Hotel de Paris, Monaco

A welcome over the entrance to the Hotel de Paris in Casino Square.

Like the Jacket!

I want that jacket!

People and phones

Metropole Centre

With their eyes fixed on their phones, people are so easy to snap these days.

Fit and Zen

Keeping fit.  This lady is running along Avenue d'Alsace, which is opposite the entrance to Monaco's railway station - but is in Beausoleil, and therefore France.

Breakfast Meeting

Marble floors, marble walls, a sweeping staircase, a towering plant pot, beautiful art on the walls - this is the cafe on the lowest floor of the Metropole centre.  A good place for a breakfast business meeting.

Red Tulips

Red tulips in front of the casino.

Personal Trainer

Push ...

Monte Carlo Dogs

If you want to meet people, buy a dog!

Life's a Beach

It could be a desert island, couldn't it? In fact, it's Larvotto Beach in Monaco.

Dichotomy

Dichotomy in the Metropole Centre.

Walk on the beach

It's getting nearer to beach weather at Larvotto.

Surprise encounter ...

Fancy seeing you here!

Reflections in the Metropole Centre

Reflections in the Metropole Centre.

Combat Naval Fleuri - our Last Day

A cheeky 'goodbye' from Villefranche-Sur-Mer.

Combat Naval Fleuri - the Day's Haul

It's the end of the day, the Naval Battle of the Flowers is over and this young man has quite a haul of mimosa and carnations to take home.

Combat Naval Fleuri - Concentration

Such concentration on the face of a child. She's looking at the many flowers that are floating in the sea after the Naval Battle of the Flowers in Villefranche-Sur-Mer.

Ferrari watching ...

You'd think, with all the Ferraris you see in Monaco and along the Cote d'Azur that people would ignore  them.  Not so. Everyone eating in the celebrated La Mere Germaine in Villefranche-Sur-Mer  is intrigued by either the car or the driver.

Another Red Lady

This is a photo I took in March 2011 at the Fete du Citron in Menton - almost the same outfit as the 'red lady' yesterday - different performer. 

Combat Naval Fleuri - the Red Lady

Maybe she needs a manicure?

Combat Naval Fleuri - Mimosa Man!

Sometimes you take a photo and don't notice the detail until you see it on screen - like this guy's mischievous eyes ...