Monte Carlo Weekly Photo

This was taken at the Children's Fair at dusk in the port of Monaco - I loved the bouncing boy and wished I were him! Somehow, too, h...

This statue, standing outside the Palais Princier on Le Rocher, was created in 1914 by Constant Roux in hommage to Prince Albert 1st of Mo...

This looks like it might have been in an old Chicago-style gangster movie, or perhaps Bonnie & Clyde - but I've probably got it al...

After the chaos of Christmas, contemplation in the Japanese garden. Wherever you look in this beautiful garden, there is peace. Most of t...

As soon as you go drive into the hills and away from Monaco, you'll get a different view of the Principality. In this photograph, Monaco...

Only kidding. There was no fire. I really don't know why the fire truck was here - in Fontvieille, opposite the circus tent. The apar...

Lamppost decoration for Christmas. Quite subtle, I think you'll agree. You can see the side of the Casino building ahead - the beautif...

The Europa is a large, luxury apartment building on Boulevard des Moulins. In the foyer is a large Christmas tree and at its base, two sm...

This will be a very busy area today, with helicopters ferrying passengers from Nice airport to the Heliport of Monaco in time for Christmas...

We're in the Metropole Shopping Centre near to the Casino. So many displays for a child to enjoy. Did you father ever take you somewher...

Lunch in the Casino gardens.

I was coming up the escalator this morning from the Metropole shopping centre and this lady crossed my path. I ran up, pulling my camera o...

Not just one tree, but made up of dozens of smaller trees. I have forgotten the number - could have been over a hundred. The Christmas tre...

I had to pop in to Monaco today and so took advantage of the trip and went shopping at Carrefour, the big supermarket, in Fontvieille. Car...

La Poste de Monaco replies to all letters sent to Father Christmas. Children can post their letters in this special box in the Metropole ...

Don't know about you but I need a break from the commercialism of Christmas so here's the pond in the Casino gardens. I watched the...

Just off to the right, on the lowest level, is FNAC: the shop in France where you can get CDs, DVDs, books, all-things-computer, cameras, e...

Looks like the Metropole shopping centre has a Christmas bear theme: a polar bear yesterday, today teddy bears. This display is at the en...

Well, you'd expect Monaco to do Christmas BIG - and it has. This is one end of one level of the luxurious Metropole shopping centre. ...

Of course my Monte Carlo ladies, aren't always ladies who live in Monaco. I would imagine this glamorous lady is a visitor to the Prin...