Monaco

Headed straight for Pisa this morning and enjoyed watching all the touristas (just like us!) posing in various ways with the Leaning Tower. It's bigger than we thought, and is accompanied by a church and baptistery that no one ever hears about. 

Holding up the tower was much easier than the hot sweaty tram to get into Pisa.

After Pisa, we cruised through the Tuscan countryside. Such a variety of crops growing, including sunflowers, herbs, and grapes, of course!

Hilltop towns everywhere, sunflowers, poppies, you name it.  The bike enthusiasts were again trapped on the bus to ponder future rides.  Another long day in the bus, but we arrived in Menton, which is just outside of Monaco.

Menton was very nice and two blocks from the Mediterranean Ocean.

We dressed up fancy and headed out for a night on the town in Monaco.

It was our best dinner in quite some time.  We had vegetables, cheer, and the view was amazing, if you got up and walked to the window.  We had nicoise salad, chicken with ratatouille, and finally chocolate mousse.  

Next stop a cocktail by the casinos.  We passed exotic yachts while helicopters on them.  Too many Ferraris, Lamborghinis,to count.  Beautiful cars.

The wine was good, but we had to make time to enter the famous Monte Carlo casino, where Mr. James Bond always played baccarat.  The line to get in was crazy and they had to record my passport.  

We ordered a drink at the bar, yes I had the martini shaken, not stirred (20 Euro, but you have to right).  Martini in hand I sat down at the blackjack table thinking it was 10 Euro a hand,, wrong, 25.  I lasted about 15-20 minutes before my martini was gone as well as my 50 Euro buy-in, oh well it was great fun.

The girls were happy the adults we were with all chipped in to babysit a young.un on the trip.  The stayed and had a huge banana split.

The night was a lot of fun and will require some bond reruns.  We have been following a lot of places he has filmed.

The gambling posse.

Guess ill just hop in my ride and head home.