Mainland Europe - Day 75
Biot --> Nice --> Monaco --> Biot
Nice for lunch and Monaco for dinner! Yvonne and I both had to laugh about our plan for the day. It sounded like something from lifestyles of the rich and famous :)
We once again made use of the rail system and in less then 30 minutes we were in Nice. I'd have to say that we were both quite surprised with what we found. Nice is simply lovely, not that I was expecting something awful. I guess I just didn't have any expectations at all. But a sea side city with such a beautiful beach, full of people sun bathing, swimming, para-sailing and playing beach volleyball, was always going to impress.
We strolled along the beach, ate some lunch, wondered through the old city and bought a few souvenirs. We passed by so many beautiful little restaurants that we started doubting our plan for dinner in Monaco. But it's not often that you can say "Let's pop over to Monaco for a bite to eat", so we said goodbye to Nice, jumped on the bus and found ourselves in Monaco 45 minutes later.
Monaco is the worlds second smallest country, but it must have all of the worlds largest boats docked in its ports. We spent a good while just wondering around the port, in absolute awe of the size and number of the boats to be seen. The decks of the larger ships held everything from jacuzzis to basketball courts. I couldn't start to imagine how much money was floating there on the coast of Monaco.
We walked a bit, but soon discovered that all the buses were only 1 euro a trip, so we also took a few bus rides. As the evening set in we found ourselves at the doors to Monte Carlo Casino. In our shorts and thongs we were never going to get in, so we joined the hundreds of other tourists and gawked at the million dollar sport cars that lined the entrance. The wealth on display in Monaco was simply amazing.
As it turns out we didn't even end up eating dinner. Our day of sight seeing had left us both tired rather than hungry. As there were no guards we stole a free trip home on the train. Which made for an interesting journey, with Yvonne and I both nervously looking over our shoulders for inspectors. Nice and Monaco were both beautiful, but I'd probably say Nice was more my style. Besides I'd never cut it in Monaco with my Toyota Corolla.
Biot --> Nice --> Monaco --> Biot
Nice for lunch and Monaco for dinner! Yvonne and I both had to laugh about our plan for the day. It sounded like something from lifestyles of the rich and famous :)We once again made use of the rail system and in less then 30 minutes we were in Nice. I'd have to say that we were both quite surprised with what we found. Nice is simply lovely, not that I was expecting something awful. I guess I just didn't have any expectations at all. But a sea side city with such a beautiful beach, full of people sun bathing, swimming, para-sailing and playing beach volleyball, was always going to impress.
We strolled along the beach, ate some lunch, wondered through the old city and bought a few souvenirs. We passed by so many beautiful little restaurants that we started doubting our plan for dinner in Monaco. But it's not often that you can say "Let's pop over to Monaco for a bite to eat", so we said goodbye to Nice, jumped on the bus and found ourselves in Monaco 45 minutes later.Monaco is the worlds second smallest country, but it must have all of the worlds largest boats docked in its ports. We spent a good while just wondering around the port, in absolute awe of the size and number of the boats to be seen. The decks of the larger ships held everything from jacuzzis to basketball courts. I couldn't start to imagine how much money was floating there on the coast of Monaco.
We walked a bit, but soon discovered that all the buses were only 1 euro a trip, so we also took a few bus rides. As the evening set in we found ourselves at the doors to Monte Carlo Casino. In our shorts and thongs we were never going to get in, so we joined the hundreds of other tourists and gawked at the million dollar sport cars that lined the entrance. The wealth on display in Monaco was simply amazing.
As it turns out we didn't even end up eating dinner. Our day of sight seeing had left us both tired rather than hungry. As there were no guards we stole a free trip home on the train. Which made for an interesting journey, with Yvonne and I both nervously looking over our shoulders for inspectors. Nice and Monaco were both beautiful, but I'd probably say Nice was more my style. Besides I'd never cut it in Monaco with my Toyota Corolla.
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