Day in Nice + Monaco
As it was a fairly big night the night before we decided to have a sleep in, Got up at 9 am for breaky which being in France is a ham and cheese sandwich and a croissant. While at breaky I was talking to everyone from the night before and how everyone was feeling, Most were at breaky so they must have been alright. Two girls did not return home that night they had decided to go back to the bands place (English boys) and do what ever there… They came back as everyone was eating breakfast with a big cheer upon arrival we welcomed them back with cheering and clapping (the hotel manager was laughing he had no idea). After breaky I went back up stairs where I got our dirty laundry and told Kieran breaky was crap and I will go wash some clothes with the boys.
We sat around in the Laundromat for a good hour waiting for the clothes to wash and then place them in the dry (which was crap glad it was free) It was alright I had Daniel to talk to while I waited. Kieran ended up coming down just as the washing had completed but not fully dried. We went back to the room and Kieran hung it out like a crazy lady with no clothes line, all over the balcony.
We met up with Daniel, Aaron and Lloydy for a walk around Nice and to have some lunch. We made our way to a pizza shop where we had a nice selection of pizza to share and why not…. a beer to top it off (Kieran jus had a coke no more grog for her). After lunch we walked around had a look at the pebble beach, We were told when driving into Nice that a tour leader earlier in the year had went swimming there and broke his leg because of the pebbles and the rough waves. We decided to go shopping to look for some
new clothes as we are going to Monaco that night. Have to look decent if you are going to the Grand Casino.
We had been told about these markets and we tried to find our way there but failed at first. We decided to split up and the boys went their way and we went ours. We ended up finding the old markets which did have some very groovy and nice looking stuff. It was all too expensive for me, didn’t need a shirt that bad. While in the old markets there was a café owner who had some chairs out the front of his shop and some old fat bag woman had come and sat down on them and was just sitting there not doing anything but being a bum. The shop owner came out and started telling her off, she gave as good as she was getting. Both yelling at each other. All the people in the near by shops came out to have a look and some were laughing. I would have loved to have known what they were saying. It was funny to watch and I couldn’t even understand them.
I didn’t end up getting any clothes but Kieran did get a nice new skirt (Lewis would love it as it
has frills) It was starting to get windy as we made our way back to the hotel and a bird crapped on Kieran’s shoulder on the way…She was not at all impressed. I thought we would arrive back to either find Kieran’s clothes all over the street or none there at all. Luckily they were all still there but had blown back onto the balcony it was very lucky. We got ready for the casino and made our way down to the bus. The boys had bought beer from a shop near us. So we had a few bevies on the way to the casino. Jaz (tour Leader) had said that we need our passports to enter as it is a separate country and she said there is no boarder control but we do have to show our passports to this very advanced camera system where they scan your retina. I thought ok wow! well done Monaco for being so advanced.
We get off the bus and then get in a lift and descend into the city, it was all a bit confusing how you actually get there. So when we get out of the lift and down around a corner Jaz tells the people in front that you have to hold up your passport next to your head and walk past the video camera. In my head I was thinking ok if this is real they would have someone there and I
would have to take off my glasses for the eye scan. We all did it some people even went to the effort of fumbling around and making a line and a hassle to get out their passports I walked past in the back. I have to admit I did hold up my passport. Further down Jaz was kacking her self laughing as we had all done this and there was no need it was a big joke and it was a normal security camera (would love to see the video monitor mans face in amazement as to why we were doing this) Good one Jaz!
As Kieran and I spent most of our time up until the very last minute in nice shopping we had no time to organize food. When we arrived in Monaco we were hungry and decided not to go to the casino but instead get a meal. We went into one casino which had stopped serving food that
night. We found a couple of other girls who hadn’t eaten and were not into gambling so we all went in search of food. Spending most of our time searching for cheaper food (Monaco is full of rich people so everything is very expensive i.e. no McDonalds in site) we settled on a pizza place. Although cheap for Monaco it was still expensive. My pizza was 9.50 Euro and my Beer (had to have one and thought why not get the biggest) was 8.50 Euro (see image for what a $16 Aus beer looks like).Was good pizza and a meal, ohhh by the way you need to tip when in France, 10%.
After dinner we went into the grand Casino as you need to go there just once. I didn’t actually go to the gamming floor as it was 10 euro just to walk in. The place was dead and those who went in said it was boring as. Down in the first casino we went to the smallest bet table was 5 euro. They didn’t have any 1 cent pokies dammit! None of the girls who we were with had time to place a bet they just walked around and kept their free chip as a souvenir.
Only one person on the trip had a win and that was Ashoor, he had other people who had advised him with game plan. He ended up paying them all back and then decided to give the rest of the money to the tour group for a punch night when we arrive in Rome. He won about 120 Euro not bad of 40 Euro for a guy who has never played craps (please don’t ask me what it is either I have no idea). After our night out in Monaco we headed back to the hotel for sleep. Kieran told me she was going down to the girl’s room. I said no worries and feel asleep having only one key she left it with me. Kieran came home at around 2, as she had been out that night back into town with the girls to meet up with the band boys. (I swear I told him I was going out with the girls…..He just didn’t listen)
Questions what are people from Monaco called/ is it Monicans?
As it was a fairly big night the night before we decided to have a sleep in, Got up at 9 am for breaky which being in France is a ham and cheese sandwich and a croissant. While at breaky I was talking to everyone from the night before and how everyone was feeling, Most were at breaky so they must have been alright. Two girls did not return home that night they had decided to go back to the bands place (English boys) and do what ever there… They came back as everyone was eating breakfast with a big cheer upon arrival we welcomed them back with cheering and clapping (the hotel manager was laughing he had no idea). After breaky I went back up stairs where I got our dirty laundry and told Kieran breaky was crap and I will go wash some clothes with the boys.
We sat around in the Laundromat for a good hour waiting for the clothes to wash and then place them in the dry (which was crap glad it was free) It was alright I had Daniel to talk to while I waited. Kieran ended up coming down just as the washing had completed but not fully dried. We went back to the room and Kieran hung it out like a crazy lady with no clothes line, all over the balcony.
We met up with Daniel, Aaron and Lloydy for a walk around Nice and to have some lunch. We made our way to a pizza shop where we had a nice selection of pizza to share and why not…. a beer to top it off (Kieran jus had a coke no more grog for her). After lunch we walked around had a look at the pebble beach, We were told when driving into Nice that a tour leader earlier in the year had went swimming there and broke his leg because of the pebbles and the rough waves. We decided to go shopping to look for some
new clothes as we are going to Monaco that night. Have to look decent if you are going to the Grand Casino.We had been told about these markets and we tried to find our way there but failed at first. We decided to split up and the boys went their way and we went ours. We ended up finding the old markets which did have some very groovy and nice looking stuff. It was all too expensive for me, didn’t need a shirt that bad. While in the old markets there was a café owner who had some chairs out the front of his shop and some old fat bag woman had come and sat down on them and was just sitting there not doing anything but being a bum. The shop owner came out and started telling her off, she gave as good as she was getting. Both yelling at each other. All the people in the near by shops came out to have a look and some were laughing. I would have loved to have known what they were saying. It was funny to watch and I couldn’t even understand them.
I didn’t end up getting any clothes but Kieran did get a nice new skirt (Lewis would love it as it
has frills) It was starting to get windy as we made our way back to the hotel and a bird crapped on Kieran’s shoulder on the way…She was not at all impressed. I thought we would arrive back to either find Kieran’s clothes all over the street or none there at all. Luckily they were all still there but had blown back onto the balcony it was very lucky. We got ready for the casino and made our way down to the bus. The boys had bought beer from a shop near us. So we had a few bevies on the way to the casino. Jaz (tour Leader) had said that we need our passports to enter as it is a separate country and she said there is no boarder control but we do have to show our passports to this very advanced camera system where they scan your retina. I thought ok wow! well done Monaco for being so advanced.We get off the bus and then get in a lift and descend into the city, it was all a bit confusing how you actually get there. So when we get out of the lift and down around a corner Jaz tells the people in front that you have to hold up your passport next to your head and walk past the video camera. In my head I was thinking ok if this is real they would have someone there and I
would have to take off my glasses for the eye scan. We all did it some people even went to the effort of fumbling around and making a line and a hassle to get out their passports I walked past in the back. I have to admit I did hold up my passport. Further down Jaz was kacking her self laughing as we had all done this and there was no need it was a big joke and it was a normal security camera (would love to see the video monitor mans face in amazement as to why we were doing this) Good one Jaz!As Kieran and I spent most of our time up until the very last minute in nice shopping we had no time to organize food. When we arrived in Monaco we were hungry and decided not to go to the casino but instead get a meal. We went into one casino which had stopped serving food that
night. We found a couple of other girls who hadn’t eaten and were not into gambling so we all went in search of food. Spending most of our time searching for cheaper food (Monaco is full of rich people so everything is very expensive i.e. no McDonalds in site) we settled on a pizza place. Although cheap for Monaco it was still expensive. My pizza was 9.50 Euro and my Beer (had to have one and thought why not get the biggest) was 8.50 Euro (see image for what a $16 Aus beer looks like).Was good pizza and a meal, ohhh by the way you need to tip when in France, 10%.
After dinner we went into the grand Casino as you need to go there just once. I didn’t actually go to the gamming floor as it was 10 euro just to walk in. The place was dead and those who went in said it was boring as. Down in the first casino we went to the smallest bet table was 5 euro. They didn’t have any 1 cent pokies dammit! None of the girls who we were with had time to place a bet they just walked around and kept their free chip as a souvenir.
Only one person on the trip had a win and that was Ashoor, he had other people who had advised him with game plan. He ended up paying them all back and then decided to give the rest of the money to the tour group for a punch night when we arrive in Rome. He won about 120 Euro not bad of 40 Euro for a guy who has never played craps (please don’t ask me what it is either I have no idea). After our night out in Monaco we headed back to the hotel for sleep. Kieran told me she was going down to the girl’s room. I said no worries and feel asleep having only one key she left it with me. Kieran came home at around 2, as she had been out that night back into town with the girls to meet up with the band boys. (I swear I told him I was going out with the girls…..He just didn’t listen)
Questions what are people from Monaco called/ is it Monicans?
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