Monaco

I visited Monaco in September as a day trip from Nice, and I had a fabulous time. Upon arriving via train, I had lunch at Le Texan, which was wonderful. The owner actually came out, sat with me, and visited with me for quite awhile, giving me pointers on what to do and see while in Monaco. I toured the palace, which was absolutely beautiful. I also visited the National Museum which was hosting a Barbie exhibit. All the people I encountered were very friendly, helpful, and willing to share their opinions with me. Obviously, there is excellent shopping, expensive cars, and beautiful people… but I found it to be less pretentious than other areas. The sea is beautiful, and it is just amazing to see how the country has been into the drastic countryside of southern France.

Well worth the trip.

Trust me, unless you are a millionaire, you’ll feel extremely poor walking around in Monaco. Chanel & Cartier shops, the palace, the casino, Ferraris, boats, caviar snacks instead of burgers n fries.. Monaco is pure wealth and a very beautiful place.

I can recommend visiting the car museum. There are plenty of pretty Oldtimers and Formula 1 cars!

That I would actually like Monaco as much as I did. I found that if you looked carefully past the posh and extra clean exterior, you also could discover that there was a lot of interesting things to do besides shop and go to the casino.

However, the posh and people-watching aspect of Monaco is also part of its charm. I ended up being there during their big yacht show, which it was fun to wander down to the harbor and look at the ridiculous display of money! The funny thing was, the biggest yacht in the show, was named the ‘Alyssa’. Gotta love that. Too bad I couldn’t take a cruise on my namesake. Oh-well, it was fun anyway, I will definitely be going back.

If you ever want to stop appreciating what you have and just want more, just visit here. It was clean and pretty though…

they have wonderful, clean & green gardens with a beautiful view to the sea.
a nice small country, but very “posh” and sometimes kind of “dead” because all the rich people visit their houses just a few times a year.

stuck up whatever :(

Wouldn’t want to live her, seems pretty plasticky but is a definite nice place to visit. Stayed for only a day but that seemed like enough.

The guards at the monaco palace are divine. Also the shopping and chocolate is fantastic. expensive though… Talk about a billion and one yatchts in the harbors.

I payed 10 dollars for an ice cream… but it`s such a beautiful place, ha someone told me there was no problem if I got lost.. they have cameras in every street… fancy!!

The casisos are dead during the week and off season. the place itself is worth exploring for a day.