24 December 2010
23 December 2010
22 December 2010
A Monaco Christmas - High Heels
21 December 2010
A Monaco Christmas - Just a Load of Balls...
20 December 2010
A Monaco Christmas - the Casino Christmas Trees
19 December 2010
A Monaco Christmas - Snack on the Port
18 December 2010
A Monaco Christmas - NOT a Christmas Tree
17 December 2010
A Monaco Christmas - the Barclays Bank Reindeer
16 December 2010
A Monaco Christmas - Posh Shoes
A new and beautifully designed shop in the Metropole Centre. L. Guilo sells handmade patinated shoes to the well-dressed Monaco man.
15 December 2010
14 December 2010
13 December 2010
Stop the World...
Monaco is so small, with many buildings, yet it has so many lovely gardens. This waterfall is in a garden just behind the Heliport in Fontvieille and very near to the Princess Grace Rose Garden. A small bridge crosses this water - a good place to stop and ponder the world when you want to get off it.
12 December 2010
11 December 2010
After the Party...
We're at the Hermitage Hotel on the Grande Corniche in Eze. Our long lazy lunch is over. Each year a group of us - around 20 - British, Irish, Australian, French, Italian, American, Scandinavian, South African - get together for a Christmas lunch. Normally we choose a different restaurant each year but last year we came here and loved it so we are back! Super environment, ambiance, food, service and a crowd of friends who have created our own 'family' in the south of France.
10 December 2010
Metal Birds
Helicopters take off and land all day long in Monaco. It's a great way to arrive from Nice airport. And there's always a bird (a real one) to fly along with you.
The Heliport in Monaco is in mourning at the moment. A couple of days ago a helicopter from Heli Air Monaco was employed to fly over, and report on, an éboulement (landslide) in the hills above the coast. The weather was appalling, deep fog, the helicopter crashed and all three on board were killed - and all for a few tumbled rocks.
09 December 2010
08 December 2010
Christmas Lights in Beausoleil
06 December 2010
Do Not...
There's an awful lot of things you can't do on Larvotto beach - yet I've seen all of these rules broken. I guess that's part of the fun.
I always remember in France, before smoking was totally banned inside a restaurant, there used to be 'smoking' tables and 'non-smoking' tables. If a smoker sat down at a 'non-smoking' table, the patron would simply move the 'no smoking' sign to another table...
The Fisherman
05 December 2010
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