Today Jess and I had a very busy day. I was tired of planning, so I handed the reigns over to her for the day. Shocking, I know. I am not usually one to give up control so easily. But she did a great job planning and we had a very busy, very long, but very fun day. We decided to rent a car. The car we rented was a Hyundai and barely had the power of a moped. In order to make it uphill, I had to have a running start and in the parking garages I had to floor it around corkscrew exits (the cars were parked beneath ground) which left Jess and I laughing as hard as we could and feeling like we just stepped out of the movie the Italian Job.
On the way to the train station (where you rent the car) we stopped at our local grocer to pick up stuff for lunch, then headed to Cannes (as in the Cannes FIlm Festival). Cannes had some of the biggest boats I have ever seen! They were private yachts, but looked like cruise ships. We even saw a boat with Jessy's name!
We strolled around an antique market and then took a ferry to St. Maugerite Island off the coast. There we changed into our bathing suits and got into the Mediterranean Sea! It was really hot that day (and every other day) and the water temperature was perfect! The water was very salty so we floated around for awhile. When it was lunch time, we dried off and made ham and cheese sandwiches on a pier. It was wonderful! We kept joking that we could season our sandwiches with the salt on our arms that was resin from our swim.
It turned out that this pier was owned by a summer camp. As the counselor walked by with 15-20 kids we apologized and she said it was fine, but about 60 kids would be coming and she wanted to warn us. When no more kids showed up, Jess and I decided she must gave meant 16, not 60. When we finished our lunch and got up to leave, Jessy turned around and said 'Ohmygod!' I turned to see what she referred to as the French Naval fleet, about 50 French children, all in their own kayaks. She said she thinks it looks like the opposite of the storming of Normandy!
After St. Maugerite, we made our way down these curvy roads with the most amazing views on our way to Monaco.Aas only 32,000 people live in Monaco, Jessy and I got a kick out of their license plates. 'B505,' she read outloud. 'It sounds like a bingo number.'
We visited the casino in Monaco and took a bus to the Prince's palace. We did a little souvenir shopping and ate dinner near the palace, then got in the car again and crossed the border into Italy. On the way back, we stopped in the French border town of Menton, which was extremely lively and even had a street fair (though it was around midnight).
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