18 September 2013

Written in Glass


These are the windows of the newly built Conseil National of Monaco on le Rocher - the Monagesque Parliament building.


17 September 2013

Checking the Bill ...


Checking the bill?  Dividing the bill?  Foreign money is sometimes complicated ...

16 September 2013

Tourism Movement


Visitors walk towards the lifts that will take them up to the Oceanographic Museum, the Palais and the Cathedral and all the delights of le rocher.

15 September 2013

Tourism on le Rocher


The tiny ruelles on le rocher are enchanting if you can look past the tourist merchandise either end of a passageway.  Oh dear ...

14 September 2013

The Open Air Cinema


Monaco's open air cinema. We've seen this on the blog before this is a slightly wider shot.  You can choose the type of seat you want to sit in - recliners, normal chairs etc and so prices vary. Great place to watch a film.

13 September 2013

Nymphe Salmacis - F. J. Bosio


This sculpture is called Nymphe Salmacis and it's by the Monegasque sculptor, F. J. Bosio, who lives between 1768 and 1845. It stands in the forecourt of one of Monaco's public buildings on le rocher.

12 September 2013

Petanque at the Palace - Red!


With the red and white flags of Monaco and the red t-shirts, we're not about to wonder where we are!

11 September 2013

Petanque at the Palace - Sway!


Swaying pom-pom girls keep the crowd entertained as they wait for the next game of petanque.

10 September 2013

Petanque at the Palace - the Pom Pom Girls


Meet the pom-pom girls - well, part of them. Tomorrow we'll see the rest.

09 September 2013

Petanque at the Palace - the Throw


At the Petanque tournment in front of the Palace, this lady, who was playing with the Prince, has a pretty deft action, don't you think?

08 September 2013

Petanque at the Palace - Daniel Elena


Another photo of H.S.H. Prince Albert II playing petanque and as you can see one of the other players is no less than Daniel Elena, who is Sebastien Loeb's co-driver in motor rallies. Between them they have won the World Rally Championship 9 times. Daniel Elena is Monegasque. 

The Prince's team won!

07 September 2013

Petanque at the Palace! - the Prince


H.S.H.Prince Albert II gets into the spirit of the Pro/Am Petanque tournament. As you can see, he plays a mean game of petanque.


06 September 2013

Petanque at the Palace!


Look what was going on at the Place du Palais in Monaco yesterday.  The whole of the area in front of the Palace has been transformed into specially created gravel petanque pitches.   There are several others apart from this one.

There is space for around 800 spectators in the stands, and there's a giant screen relaying the matches.

This event, the Monaco Petanque Masters,  is the result of a collaboration between the Club Bouliste Monegasque and the Palace and is supported by 'Peace and Sport.'

Entry is free to the square and stands with two semi-finals and the final for professionals taking place today, after which the whole thing will be dismantled.

Peace and Sport organised an informal, pro/am tournament, in which Prince Albert and 32 celebrities were expected to take part. So come  back tomorrow and see how His Serene Highness, Prince Albert II plays a mean game of pentanque! 

05 September 2013

Cabanas


This is a longer shot of the pool reflection we saw a couple of days ago.  Cabanas at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel.

04 September 2013

Chanel Pose


The Chanel boutique is perhaps not the place to pose if you aren't carrying a Chanel handbag.

03 September 2013

Pool Envy 2


A corner of the beautiful pool at the the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel.

02 September 2013

Shopping Car


Cute car ... and with somewhere to put the shopping.

01 September 2013

The Pom-Pom Tree?


Anyone know the name of this tree? The leaves that would indicate - perhaps? -  a type of acacia, but note the seedpods and those white pom-poms. It's in the gardens of Fontvieille, not far from the Princess Grace Rose Garden.

31 August 2013

The Other Harbour


Early morning reflections in the port of Fontvieille.

30 August 2013

De-Stress


Another photo of the beautiful Japanese Gardens on Avenue Princesse Grace.  If you are stressed - and who isn't? - it's a good place to go and sit and stare at the water ...

29 August 2013

The Clean-Up Vehicle


Pretty dapper van used for cleaning Monaco, don't you think? And for sure this will be an electrical vehicle as most public vehicles in Monaco are electric. Looks like it's smiling ...

28 August 2013

Escalator Beauty


A beautiful Monte Carlo lady leaving the Metropole shopping centre. She's about to get on the escalator which leads up to the Casino Gardens.

27 August 2013

Slipstream


This is Slipstream, a 60 metre yacht with 6 state rooms. It accommodates 12 guests and 14 crew. Slipstream is the yacht that Simon Cowell charters when he fancies a holiday in the south of France. The smaller boat is probably hoping for a glimpse of him ... or one of his ladies. I snapped this at Golfe Bleue at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.

In the last photo, you see the yacht set against the backdrop of Monaco but it was late afternoon and I was shooting into the sun.



26 August 2013

Rocks


The rocky coast of Cap d'Ail.

25 August 2013

Upside Down


Reflection in the pool near the entrance to the Grimaldi Forum and the Japanese Gardens.  The reflection is of apartments along Avenue Princesse Grace.

24 August 2013

The Weird Bicycle


Cap d'Ail

Isn't this the weirdest bike!  The photos aren't anything to write home about but I wanted to show you the bike regardless.  I can't imagine balancing on a bike in this position - can you? 

23 August 2013

Arman's Motophant


Arman's Motophant stands on a high plinth in the Chemin des Sculptures, near the circus tent, in Fontvieille. Isn't it absolutely perfectly named?  Vroom Vroom ...

It was created in 1988 by Arman (Armand Pierre Fernandez) an American, who was born in Nice in 1928 and died in 2005.

22 August 2013

Morning has Broken ...


It's going to be a glorious day!

21 August 2013

One for the Girls


Let's have a nice male body to look at today.  In fact, it's a photo I took in May when the Grand Prix was being dismantled.

20 August 2013

Amadeus


This superyacht Amadeus is owned by French industrialist and art collector, Bernard Arnault.  Bernard Arnault is France's richest person and not long ago said he would take Belgian citizenship to avoid the very high French taxes but there was such an outcry he changed his mind! He's the chairman and CEO of the French conglomerate LVMH, the largest luxury-products company in the world - Louis Vuitton and so on.

Amadeus was built  in 1969 as a research vessel and was converted to a superyacht in 2007. She has an icebreaker hull.

19 August 2013

Beach Prices at Larvotto


Neptune Plage. This is what a day on Larvotto Beach will cost you.

18 August 2013

Workout


This triathlon athlete is running along the promenade above Larvotto Beach, around this pool and fountain and back again. 

17 August 2013

Symphony in Brown


Symphony in brown ...

16 August 2013

Wibbly-wobbly


The railings of apartment balconies reflected in the pool of the Japanese Garden.  Note the white fish.

15 August 2013

Contre-jour on Larvotto Beach


Taken against the sun on Larvotto Beach. That's the edge of the jelly-fish net in the foreground.

14 August 2013

Picasso in Monaco


Picasso at the Grimaldi Forum.

13 August 2013

Sharing his Cloak


We are in the beautiful neo-classical church of Notre Dame de l’Assomption in Eze village.  The church was reconstructed between 1764 and 1778 after the original fell into ruin. It was classified as a National Monument of France in 1984.

Here, under an archway, is this golden portrait of Saint Martin sharing his cloak.
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