July 2010...MONACO the smallest kingdom of the World, lies in between the Alps and the Mediterranean Sea, bounded by the French Riviera to the west and the Italian Riviera to the east. Monaco is well known for the Casino Monte Carlo and Monaco Grand Prix (world famous Formula 1 circuit).
I have to share how dramatically we reached this Kingdom. It was early morning in Paris from where we had to catch TGV, train to Nice (France's southern most city). Due to heavy rainfall, we reached TGV station 2hrs late and thinking we missed our train were looking for other alternatives to reach Nice. Suddenly we realized that even the train got late and was just about to depart in 2min. I thought this happens only in India ;) . Well after so much of running real fast with luggage, we managed to catch our train. TGV, world's fastest train with beautiful views inside and out. Story doesn't ends here. We had to change our train in between from TGV to SNCF. Here again there was little confusion with the train number and if Gaurav had took 2 more seconds to enter the train, he would have missed the train and I would be in the train without tickets & passport! That was scary! Hence a lesson learnt. Finally we reached Nice! To surprise me, Gaurav booked a beautiful hill top suite for two days in Vista Palace Hotel, and then rest of the days at a sea front Hotel Beau Rivage. And this hotel was just above Monaco, hence we visited Monaco!
beautiful view of Monaco from our room
Casino Monte Carlo!
Monaco Grand Prix
evenings in Monaco
another beautiful angle of the Kingdom
the yacht land
clear water of Mediterranean Sea
little glimpse of Italy from our Hotel Lobby
beautiful Kingdom!
