whoops...adventure

So I went to Nice on Monday and Monaco on Tuesday. I thoroughly enjoyed my three days off. They come back tonight, and I would be telling a lie if I said I wasn’t a little sad. I didn’t really do a lot, just mostly walked around. Both Nice and Monaco were filled with tourists- mostly Americans in big groups. I was having fun speaking Italian to them and pretending that I didn’t know English. Both days my meals consisted of bread, cheese, beer, and fresh pastries eaten outside in a park watching the people. I am working on fulfilling my dream of eating my way around the world.

It was very obvious why it is called the Cote D’ Azure. Monaco was very, very clean and well kept. There were police everywhere monitoring people with whistles. I didn’t go into the casino because it looked really snooty and the cars pulling up were Ferraris and Porches, so I was afraid of being turned away for looking too poor. I don’t think they had penny machines inside. I think that I might have seen the prince or someone famous over there. There were armed guards and escorts waiting in a car with flags. I would like to think that this was the actual prince.
Speaking of celebs, I swear that I saw the guy from Grey’s Anatomy in Alassio. I cant think of his name right now, but the younger cute one. I think he’s Italian so it would make sense.

Back to my days off. So this is the Royal Palace. I don’t think Princess Grace designed it. Its not much to look at. I would say that the casino was the prettier of the two. I thought it was funny how the entire county is basically a tourist trap. Everything was really expensive and there were idiot-proof signs everywhere. This one is just for tourists apparently, cause real “Monacans” would know not to walk around naked. And this one, I thought was funny, just so you are absolutely sure. The enormous church-like building right behind this sign is the cathedral. My legs are very tired from all of the walking.
So funny thing happened. I went back to Alassio both days at night to save money rather than staying in a hotel. Monday was fine, but Tuesday, I accidently got on the wrong train. It was going to the same city as the train before, so I assumed it would make the same stops; however, I was wrong. As soon as the train started pulling out, I noticed we were going in the wrong direction. I thought, its okay, I will just get off at the first stop and jump on a train back. Well, 40 minutes later, the train stops. Not only am I back in France, I am in a little mountain village with basically nothing. The next train going back to the Italian border station isn’t for 2 and a half hours. So I walked around and explored, soaked my feet in an ice cold alpine river…It turned out to be a nice little detour, and luckily no one checked my ticket, so it was like a free mini-trip.
Today, I slept in, walked to a neighboring town, laid on the beach for a while, went home to take a nap, went back to the beach for a while, then walked around.
Talk to all of you later!!!!!

Yes, it's true. I have officially stopped brushing my hair.