12 July 2012
La Spiaggia
La Spiaggia is the beach at the far end of Larvotto, with its own restaurant, beach loungers and so on. I must have walked along here a thousand times and never noticed the plaque of the late Prince Rainier on the wall above. And if you click to enlarge the photo below, what about the fearsome animal about to pounce?
11 July 2012
Underpass
10 July 2012
The Sea Eagle
The sea eagle sits, way up, on a corner of the roof of the Oceanographic Museum.
The bump on the hillside opposite, which is below La Turbie is known as la tĂȘte du chien (the head of the dog).
09 July 2012
Chicago at the Grimaldi Forum
Yesterday we saw a man who cleans the windows at the Grimaldi Forum - today the building itself. In the main photo people are inside waiting to go down to the theatre for a matinee performance of Chicago.
The photo below shows the entrance to the Grimaldi Forum with people spilling out after the performance.
There is a lot of glass to keep clean.
08 July 2012
How many windowcleaners does it take to ....
07 July 2012
Oceanographic Museum - Octopus
06 July 2012
Halte MCCC - Monaco's hidden railway station
This rather boring photo is to show you Monaco's hidden railway station. In fact, it's in France - Roquebrune - and is open once a year for the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters.
The station is below the Monte Carlo Country Club, hence its name, Halte MCCC. To find it you walk on the road, below the tennis, past all the television trucks and the Monte Carlo Beach Hotel, which is below you and onward for about 600 metres. Turn up a narrow path and eventually you find it ...
As you can see it's pretty primitive and anyone with dodgy knees would find it difficult to get up into the train as the platform is on ground level, not raised. But for people going to the tennis, of course it's brilliant.
05 July 2012
Short Shorts
Short shorts seems to be the way to go this year. And if I had legs like that, I'd be wearing them too!
This couple are on the promenade that runs from Portier to the beginning of Larvotto Beach, which you see in the distance.
04 July 2012
03 July 2012
Shower
One of the new showers on Larvotto Beach ... if you can tear your eyes away from the dishy guy with the long hair, that is ...
02 July 2012
Attitude
01 July 2012
Street Food
There's a sign, high above one of the charming streets in Monaco Ville (le rocher) that says 'Street Food.' (see small photo) Here you'll find cafés and bars and pizzerias where you can buy snacks and reasonably priced meals. A busy street, thronging with tourists.
So - 'street food' calls for 'street photography' ...
30 June 2012
29 June 2012
Night Out in Monaco
Coral seems to be the going colour this year.
These ladies are ready for a night out in Monte Carlo. They are walking across the forecourt in front of the Grimaldi Forum on Avenue Princesse Grace.
28 June 2012
27 June 2012
Nall's Pansy
To get to the Grimaldi Forum's theatre you go down, down via escalators into the depths. And there high up on a wall, just before the theatre entrance is this enormous pansy. Click to enlarge and you'll see this is made entirely in mosaic, in fact Opio mosaic. Opio is a village not far from Monaco famous for its glass.
Artist, Nall has two installations in the Grimaldi Forum, "Pensee Sunrise" and "Pensee Sunset" - I'm not sure which this is. Each meausre 6 yards by 6 yards and you can buy postage stamps of the works in any Monaco post office.
Alabama-born Nall lives and works in Vence. Click on the link to read about him and his work.
26 June 2012
25 June 2012
Toned Beauty
Don't you love how the soft salmon colour of this lady's dress tones so beautifully with her gorgeous hair. Note the shoe colour too.
She's walking towards Larvotto Beach and looking towards Cap Martin.
24 June 2012
23 June 2012
Monte Carlo Beach Hotel - the Pool
The pool of the renovated Monte Carlo Beach Hotel. This was taken in April. No doubt those sunbeds will have bodies on them today.
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