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Prologue: Tribute to the SWC South Africa 2010!D-Day: A beginning Eastfield to Istandbul: Grumpyness at 30000ft Turkish shuttle Istanbul by day Istanbul by night Long walk to freedom Lisbon walking tour Discovering Lisbon Exploring Sintra Fado’s night out The rain in Spain falls mainly on my brain A day in medieval Toledo Madrid on a Sunday Flamenco por una buena causa To Barcelona Barcelona! Barcelona!Gaudi in the morning Olympic in the afternoon Chilling in Barcelona La Rambla To Nice A Nice night Relax, take it Eze Monaco in an afternoon Chilling in Nice To Venice Our first day in Venice The attempt at Venice night photos The second day in Venice The last night in Venice The Farewell Frenzy in Firenze Exploring Florence Conquering the Dome Conquering the Torra Lucca, I am your father Picnic in Pisa A day in Pisa When in Rome…Ancient scorching Rome Welcome to Naples (and its crazy traffic)A day in Capri Ancient scorching Pompeii To Santa Fortunata Chilling in Sorrento Back to Rome Aida and the catacombs The Vatican in a flash The End

jnroux

Western Europe 2010

Monaco in an afternoon

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Jul 2 2010, 03:25 PM

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jnroux
Somerset West, South Africa

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Monaco, Monaco

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When you walk out of the Monaco train station you are basically in the middle of the city, on the Monte Carlo Grand Prix track and in front of the main docks. This is really the playground of the rich and I have never before seen so many, BMWs, Mercedes’, Audi’s, Ferrari’s, Porsche’s and Aston Marten’s in one place. And that is not even mentioning all the awesome yachts. We made our way up a few hundred stairs to get to the Palais Princier (aka the prince’s palace). We then explored many souvenir shops and had lunch in front of the Cathedrale de Monaco (aka Monaco’s Cathedral). Thereafter we walked down to the docks (via Jardins Saint Martin) where we found Esplanade Stefano Casiraghi (aka the sea swimming-pool). Here my father, Riana and I swam and dived a bit to cool down. We then took the Bateau Bus (a small boat that takes you from one jetty to the next) to the opposite side of the docks and passed underneath (this is my attempted translation of “ons het onderdeur gestap”) the Monte Carlo Casino and then walked on its roof. Afterwards we realised that we basically walked the whole Grand Prix circuit. Finally, we then took the train back to Nice just in time to see Urucry cheat their way into the semi-final of the SWC! Shocking… why don’t you get penalty goals in soccer (similar to a penalty try in rugby)?

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