Woke at 5.00am for our run, 33 minutes, breakfast and bus.
First stop of the day was Pisa to see the famous bell tower. It is still leaning, hasn't fallen down yet. Took the obligatory holding up the tower photos. It bucketed down rain while we were there, it was my fault, I had left our rain jackets under the bus.
Then we dried out as we drove along the Mediterranean coast, leaving Italy and crossing over into France once more. Just across the border we headed down towards the sea to the Principality of Monaco. We went to the Gardens, the Church where Princess Grace and Prince Rainier III are buried and the the Palace. From the hills of the palace the Casino of Monte Carlo was just visible. We only had about an hour all up before heading off again to Nice.
Had a good dinner in Nice, walked the streets a bit, checked out where the laundromat is. We have all day in Nice tomorrow, with all morning to ourselves. We are situated very close to the beach, there is a lot of wind tonight so hopefully it will blow away all of the rain and clouds.
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| The Basilica, with bell tower in the background |
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| Netty the Giant |
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| Look Ma, one finger |
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| Looking up to the heaven before the downpour |
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| Caught the choo choo, from the bus and back - find the Wally |
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| In Monaco the castle was taken by Francesco Grimaldi who disguised himself as a Franciscan Monk, he had a sword under the robe. He is credited with started the whole Principality thing. |
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| Netty in Monaco with my Yacht in the background, it's the white one. (Thanks to Greg for that line) |
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