First day trip we did was to Monaco - I didn't really know much about Monaco before heading there and I had only found out recently from Arnold that it was very expensive and rich (I had suggested staying in Monaco and he laughed and said "I think its pretty expensive there"). Well he was definitely right - Bentley's are the bellybutton car there - in Calgary Honda's are bellybutton cars, but not in Monaco. We saw a Yacht that had a helipad on the back of it - like really? The streets are really paved in Gold haha - okay, not really, but it felt that way. Everything was so nice and clean (even the public washroom). I think my favorite memory from Monaco though was when we stumbled upon a little girls birthday party. (So this is how they roll in Monaco). We were down at the beach looking for a spot to claim and along the beach they have all of these restaurants and fancy chair/cabana things. Well as we get closer to a fancy restaurant, all I can see is pink and then these two people dressed up as a princess and a prince parading around with a bunch a 3 year olds behind them listening to music. You could tell from the theme that is was definitely a little girl's birthday (the pink colors everywhere might have given it away) and it was definitely very elaborate. The best part was though (this is my fav). just when I thought it was the moms all walking around the kids and keeping things in control, I realized it was actually the nannies haha - the moms were all at a table on the other side of the restaurant drinking wine and socializing. It was hilarious. I got a good kick out of it.
Anyway, Monaco was really, really beautiful and very cool - awesome to see the "Casino" and they just had the Grand Prix there so we could tell where they had raced - crazy that they race on the actual streets in Monaco - that would definitely be something to see.
The next day we were off to Cannes. - after spending a day there, I sort of wished we could have been there during the Film Fest, but it would have been crazy expensive and crazy busy. But it is a great city and it was neat to see the place where all the magic happens - they even had the red carpet out on the stairs still (or maybe they have that year round? haha). I'm not going to lie, I thought it would be more impressive, but it was a bit of a let down. The beaches there though were the best - actual sand haha. Nice and Monaco were rock beaches so it was nice to have a sand beach again, but you forget how annoying sand can be - it gets every where.
The French Riviera was fantastic and I am really glad we got to go because it definitely wasn't in the books and we hadn't planned on going. We will just have to come back to Europe for some waffles and chocolate.
Love Melissa and Arnold
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