Photo barrage

We stopped for a photo moment on the way to Monaco. I took a picture of my Nice villa, wanting to make sure the gardeners have been doing their job. Yep, excellent as usual.


Here's a wider shot of some of my neighbors... unfortunately, it was a little overcast and God's currently not responding to my requests for increased sunshine. I think He lost His beeper.


Many houses looked like were sprouting out of the rock. The construction effort and skill needed to build these must have been amazing.


My first view of Monaco, from inside the bus! My first thought, "Wow, that's small." You can see the renowned soccer stadium with its open roof in the middle of the picture.


One of the more memorable exhibits in the oceanography museum - the prince's favorite harpoons.


After leaving the museum, I spotted these relics and had to grab my camera. If it weren't for the French signs, I could've sworn I was back home, perhaps in somewhere exciting like Greencastle.


I've never seen an 'Excalibur' car before, and apparently neither had many of my fellow tourists... we all crowded around it; you could practically hear the males purring in delight.


There was only one guard outside the palace, but he looked fierce... or maybe that was the shiny M4A1 he appeared to be very comfortable with.


Here's a shot over the whole bay - those are crowded piers!


...and this is some of the densest, most crowded housing I've ever seen. 32,409 people live in Monaco, and I think you can see almost all of them in this picture.


After leaving the museum, we walked for a bit... and realized we were entering another world.


There's a few nice cars here.


...but I'd rather take this one.


Where were we? Oh, that's right - Casino Monte-Carlo.


Across the street was the equally posh "Hotel de Paris."


Some of the public "art" in Monaco was rather bizarre.


After I lost $3.50 gambling, I decided to cut my losses and caught up with the group. We headed back to Nice, but before entering the city, I took this picture. That bright crescent is, I believe, the Quai des Etats-Unis/Promenade des Anglais - the happening place to be!