Monaco

Today we got to have another guided tour, this time around Monaco. For those who don't know, Monaco is the second smallest country in the world after the Vatican. Monaco is only 2 sq kilometres big and has a population of 32,020 people. Monaco is a very rich country, so to purchase anything there it is quite expensive. It is quite hard to become a citizen of Monaco, one criterian being you must have a minimum of €1,000,000.

While in Monaco, we got to visit Monaco Palace where the royals still live occassionally. We also got to drive along the Formula 1 Grand Prix Track and visit the Monte Carlo Casino. We weren't allowed to go inside though because we were there to early and it wasn't open yet.

We were told this bridge is quite famous because lots of people decided to commit suicide of it so there is now a little police station on the other side of it.

View from the bus as we were driving into Monaco

Another view

Part of the Palace

A church on the Palace grounds

Our bus photo

A view from the palace grounds

The tourleader and tutour from our bus

Heather and me

Paulo(my Brazilian oldie) and me

A sign in one of the shops on the Palace grounds

Part of the Formula 1 track

The Monte Carlo Casino

Monte Carlo Casino again

A very expensive hotel next to the casino. We asked if we could go in and got told no so instead we stood at a window and looked in.

Just some of the cars parked out the front (these are for you Andrew)

Another car