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    • TravelerEuro Quest
      111
      Day 22

      Day Twenty-Two: Nice and Monaco

      April 6 in Monaco ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      Day two of Contiki, and it started strong with having to pay for all the excursions. A solid 313€... big ouch after also spending almost 10€ a drink last night. But after having the included breakfast and being told I snored with my eyes open... we were on the move. And actually early! Unusual for us. We walked around with our bunk mate and some other guys for a while. We also stopped for a coffee. Afterward, we went to skip some rocks on the beach. It was not a sandy beach. But the views were just spectacular on the beach. You truly feel like you are in a movie. Just on the coast with beautiful buildings just layered on the hillsides. Then the other boys went off the bike ride we didn't do, and we just sat on the beach for a while. I decided to wear my flip flops walking around today, and I learned the hard way about breaking your shoes in. They were super comfortable, but the strap rubbed the shit out of the top of my foot. I couldn't walk around in them, but I was stuck in them. So you just suck it up. Spoiler alert, I guess, we are heading to Monte Carlo Casino later, but apparently, they have a strictish dress code and, of course, backpacking. I have nothing fancy. The only shoes I have are bright blue hikers. So Bec, our guide, said there was an H&M, so that is where we went. I ended up buying a new bathsuit (sorry, dad didn't really want your old one), a button-up shirt, and a cheap pair of nice-looking sneakers. Wasn't that cheap over all. Still spend just under 60€, ouch again. Then, on the way back to the hostel, we stopped at this burger place for lunch. And they even asked us if we wanted the burger well done! Thank god. And It was delicious, a nice BBQ burger with bacon and sautéed onions. It was expensive, for the burger fries and a drink it was 18€. We went back to the hostel and showered all the sweat from last night and got all fancy for the trip to monaco. I got to say it felt really nice to actually dress up and not wear the same t-shirts for once. Very refreshing! Ethan showered and everything first and went to get a quick drink before coming back to gether dressed. So then I showered and decided to get fully ready. Afterward, I met him, had a beer, and went back to get him dressed and for my passport. We did, in fact, not realize what time it was, and we were running short on it. We knew monaco was going to be expensive, so we quickly bought this chicken skewer from a Chinese place, shoved our faces, and left. When we reached the hostel, it turned out our hostel room door was broken. Our roommate was there too, and our door was just beeping at us. The problem was in monaco. The only way into the casino was if you had your passport because monaco citizens are not allowed to gamble. So we really needed it. And of course we talked to our travel guide and she explicitly said they can not wait for us if we are late... So, of course, we are all sweating our ass off. Luckily, the receptionist found a master key and let us in. Ethan was getting undressed before we were even in the room. And we sprinted our ass out of the hostel to the couch. Guess what?!? The couch was late anyways so we had plenty of time. But very stressful for sure. I really didn't want to miss out on that. The road to monaco was insanely beautiful, I am not sure if anything will beat those views. Just overlooking this city on the hills and the water... it was amazing just looking out of the window. And we had a quick stop for a grpup photo and pictures where they surprised us with some prosceco! I didn't realize either that monaco wasn't a part of the EU and has 12 millioniares per square km... it is only 2 square kilometers. We started monaco on a viewpoint overlooking the bay with all the crazy fancy boats. George Clooney has his yacht in there! We had time to walk around, and I wanted to get souvenir. Ethan just accidentally knocked over a hat, and he was just swearing at both of us and said he was closing and took the shit out of my hand that I was telling him I was buying. It's always the French people. Have yet to meet a nice one. Then we got to go to the Monte Carlo Casino. And as soon as we walked up, the whole street was just full of super cars. Millions of dollars just sitting right in front of me. With valet just driving these crazy cars, like how do I get that job?? But walking in to Monte Carlo was unreal, I'm used to the river Cree or the St. albert casino. This is a different beast. But honestly, it was smaller than I thought it would. I do guarantee there is plenty of the casino we can't see as commoners. Of course, the first thing I do is pull out some chips with another guy. And now I can officially say I gambled in Monte Carlo. And I can say I lost 50€ in one bet... of course, the guy convinced me to put all my money down on black at Roulette. The worst part of it was a different guy asked me to pick a number, I picked 12. A red number. And I pit money on black right after. AND IT LANDED ON 12. So I was stupid. I didn't want it to be over, so I grabbed a ten and put it into a roulette machine. Somehow, I did manage to turn that back into 60. So I did break even and even hit the right number! It was more fun than I would like to admit. But I had to leave, I only had an hour, unfortunately, or for the best. But afterward, we had a nice chill night. I just hung out with the group at the hostel and had a couple of drinks.Read more

    • VårTågluff 2024
      Day 33

      Monaco Monte Carlo

      April 13 in Monaco ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

      Godmorgon. På väg till Italien ville vi bara göra ett fotavtryck i Monaco. Såg inte så mycket från tåget. Trångt, men de flesta klev av där, vad dom nu ska göra där en lördagsmorgon. Just nu sitter vi och fikar i Ventimiglia och väntar på tåget till Milano.Read more

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    • TravelerEuro trip
      111
      Day 16

      Day trip to Monaco!

      April 6 in Monaco ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

      Had another early start today after having a long day the day before. We got up and had to pay for our excursions up front. Yay☺️ after biting on my tongue as hard as I could, we had our breakfast and left for a Café with a large group of people. Some people split off and did their own thing while Pearse, two others, and I sat to have coffee right next to the beach. After a while, the four of us kept on going down the beach. They signed up for the overpriced bikeride, so they had to leave after a while. Pearse and I made a plan to go to the shopping street because he needed a new outfit that was nice enough for the Monte Carlo Casino! We were told there was an H&M not far from the hostel. When we finally got to the shopping street, the first thing we noticed was Gucci, Chanel×2, Louis V. If you can name it, it was there, and we definitely can't afford. Finally, we found H&M tucked away in the corner like they were embarrassed by it lol. Still, the store was like one of the craziest chain stores I've seen. Why does an H&M need 3 levels? Especially when everything was so spaced out. All the shit in the store could have fit in the one at West Ed, but they still had a sky scraper for this place. Everything was very expensive in Nice, unfortunately. Anyway,Pearse grabbed a banging outfit, and we left to grab a burger at a place called Big Ferdinand. Finally, I had a well-done burger. Get your slimy medium rare burgers outta here. Our burgers were so good, though they disappeared like magic. It was kind of late afternoon at this point, so we decided we were gonna go shower a little early and get ready for Monaco. We had to be on the bus at 5:00 sharp because Monaco has very specific times and rules for coach busses. So, I showered first and went out to find a restaurant for a beer while Pearse prettied himself up. After my shower, I just got back into my regular clothes because I knew I wouldn't be too long and would come back earlier to get into my going out outfit. Pearse met up with me at about 4:15 for a quick beer. Shockingly, we don't like 9€ beers. They don't even taste good at that price. We left with more than enough time to get back to the hostel. Until we saw street food. To be fair, though, we didn't know if we were gonna be able to afford to eat in Monaco. We were pushing it, but we got back to the hostel 10 minutes before the coach left, and I still had to change, and he had to grab his passport. I wasn't worried until I was on the stairs of the hostel and saw our roommate Adam, who we also got coffee with in the morning. He told me "the door is fucked" in the strongest Kiwi accent ever. I asked what he meant. So he took me to the room and sure enough the door was fucked. The sensor for our keycards was continuously beeping, and we couldn't scan our key cards. The two of us ran back downstairs watching our entire group walk out the doors to the bus. We informed the lady at the desk the door wasn't work so she called somebody. I don't think she realized we were part of the group leaving in 4 minutes. I feel bad, but all 3 of us were telling her, "we need to go please you need to hurry up,"so we went up with her master key fob and of course it didn't work either. She had to run to the other building to grab an actual key to let us in. While she was doing that, I started stripping down in the hallway lol. She finally let us in, and it was so chaotic in our little room. I'm half naked, Pearse is rifling through his bag for his passport, and Adam is looking for his stuff while half naked as well. I was last to leave the room. I swear I was still pulling up my pants while in the hostel lobby. I jumped down every single stair in that building. When I got outside, the other boys were already out of sight. So, I started running as hard as I could around the corner and through the busy market. I caught up to Pearse, and we got to our meet-up spot together. Absolutely gassed and sweating our balls off, we made it. We were actually 2 minutes late, but luckily, Nice isn't exactly coach friendly, so our driver was 3 minutes late. If we had missed Monaco, I woulda lost it. The bus ride was only 30 minutes total to Monaco, and halfway there, we all got out for some pictures. The bus driver and tour guide surprised us all with some sparkling wine. I really enjoyed just looking at the prettiest views ever and having some bubbly. When we got to Monaco, I instantly fell in love with the country, which is smaller than most cities. It's the second smallest country in the world. I went to a souvineer shop with intentions to buy my first souvenir of the trip. I am the most clumsy human ever, I guess, and knocked over all the playing cards in like domino's in his store. The dude kicked everyone out and stopped selling to us after. That's okay because I walked 30 seconds down the road to a way cooler store with way better shit. We all got shoved back into the coach to go to Monte Carlo Casino. To get there, though, we had to drive on the famous F1 track. I've been getting into F1 the last 6 months, so I thought that was super cool. Once we made it to the casino I started to feel so bougee. Supercars were pulling in 1 after the other. Bently,Bently,Ferrari,Porsche,maserati. All one after the other. They were probably thrilled they had to share this fancy ass casino with 40 young adults who are literally just on an 18-day bender lol. Maybe we're not classy enough or something. We went into the Nino and everything there was so beautiful. Everything was gold with huge chandeliers. I swear it's the fanciest place I've ever been. Not just the casino but all of Monico. I actually don't like gambling, so I just put a 20 in a roulette machine and played for probably 30 minutes. I left 63 cents to the good, so that's a huge win lol. After we just went back to the hostel and had beers in the common area with a few people. Monaco was probably Mt favorite place. we've been so far it was so beautiful and made me feel bougee. It also made me feel broke lol, we definitely couldn't afford to be there for more than an evening. I'm tired now after writing a novel.Read more

    • TravelerEuropa und Me(e)hr
      Day 278

      Wintereinbruch ❄️

      April 18 in France ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

      Heute stand Klettern auf dem Programm. Leider musste meine Familie ohne mich in den Kletterpark, denn mich hat’s erwischt 🤒🤧😷.

      Die 3 hatten aber trotzdem viel Spaß. Bei strahlend blauem Himmel gestartet, wurden sie allerdings kurz vorm Ende von einem Gewitter überrascht. Es blitzte, donnerte und schneite gleichzeitig.

      Völlig durchnässt und mit kalten Nasen 👃 kamen sie glücklich zurück und berichteten mir von den vielen tollen Kletterpassagen und Ziplines.      Read more

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    • TravelerSpring Fling into the Mediterr
      11
      Day 33

      Corsica, on arrive!

      May 6, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      We started at 5 a.m. with a full Flower moon and the wind about 10 knots outside the anchorage. Bob raised the anchors, 1 by hand, the other by electrics, then off we motored until the sun came up. There were some minor swells and waves but comfortable. When the sun came up, we double reefed the main and were sailing at 6.5 - 8 knots. It didn't last though as the wind started to slow so we motor sailed then motored. We were alone on the sea as the only 2 nearest boats were 25 and 40 nautical miles away. We could still see the French coastline after 25 n.m. and 3 1/2 hours but we didn't see Corsica until 5 1/2 hours later (and only because it's so mountainous and with snow!) and it was another 7 1/2 hours before we docked! 3 times we saw an interesting fin out of the water that looked like it was waving at us and I finally figured it must be a seal flipper. More vilellas in huge patches floating along and 2 dolphins paid a visit. Strangely, no birds. At 1500 hrs. Captain Bob announced that after traveling North we were now at our most Southern point to date! Woohoo!
      The sun was setting and we could see conspicuous buildings on the land. A Club Med ship and a square rigged cruise boat set off from Calvi. The lights on the coast twinkled on, the lighthouse flashed and we motored into Calvi, Corsica, after almost 17 hours. Arriving to a new harbour is always challenging but doing it in the dark is even more so. It's easy to confuse lights in the town and harbour with navigation lights but our chart, Bob's sense of direction and following a distant boat ahead made it relatively stress free. We docked with the help of a boatload (12) of Czech🇨🇿 kids on a scout sailing trip! It was Saturday night at 10 p.m. and the music and lights on the harbourfront were at full volume and power! The dj /bands were playing English speaking covers, even Abba! We both showered then fell into bed after a long day and a sleepless night before. Lovely to be in a calm harbour. 😴      Read more

    • ...gen Marokko 2023/24
      1
      Day 5

      Parfummuseum

      November 23, 2023 in France ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

      Heute war Sightseeing in Grasse angesagt. Wir hatten unsere Koordinaten an Thea und Erich weiter gegeben, die mit uns zusammen in die Stadt wollten. Die Beiden hatten wir letztes Jahr in Portugal kennen gelernt und da sie auch wieder zum Überwintern unterwegs waren, hat sich ein Treffen gut angeboten.

      Gemeinsam ging es mit Uber zum Musee International de la Parfumerie (MIP). Etwa zwei Stunden schlenderten wir durch die sehr umfangreiche Ausstellung. Es war aber leider nicht der ersehnte Augen-, bzw. Nasenschmauss. Irgendwie ähnelten sich die ganzen Fläschen, Flakons, Tiegelchen und Döschen.

      Anschliessend ging es noch gemütlich durch die enge Altstadt und dann langsam zurück zum Auto. Es wurde noch eine Pizza vom Pizzawagen oberhalb des Sportplatzes vertilgt und dann feierten wir gemütlich unser Wiedersehen.

      Ein sehr schöner Tag mit lieben Menschen...morgen fahren wir noch ein Stück gemeinsam Richtung Avignon.      Read more

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    • TravelerMon séjour à Nice
      Day 84

      Cagnes sur mer

      December 9, 2023 in France ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      Ich bin sehr froh, dass das Wetter heute wieder so schön war, da es gestern so viel geregnet hat.
      Motiviert war ich heute morgen nicht so besonders, aber ich kann ja auch nicht den ganzen Tag im Bett verbringen.
      Also bin ich auf in die Tram, in den Bus und in die nächste Stadt auf meiner Liste.
      Besucht habe ich da das Château Musée Grimaldi plus musée Renoir.
      Ich war etwas zu früh da, da das Museum erst um 2 öffnet.
      Also hab ich die Zeit genutzt um etwas in das Buch, dass Oma mir geschenkt hat zu schreiben und die Aussicht zu genießen.
      Ich hab auch einer älteren Frau geholfen, die ein Foto von den Bergen mit dem Schnee machen wollte, aber ihre Kamera und Zoomen nicht so wirklich verstanden hat.
      Sie ist auf mich zubekommen und hat mir erst einmal ihre halbe Lebensgeschichte erzählt. Dass ihr altes Handy kaputt gegangen ist und ihre Kinder ihr das neue besorgt haben, aber sie weiß nicht was das alles soll.
      Das war süß und ich bin anscheinend très gentil. 😌
      Das Schlossmuseum war nett aber ich hab die Zeitlinie nicht ganz verstanden.
      Gebaut wurde es gegen Belagerungen und zur Verteidigung.
      1620 wurde es dann zum Hefrenhaus umgewandelt.
      Adel der auch was mit dem Fürsten/ "Prince" aus Monaco zu tun hat.
      Allerdings wurde der Titel auch hier mal zu gunsten vom Bruder aufgegeben und da plötzlich an irgendwelche Cousins verkauft, also alles ganz schräg.
      Und 1940 ist der letzte Eintrag im Stammbaum also... wer weiß ob jetzt noch was mit denen los ist.
      In dem schloss stehen auch viele Mühlsteine und Olivenpressen(?), sowie verziert gefertigtes Mobiliar, Zigarettenkisten und blabla.
      Warum weiß ich nicht.
      Im großen Salon gibt es eine Deckenmalerei. Ich hab den Künstler allerdings schon wieder vergessen.
      Sie zeigt den Fall von Phaeton (der Strahlende) hier Sohn von Helios.
      Da gabs wohl Familiendrama und Helios hat auf Styx geschworen, dass er ihm jeden Wunsch erfüllen wird.
      Der Junge wollte aber den Sonnenwagen fahren.
      Blöde Entscheidung, die Helios ihm aber auch nicht ausreden konnte.
      Das Kind verliert also die Kontrolle über die Pferde, der Sonnenwagen wird zerstört und das Universum ist anscheinend so in Gefahr, dass Zeus beschließt seine Existenz zu beenden.
      Also ist Phaeton jetzt tot, alle trauern und Helios ist zu "verrückt vor Kummer", sodass die Sonne 7 Tage lang nicht scheint.
      Ups.
      Aber es gibt noch andere Ausstellungsstücke, die ich mir ansehen konnte.
      Aktuell ist im dritten Stock gerade eine Sammlung von Bildern mit dem Namen 《entre nous, un bijoux 》
      Das sind nur Fotos von verschiedensten Menschen mit verschiedensten Ketten, Broschen, Ringen und so weiter, hatte aber auch was.
      Dann bin ich hoch auf den Turm geklettert.
      Bombenaussicht. Ich konnte rechts bis nach Antibes sehen. (Wo ich schon war)
      Und links bis nach Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Das ist da wo die Villa Rothschild ist.
      Weow.
      Ich wollte gar nicht wieder runter.
      Dann bin ich noch zu dem anderen Museum gelaufen.
      Pierre Auguste Renoir kannte ich so zwar nicht, aber ich hab seinen Namen mittlerweile so oft gelesen, dass er mir trotzdem extrem bekannt vorkommt.
      Am Anfang war ich total verwirrt, weil das Haus mir was von Jean, Claude, Claude Junior, Pierre und Auguste Renoir erzählt hat.
      Und ich dachte mir nur so.... wer-... wer von euch ist jetzt der Wichtige?
      Anscheinend mehrere von denen, aber Pierre Auguste steht auf Platz Nummer 1.
      Seine Bilder waren okay.
      Sehr entspannend.
      Er malt mit einer sehr simplen Farbpalette. Laut seinem Sohn war er überkompliziertem Schnickschnack beim Malen ebenso abgeneigt wie dem wissenschaftlichen Fortschritt.
      ...Er würde nicht mögen, wie ich male.
      Seinen Garten mit den Olivenbäumen fand ich sehr entspannend.
      Nichts aufregendes, aber sehr ruhig. Gefällt mir.
      Aber ich hatte langsam Zeitdruck.
      Ich musste mich Richtung Bus aufmachen.
      Dafür hab ich sogar mit Leuten geredet, die mir freundlicherweise gesagt haben wo die richtige Bushaltestelle ist.
      Also danke dafür.
      And now I'm home.      Read more

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    • TravelerEuropa und Me(e)hr
      1
      Day 277

      Irgendwo…

      April 17 in France ⋅ 🌙 11 °C

      … in den französischen Voralpen haben wir es uns heute mit Molly 🚐 gemütlich gemacht.

      Nach den viel gefahrenen Kilometern und all den vollgepackten Tagen, brauchten wir mal eine Fahrpause.

      Hier in der Natur konnten wir die tollen Erlebnisse der letzten Tage sacken lassen und uns wieder resetten ☺️😉🚐⛰️. Städtetrips mit Molly sind immer wieder aufs Neue anstrengend und herausfordernd. Umso schöner ist es jetzt hier zu entspannen 💆🏽‍♀️.

      Am Nachmittag wurden wir plötzlich von einer riesen Feuerwehr-Kolonne 🚒👨‍🚒🚒🚒 in unserer Idylle überrascht. War zum
      Glück nur eine Übung für einen Großwaldbrand mitten im Nirgendwo 😅🙏🏽. Für die Kinder natürlich ein willkommenes Unterhaltungsprogramm 😉☺️.      Read more

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    • TravelerGrand Tour of Europe - 2023
      8
      Day 44

      Nice

      June 15, 2023 in France ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      We arrived in Nice, on the Cote d'Azur this afternoon. Our hotel faces the beach and the Mediterranean.

      There has been a settlement at Nice since 400B.C. It is the second oldest town in France, with Marseille the oldest. Much of the 'old town' of Nice dates from the 14th-16th centuries.

      Nice was part of Italy until 1860, when it was ceded to France. It retains a predominantly Italian feel, or 'nicoise', the name given to its local culture.

      We went for a walk in the old town where we had tea and enjoyed the sights and sounds of the narrow streets and squares which were crammed with people.      Read more

    • TravelerMit dem Zug durch Europa
      Day 6

      Love is Nice ❤️

      March 18, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      Gestern bin ich in Nizza angekommen und diese Stadt hatte mich vom ersten Moment an in ihren Bann gezogen, mit ihren wunderschönen Bauwerken und atemberaubenden Stränden. Diese Stadt lädt zum Entspannen ein und ich freue mich sehr auf die kommenden Tage hier in Nice 🌴🙃Read more

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