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I awoke before sunrise and decided to go down to the hotel beach to see what there was to see.06:40:13
The actual point where the sun would have been popping over the horizon wasn’t quite visible from the beach, but the sky was very pretty.06:40:34
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Back at our hotel room briefly before I headed out again.08:15:43
On my walk up through Monaco and over the border with France to Beausoleil to see if I could find a good vantage point with a view down over Monaco.08:15:46
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I think this was about as good as it got actually!08:20:20
Me and the view, such as it was.08:20:22
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Olive tree on the way back.09:22:38
Breakfast now - I had already been awake over 3 hours by this point so I was quite hungry!09:54:06
Erika dipping her feet in the sea after breakfast.
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On our morning stroll across Monaco to the market.11:07:55
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The Japanese gardens.
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Odd juxtaposition against the apartment blocks of Monaco.11:40:04
Chie and Erika in front of the famous Hotel de Paris. Erika was getting a bit flustered by the heat surprisingly and didn’t really want to be in a photo here.
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At the market now, where we had excellent and very reasonably priced fresh pasta for lunch - the total for our three dishes came to about 34 euros.12:35:02
My rigatoni with cepes (porcini) in a creamy sauce. It was delicious but more a dish for winter!13:20:05
Chie and Erika on the bus on the way back to the hotel.13:20:13
Me on the bus.
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After another swim in the sea / pool I popped back to the room first to see if I could see the girls from the balcony.17:22:46
There they are!17:23:02
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While the girls were finishing up, I thought it might be an appropriate time of day for some Champagne.17:50:18
…I had popped to a wine shop earlier in the day to avoid paying exorbitant hotel prices!
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This was OK but a reminder I definitely prefer English sparkling nowadays.17:51:58
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Not quite sunset, but the sun disappearing behind the skyscrapers.
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Heading out for dinner.19:44:01
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A seagull having a shower.20:20:49
After some dithering we decided to just go back to the same restaurant as yesterday! It’s quite a broad menu so we all ate different things.20:25:25
The three of us at dinner.
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Although I slightly regretted ordering the veggie burger, which was a bit naff.21:13:09
Dark now.21:19:14
Back on the hotel beach.21:34:20
One final Negroni on the beach!
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