We walked the F1 track (after a slight detour where I got lost at Casino - all those years of playing GP4 let me down!). Very cool and somewhat bizarre walking around the streets I know from the TV and driving sims on my PC.
Monaco isn't quite as expensive as we'd imagined. €20 for a starter even on the harbour front in a nice enough restaurant - we stopped and looked at the menu whilst chomping on cheese and ham sarnies in a fresh baguette from the campsite this morning. Of course you can spend more if you want.
The Casino is wonderful. We went in but as we're on a budget we didn't pay the €10 to get into the rooms where the tables were. Amazing building though. And Ferraris and Rolls galore parked outside.
The harbour was disappointing. Not as nice as Cannes. They were ramping up for a yachting show though so loads of stuff being put up. A bit of a building site.
Driving around the Riviera was interesting. Its not Sussex! Crazy foreigners. Its the mopeds that are the worst. Still the views probably didn't help the concentration! The alps really do just drop off into the sea here and its amazing.
This evening we've driven a few miles out of Monaco and into Italy and stopped in a campsite by the sea in San Remo. I think we hit a lucky spot judging from our pitch - see the photo.
Tomorrow the plan is explore Cinque Terre on the Italian Riviera and then see where life takes us from there.
Time to light the barbie and open a bottle of merlot...
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