Monaco

We have a tendency to miss busses and trains by mere moments, and this was the case when visiting Monaco. The map the campsite provided us showed the train station just a short distance away, but it turns out that it was quite a bit further down the road. We had figured that it would take about 5 or 10 minutes to get to the station and we planned to be there 10 to 15 minutes before the train arrived, so we left the campsite 20 to 25 minutes before the train was scheduled to arrive. We missed the train by 5 minutes and had to wait about 45 minutes for the next one. The train ride was rather long but once we arrived we found a tourist office and made quick work of figuring out just where we were. The main harbor is just a few minutes walk from the train station and we spent most of our time here. Seeing the houses and large buildings built on so many different levels with the cliffs being in your face was great. Some of the boats in the marina were amazing, a few I found just perfect. I know I will never be able to buy one, but one can hope. While we were walking around I was tempted to visit a café, but at 8 euros a cup, we decided to just keep walking. We didn’t think we would see people ice skating while being here in Europe, but they had a small open air ice rink right on the harbor. Almost all of the skaters were using rented skates, figure skating style. We think two guys actually had hockey skates. We watched them skate for awhile before heading back to the train station. Tomorrow it’s off to Italy.