Monaco (Moneghetti), France

Monaco: Woke up early, shower, breakee, hit the Bus-Station and head to SNCF. Take the train to Monaco (Moneghetti). It was only Euro $6/return per person. Raymond, Koko and I. We met Helen (one of the tourists from Dublin) at the train station. Helen, Monica and James are heading to St.Paul’s and Vence today.
Monaco - Dominating the old town and its characteristic medieval alleyways, the prince palace, with its spectacular changing of guards, is reminiscent of the last 700 years of heroic history. www.monaco-tourisme.com
Monaco-Mote Carol station is beautiful, fill with bright lights, super clean, solid hardwood floors are part of the station-platforms, royal-alike X’mas tree decorations, part of the tunnel and have to take the elevator to go up to the surface.
Casino Du Café De Paris – Fantastic toilet, which equipped with self-clean service, the seat itself rotate and the cleaner, comes out of the back seat. Timer sensitive with 6 different indicator lights at the back. No entrance fees to the Casino.
Cathedrale De Monaco – Roman Byzantine cathedral is the burial place for the deceased princess. Built with white stones from “Laturbie” in 1875. In 1976, a magnificent quadruple organ was inaugurated allowing for the organization of remarkable spiritual concerts.
Koko and Raymond went into Casino De Monte-Carlo (the No.1 Casino in Monaco). www.casino-monte-carlo.com and gamble. An entrance fee is Euro 10/person. Min bet is Euro 25/hand. I didn’t go with them, but instead I went to “Tourism Office” and collect info, walked down the Magnificent MonteCarol Garden, Ponds, Statues, Plants, Fishes, Musical water fountain, Awesome X’mas decos, packaging, window-shopping on branded merchandises, Isabelle Kristinsen evening gowns (I love the golden one, Hmm…), take tons of pictures on every possible things. Chateaux Prives is oh… la la…
La Condamine, Monaco Ville – Place Du Palais www.palais.mc
Didn’t get a chance to go to the Font Vieille – Stade Louis II (Stadium), Heliport, Chemin Des Sculptures (over 100 sculptures by contemporary artists), Prince Grace Rose Garden (over 4,000 rose bushes). I’m not sure at this time of the year there will be any roses in the garden. It’s hard to say because this area “Cote D’Azur”, Mediterranean region, southern France is warm with occasional cool wind. None the less, I plan to stop by there when we go to Italy, next. I for got the purchase the Monaco stamps as well. Even though Monaco is in France, they have their own stamps and local country code for telephone. So if you wanna call Paris from Monaco it’s an international call. Royalist, not Republic.