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Looking over the main harbour from the top of old Monaco
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Looking down into the smaller harbour
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The square in old Monaco
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The impressive St Nicholas Cathedral
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The impressive St Nicholas Cathedral
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Old Monaco
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Tree lined footpaths overlooking the Port de Fontveille and Atalanta Mary
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Monaco harbour at night
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Port de Fontveille at night
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St Nicholas Cathedral at night
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We spent a day in Monaco to wait for another crew – Jez. We visited Prince Rainier’s garage.
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Nice colour. And pretty
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And another pretty car
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And yet another.
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The Isetta. Tremendous fun
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A present to the Prince this is an amazing Fiat
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And the equally impressive entrance hall to the Oceanographic Museum
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The museum is laid out over many floors, each spectacular in its own way
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Sep 03c Oceanographic 009
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Sep 03c Oceanographic 014
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Alistair gets up close and personal with sharks in an open pool
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Stunning galleries
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Stunning galleries
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The view from the museum roof
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Leaving Monaco afforded this great view of the Oceanographic museum
After coffee we went in search of a laundry. So we washed in buckets on board (Nick's linen smock-shirts never recovered, perhaps a good thing.....). We then paid a visit to Prince Rainier's garage, also known as the Monaco Motor Museum. This was great fun - we both found the cars of our youth and our dreams, all in excellent condition. Particularly noteworthy was the open-top Fiat with wicker chairs presented to Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly.
We left the air-conditioned cool of the museum and climbed to old Monaco and the St Nicholas Cathedral and Oceanographic museum. The whole area is very smart - everything neat and tidy, well painted. We spent a few hours in the museum and its aquarium before settling into the terrace of a bar overlooking the Fort Vielle marina and Atalanta Mary for some beer. Then off to the station to pick up Jez who was joining the crew.