I know! A guy on our bus bought a rolex. He was very excited, but his wife and kids weren’t.
Then we boarded our bus and went back towards the ship to Eze. This place was HIGH up on a hill. It had the most beautiful scenery.



Patricia and I walked up to the top of the village. Taylor stayed back with Patsy and her granddaughter, Jenna. Then I shopped all the way down. I bought some cute pictures to give to our server and some smaller trinkets. All in all it was a good day. It was a long excursion that didn’t seem to long. We had a fantastic guide that gave us pertinent and current information. Never boring. On the way back to the ship we drove through Nice and she pointed out Elton John’s home, Tina Turner and various other famous Europeans.
We came back to the ship and I crashed. This cold finally won and I decided to skip the show and dinner and went to bed. Taylor stayed with Jenna and ran around the ship. She had her own babysitter, which was great. They had a good time. Taylor felt like a big girl.