Helicopter
Wednesday 6th September 2017
Last breakfast at our hotel, out on the terrace, before chekcing out, and being shuttled to Monaco Heliport to leave Monaco in style - by helicopter! Then a slightly less glamorous flight on a regular airplane from Nice back to London.
Monaco September 2017
John's Pictures

07:09:08
Some final views from our hotel balcony, nice colour to the sky this morning.

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08:49:12
Breakfast on the terrace at our hotel (after some wasp encounters earlier in the holiday Erika took some persuading...).

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09:27:31
Erika liked opening the door to our hotel room herself.

10:28:04
Erika in the shuttle on the way to the Heliport.

10:49:24
At the Heliport, trying to guess which was going to be our helicopter.

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10:53:52
It wasn't in fact the white one, but this black one.

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10:55:32
Heading to our helicopter. Surprisingly we didn't seem to have to duck as I always see people doing in movies.

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10:57:06
There was impressively little messing about - we just got in, they slammed the doors, and we were off!

10:57:22
Airborn now, and a final view of the Oceanographic Museum.

10:57:28
I was sat in the back, where it was actually a bit hard to take good photos, so after a while I just handed the camera to Chie.

10:57:48
There was just one other passenger on the flight with us.

10:58:46
Erika of course had the best seat, right next to the pilot!

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The Cote d'Azur whizzing by.

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Saint Jean Cap Ferrat maybe?

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10:59:47
Erika and the pilot.

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11:03:04
Coming into Nice airport now.

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11:05:04
Me and Erika after alighting. Erika was unusually quiet and looked a bit stunned by the whole experience!

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11:27:17
At nice airport, a garlic lorry. Just about the most French thing I've ever seen.

12:44:56
In the business lounge at Nice airport.

14:16:04
Erika on our flight from Nice to London. She was back to her usual very talkative self by this point.

14:16:36
Chie having a leisurely yime.

14:16:51
My lunch was actually not bad.

15:30:38
Chie and Erika on arrival at London City airport.