Evening in Monaco

After a few days of rest, it was time for some action again. We had invited over a few friends from the UK, and then a few more. And then we invited yet more people from France as well. To summarize, we ended up with 10 people coming over to Nice the same weekend!

The first bunch arrived on Friday lunchtime - Nick, Sinhung, Chie, Geoff, Winston and Weng. Philppe and Aniko arrived by train (from Toulouse) a couple of hours later. Logistically everything proved rather challenging (we had to put half of the people in my parents' flat in Antibes) - but everybody had a great time (I hope :-).



After the general confusion, once everybody had arrived (and we had had a go at Haunted House, a board game Winston had kindly given us), we went to Monaco - which of course is where everybody wants to go :-). So we jumped on the train and headed off. After a walk through the port - dutifully admiring the posh yachts, we walked up to "Le Rocher" (the rock) where the palace and the old town are located. After the obligatory snap shots, we had a surprisingly affordable dinner in the old town (15 euros for a decent 3-course meal - not bad for one of the richest cities in the world - and this was just one block away from the palace).



Then we walked across to Monte Carlo for the obligatory visit to the casino. This time I paid the 10-euro entrance fee and actually went inside. I have to say the main gambling hall is pretty damn impressive. Fortunately, I only had enough cash to have 1 go at the roulette table. Still, 20 euros was a bit steep for the 10-odd minutes I spent in the casino ;-)