The French Riviera is as pretty as it was described to us. We drove into Villefranche & Nice and spent time in the city there. We walked through a street market , bought some fresh peaches and walked down to the beach. The thing about the beach, is there wasn't any sand! Small black stones were all over the beach, so the ocean made the coolest noise as it came in and out. As we were taking beach photos (trying to avoid the nude people in the background) a wave came in and nailed me & Kelcie. So I spent the rest of the day wet. We then drove to Eze. A small town on the side of the mountain. We found the coolest shops and were high enough up to be in the clouds when a storm passed though. We thought it was funny, ok so I did, that once we got back to the States we discovered we had been in Nice when Brad & Angelina had their twins. We had no idea...
After lunch at a restaurant named Pinocchio we headed to the principality of Monaco. This country was everything it I thought it would be. Beautiful and Ferrari's everywhere. Driving around we saw so much pretty stuff. We walked in to the heart of the country and towards the palace. There is no crime there so when they pointed out Princess Caroline's home- her cars were right up front! Crazy. The best part for me was seeing the church where Grace Kelly married the King, and it is also where they are buried. We also saw the road where she crashed her car. Crazy. We drove the route of the Formula 1 race. The starting lines are painted right on the asphalt. We even walked the famous hairpin turn on our way to the Grand Casino. Russ, Rusty & I went into the Casino Royal. The detail and beauty are too hard to describe, and photos are not allowed, so you will have to see it for yourself someday. Or watch the Bond movie they filmed inside... after a few hours in Monaco we drove back to France and headed back to our ship bound for Barcelona!
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