DAY 50

HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!

Ok, so even though I didn't even go to sleep until after midnight I still woke up, around 11am, as if I had been asleep all night. Well that's what plenty of alcohol can do for you. When I finish getting dressed the room service is knocking on my door with my cake and champagne. Before blowing out the candle and eating it I take a couple of pictures (that's why the ice dream is kind of melting in the pictures). After becoming very happy, because of the champagne on an empty stomach, the cake was only a couple bites so it wasn't enough food to stop the alcohol in the champagne from doing it's work. Anyways I left the hotel and started out. I walked down by the marina and looked at all the huge yahts, and did the whole tourist thing of oohing and awwing, but of course to my self,LOL. I then walked up one of the roads, I would just like to say that Monte-Carlo could probably beat San Fransico any day with their hills, it does help that the city was built on a freaking clif. When I get to the top, which seemed to take forever, I do a little window shopping. One really cool thing about Monte-Carlo is that at each major street there is a sign that tells you what stores are there (look at the pictures) it was fabulous, a shopping minded city. I then stop in the casino and look around, and because the legal age in europe is 18, I go to the bar get a Sex on the Beach and then play a couple things. Even though I didn't win anything at least I didn't loose anything, well maybe 5 or 10 euros but any more than that, if that at all. After the casino I start back down the hill, pass the marina again, then up mount everest, well felt like it anyways. At the top was the Royal Palace, I took a couple of pictures around the square and some of the building. Then I got in line and got to go into the palace and visit the state rooms, there was this gorgeous portrait of Grace Kelly, Prince Rainer, and their children in one of the rooms. Afterleaving the Palace it was time to go back to the hotel. The reason, if your wondering, there is a time to go back to the hotel, is that they have to shuttle you over to the beach and it was getting near the time with which I said I would like to go. I get back to the Hotel, change and get ready for the beach. At the beach I am shown a lounge chair and table and asked if I would like anything to eat or drink. After ordering something to drink, if your wondering it was water with lemon, I write some postcards. Finishing my post cards I head down to the water and chill out down there for a little bit before coming back and taking a little nap. After spending a couple of hours on the beach I ask for my driver to head over to pick me up. I get a message from one of the waiter that my driver is stuck in traffic, so since i'm going to be waiting a while I order a light dinner. While waiting I find out the my server, that I've had all afternoon, that before movong to Nice with wife and kids lived in Wellsley, MA. Which is kind of funny since i'm always seem to be going there when i'm on my way to Boston or the Vineyard. I get picked up and brought back to the Port Palace, which is my hotel, and can I just mention that it only has suites, there are no "regular" rooms here and that it is the secound best hotel in the intire principality. With only Hotel de Paris, which is the first hotel in the principality, being better. I then get my week-end bag, check out and walk around a bit before heading over to the train station. I get to the train station the same time that my train does, so I have time this time to find my car. This time I don't have switch trains in Nice, also since it's night time, this train is the sleeping car train. I get all settled into my chambers and change into more comfy pants, I was wearing jeans, and fall fast asleep in my bed. When I wake up the train is about 20-30min from the train station in Paris.



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