26 degrees, clear, humid
Today is the first day we have had NOTHING on our schedule
since leaving Calgary…it is glorious. After a looooong sleep in (I’m pretty
sure my body won’t sleep until 10 at home) we laze around the room and head out
for lunch. It is days like today on cruises where we have bundled to smaller
cruises into a longer one that at
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| good morning Monte Carlo |
e the best…when we know others are getting up
before dawn for early flights we can put that off for another week. Last night
wasn’t filled with packing, but loosing our shorts at the casino! NOT GOOD.
The view of our cabin balcony this morning is something
else! Mega yachts, super yachts whatever they are technically categorized as
these boats are
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| good morning Monte Carlo |
HUGE…and they’re everywhere. I haven’t seen one yet with a
helicopter on top – that one much still be back in Italy…did see one there.
Today the extent of our touring was to wander off of the
boat to town for lunch a drink and back. I was happy to not be with a tour
group or on a bus for once. It was nice to have been here before and to be relatively
familiar with the streets and where we wanted to go. From the port where our
boat is to the palace where it is we wanted to return to for lunch is a bit of
a hike up
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| palace walls |
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| moules frites |
a million stairs, but it worth the climb. The walk takes us along the
city walls to the top of the town where the palace is.
After a bit of wandering, we settle on a place that serves mussels...I
had my heart on moules frites and I was not disappointed. This with a bottle of
French rosé was delightful! The weather was hot, but not too hot, so sitting to
eat for a while was lovely.
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| what goes up...must come down |
After lunch we wandered a but more and decided one last vin
was in order before saying au revoir to Monte Carlo.
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| quite a view |
Once we are back on the boat it is coffee, cookie and balcony
time before the shade disappears. Our room is on the town side, so we have a
front row view to uncountable huge boats. Just as we thought we saw the biggest
of them all, another comes that is bigger
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| can you see the chopper? |
than the last…finally we see one with
a helicopter…crazy!
It was a delightful afternoon back on the boat…reading,
blogging, and googling every boat that sailed by…good thing each has a name
that is googleable.
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