So I am currently sitting in my room listening to the best thunderstorm ever!This is the first thunderstorm we’ve had in Cannes and I’m loving it! The perfect ending to what turned out to be a great day! So I dragged myself out of bed at 8 this morning… I didn’t want to get up so early on a Saturday but knew that some good things were in store! Initially only 8 people were going to be able to go on this trip…I got signed up early and then found out there was the 8 person limit. I was bummed because none of my friends had been able to sign up and I knew a bunch of people wanted to go but were told it was full! So I asked the person organizing the trip if more people could go. He told me if I could find 7 or 8 more people who wanted to go (buy Friday at 10:30 am…I asked him Thursday afternoon) that they could take another bus…10 or 11 more people signed up and we got to take a coach bus instead of big vans! It was nice but it also made us feel like tourists! First stop, Monaco! We got off the bus and walked through the Jardins Saint-Martin. It is really strange; there are cactuses and palm trees growing side by side here! I’ve never seen so many cactuses in my life! They are in all the gardens here! Then we walked up to the Cathedral where Grace Kelly is buried and to the Palais Princier. We then at free time until 1:00 when we had to meet back at the Musee Oceanographique (right by the gardens). Michelle and I looked around the square by the Palais and then headed to the Cathedral. After we had our fill inside the church, we walked around until we found another little park with a cool little fountain and some art work. We kept walking and found a nice look out area! The views were unbelievable! You could see the ocean so far to your left and right! It was SUPER! I could have spent half the day just looking at the ocean. We made our way back up to the Palais to see the changing of the guards but it was really crowded so we couldn’t really see anything. We hit a few souvenir shops before heading to the gardens to eat our bag lunch. Then we were off to the Musee Oceanographique to meet our group. We chose to go into the aquarium first. It was so cool!!! There were so many cool fish! Amazingly vibrant colors, new shapes and old favorites such as the awesome clown fish, sea horses, jelly fish, crabs, and puffer fish. There were some sharks and eels too. At one point there was a tank where they keep all the baby fish…it was so cool! There were tons of little clown fish! Tons of baby Nemos! Then we climbed the stairs and learned about the arctic…saw lots of penguins and learned about the climate and problems due to global warming. The top floor was my least favorite. It had a bunch of dead fish in jars and skeletons of whales and big fish. The hour and a half we were given in the museum was the perfect amount of time!
We boarded the bus again and were off to see the casino of Monte Carlo. I’m not into big fancy cars but there were a bunch of Ferraris outside the casino and many people in our group got excited. I liked the gardens and fountains that were across the street from the casino. We only stayed here for 30 minutes because there really wasn’t much to see besides the fancy cars and casino.
On the bus again…we were off to Eze. Our first stop was a little soap and perfume shop/factory. We got a quick tour of the museum(and I mean quick! The lady seemed annoyed by the fact that she had to give us the tour and was rushing through everything!) and then were brought to the gift shop where they tried to get us to buy the perfume. I bought a good smelling bar of soap J Then we headed up towards the hills and were given the option of going into the walled part of the city or walking around at the base of the hill. I went into the walled part of the city. It was very cute! Mom, you would have loved it! Small winding cobble stone streets with flowers and gifts/art shops around every corner!! We went into the exotic gardens (more cactuses-not exactly what I think of when I hear the word “exotic”) because the top of the hill was in the garden. Once again, the water just keep going on and on! It was amazing how far we could see! We could even see Ile St. Marguerite from on top of the hill! It was a very pretty stop! There were no cars in this little town which was great! Well enough babbling, enjoy the pictures! I took 245 pictures today...not sure how I took that many but I had a hard time deciding which to put on my blog!
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