Dec 24

DSCN5784 Back to Monte Carlo for more shopping, this time as a groupo DSCN5785 The Casino where you still lose money but get something for it DSCN5786 Coquilles St-Jacques DSCN5787 why we are at the Casino - it wasn't in the computer so we got it at less than half this price!
20151224 104037 Vertical city DSCN5789 Hoofing it around the harbor DSCN5791 Back toward la Turbie DSCN5792 Christine
DSCN5793 guess which boat is hers? DSCN5795 Note the flags - Grand Cayman DSCN5796 rentals? 20151224 110146 the other Casino
DSCN5798 on the terrace below the Casino DSCN5799 Six little boats, all in a line 20151224 110627 Can Noa and Nikki go in here? DSCN5800 Dazzling decorations!
DSCN5801 That is a mirror! DSCN5802 I am in that mirror if you zoom in enough DSCN5803 Looking the other way with elegant Russian and expensive car DSCN5804 Elegant Russians documenting each other's existence
DSCN5805 Palms and pines DSCN5806 Some of the crew DSCN5809 They know their clientele 20151224 112006 Casino
DSCN5810 Do you need a gift? DSCN5811 Just beyond the poupées russes is the bank DSCN5813 Christine headed up the Rock DSCN5816 Nikki and Christine part way up
DSCN5817 Gingko DSCN5818 and towers DSCN5819 Forest of buildings 20151224 120905 The usurper who founded Monaco
DSCN5820 Noa and NIkki through the arch 20151224 121300 Looking down on where I looked up yesterday at the Rock DSCN5821 Modern armament DSCN5822 Plaza in front of Palace I
DSCN5823 Plaza in front of Palace II DSCN5824 Monte Carlo from the Rock DSCN5825 Seen this before somewhere DSCN5826 Let's head back
DSCN5827 Down we go DSCN5828 Christine and Grande Roue DSCN5829 Monasque sidewalk DSCN5830 Out through the wall
DSCN5832 and back to Carrefour where the local blond lady has changed into other traditional dress DSCN5833 Now: the main event: Carrefour before Christmas DSCN5834 Checkout line DSCN5835 We are many!
DSCN5836 some with hats! DSCN5837 Did I mention that it was packed? 20151224 130138 We didn't indulge 20151224 132217 Not quite sure what this is about
DSCN5838 Fish soup at home DSCN5840 and some lovely tasty things DSCN5841 Yum! Thank you! DSCN5842 Now just food porn
DSCN5843 and the cardon! Lots of prep involved DSCN5845 Christine and I go for a walk up to Eze DSCN5846 Who buys these things? DSCN5847 Maybe whoever lives behind these gates.
DSCN5849 Flowers DSCN5850 Flower detail DSCN5851 A break in the wall DSCN5852 Up at the Fragonard boutique in Eze
DSCN5853 The smells were wonderful DSCN5854 and beyond verbal descripton DSCN5855 This should smell like sweat but does not! DSCN5856 Clever
DSCN5857 Proof that you have taken the tour at Fragonard DSCN5859 Val needs an atelier! DSCN5861 Eze is a lovely village DSCN5862 Detail
DSCN5863 Detail DSCN5864 Vines and berries DSCN5865 Windows DSCN5866 Wrought iron
DSCN5867 Expensive places to stay DSCN5868 Galleries DSCN5872 Glass stuff DSCN5873 Glass art
DSCN5874 Sun setting DSCN5876 A restaurant where we didn't eat DSCN5880 Créche in the local church DSCN5881 Provençale figures
DSCN5882 How the locals think of their ancestors DSCN5883 Hopeful they only wore these in the winter DSCN5884 As it was supposed to be 20151224 163842 As it is now
20151224 164251 Noa went for a run: view back along the coast toward Eze 20151224 164617 Coast road 20151224 165730 La Liberté DSCN5888 Coming down I
DSCN5889 Coming down II DSCN5890 Coming down III DSCN5891 Dinner rôtis de boeuf DSCN5893 Communal kitchen
DSCN5894 What it looked like later! DSCN5896 Cardon gratiné DSCN5898 Really no pictures of the meal, only its aftermath? DSCN5899 More present prep
20151224 232141 La Bûche de Noël à la Nikki - Claire would be proud (and relieved that you did it!) 20151224 232344 Testing