Friday - Monaco and Villefranche-sur-mer

Today up early and on the road to Monaco.  Very happy with our house in St Antonin-du-Var in many ways, but it is quite a long and stressful drive to the motorway - which we have found ourselves on most days this week.

Monaco.  1.75km square.  3 brand new Rolls Royces in a row outside the casino, making the multiple new Ferraris seem tame.  Immaculate public parks.  Weird uniforms on parking inspectors.  I turned right instead of left and momentarily re-entered France.  Plausible coffee.  Dated architecture.  Some beautiful buildings.  Russians with way too much makeup.  Loafers and boat shoes everywhere.  Short skirts everywhere.  Nannies walking children and dogs.  Vaguely surprised not to see a Bugatti Veyron or a Maclaren F1.    A pamplemousse crepe. 
And so much more.

Lunch at La Mere Germaine in Villafranche-sur-mer.  Awesome meal and great service.  Smoked salmon, followed by veal, followed by icecream, with rose, perrier and coffee.  Sat right on the waterfront.  Literally 3 metres from the sea, watching the yachts in the harbour.  An amazing location, watching tourists and locals.

Arrived back at the house for a late afternoon swim and relax, then a BBQ dinner.  Tomorrow we begin our long journey home.