MONACO ET LA PARFUMERIE FRAGONARD
Our first stop was the Musée Océanographique. Here are the front and back sides of the museum, which is really an aquarium.
Inside the aquarium, the variety of fish was stunning. I couldn't believe the rainbow of colors I was seeing. Si beau! There were so many different types of fish and sea life. Just unbelievable. Here are my favorites.
One could even caresse a shark. Me, I did it!
After the aquarium, the students had some free time to explore the old part of Monaco and get some lunch. I visited the cathedral where Princess Grace married Prince Rainier. For me it was second only to the wedding scene from "The Sound of Music."
Then some of us visited les jardins exotiques and some of us hauled up a hill to see the exterior of the Casino. Since one has to be 18 to enter, all family fortunes are still intact!
Then we headed to Eze and toured the famous Parfumerie Fragonard. Our tour guide was quite a hoot as she insisted that the best way to learn French was to, ahem, take a French lover... Anyway.
Many of our students left with gift bags...Mother's Day is only 10 short months away after all!
After the perfumery, we climbed yet another hill (today was full of hill climbing = not fun) to the village of Eze. Super cute. A lot like Saint Paul de Vence, so I'll spare you more photos in what I feel is already a photo-heavy blog.
And for dinner, all-you-can-eat sushi. How American! This is when having five boys with you comes in super handy.
Tomorrow is Saint Tropez. Leonardo, look out 'cause here I come!
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