Monday 30th August
Woke up after a little sleep, the room in Nice is so beautiful! Its huge! It divides into two rooms so yesterday Brendon and I managed to spend a few hours apart while he was watching a movie and I was uploading/writing the blog and reading. As for spending almost every waking moment together, it is actually going better than expected. We have had the occasional time when we have been frustrated with each other, but we have managed to get through the last week and a bit without yelling at each other or even raising our voices. Apart from a few times in the car arguing over directions, but honestly it was usually the stupid GPS's fault! This trip has really been good for us!
So anyway, after waking up we took the car in to get repaired, only to discover that they didn't have the glass they needed to fix it and it wouldn't be in till Wednesday. Considering that we had delayed the trip out of Nice for a day already, we were a bit worried, but they managed to arrange for us to get the car fixed tomorrow in Avignon. Only problem with that was that the glass was still flying around everywhere, so thankfully they put a plastic covering over it and vaccummed up all the glass for us so that I wouldn't cut my bum while sitting in the passengers side. After that was all sorted for the day, it was after 11 so we decided to go out and about in Nice to see what it was all about. I had heard that it was lovely, and I have heard about the French Rivera and how nice it ishere, but nothing could prepare me for the beauty that is Nice and its surrounds!. I have never seen such blue water in my entire life! Just spectacular! The promenade in Nice runs for a number of kilometers, from the airport right into the city centre. I just couldn't believe the blue water!
We parked the car and wandered into the main shopping part for a while and did a bit of walking around. Brendon wanted to get a sim card so we could call locally here a bit cheaper! But we were waiting in Orange for about 45 minutes and the line was so long that we only just made it back to the car in time before getting a parking ticket! By this stage we were exhausted from running, and wanted to go back to the hotel room for a rest!
After a little nap, we decided that it was now or never to go into Monte Carlo and take a look at the place. We grabbed our swimmers, planning to go for a swim on the way back in the crystal blue water. We didn't make it for a swim in the end. Monte Carlo was amazing! Even just the drive in there was beautiful! All these highrises pop up and they are all beautiful. They just fit into the landscape.
(This is a modern art sculpture of Adam and Eve. Apparently it was Eve, Brendon and Adam)
Monte Carlo has the Mediterranean ocean on one side, mountains on the other side, and a city in the middle! It is all at different levels and is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever seen! We found a reasonably priced car park and went for a walk along one of the wharfs, admiring the billion dollar boats and cruise liners. We wandered up to a magnificent park around the back of the casi
no area. The park is built on top of a hotel. The views were just to die for! You could see the Italian alps and the ocean for kilometres and kilometers. We were only planning on staying for an hour or so just to check it out but we ended up there for over 4 hours! The casino overlooking the ocean was something else too! Outside it there is a roundabout and every 2nd car that goes around it is some expensive extravagant make of car. There are people everywhere ready with their cameras to take a snap of the Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Bentleys, and rolls royces (forgive me if I spelt any of these incorrectly, cars are not something that interest me!). Including Brendon who was happily taking snaps of every shiny car he could see! Amazing the amount of money that must be in that place! It was just something else!
After we decided it was time to head back to Nice, I was a little disappointed, and wanted to move to Monaco! But we headed back to the hotel and freshened up and went out for dinner along the promenade. I was famished by that stage so we randomly picked a place to eat and it was FANTASTIC!!! They had so many vegetarian options and the food was SOOOO YUMMY!!! And we couldn't even fit all our desert in! SO we rolled back to the hotel, watched a movie and fell asleep.
Highlights of today:
· Monaco/Monte Carlo
· People/car/money watching in Monte Carlo
· Walking in the Monte Carlo park, walking on the hotel
· The blue water along the promenade
· Dinner at the promenade 
· Nutella Crepes by a Monte Carlo bay
· The male waiter attempting to pick Brendon up at dinner
Lowlights of Today:
· The line at the Orange phone shop
· Not being able to get the car fixed today
· Having to sprint 3km to the car before the parking ticket ran out
· The traffic back from Monaco
· EUROPEAN DRIVERS!!! OH MY GOD!!!
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