Thursday April 14
Today we anchored in Monaco. Tenders took us to our bus for our 45 minute ride to Nice. Our guide gave us a history of the area and noted the homes of Bono and Sean Connery. We were dropped off at the Promenade des Anglais on the Baie des Anges. We explored Nice on our own for just over 2 hours! Wonderful! The Mediterranean is absolutely gorgeous. On a perfect day, the sky and sea are the same colour. This is why this area is known as the Côte d'Azure. Our walk took us to La Promenade du Paillon with Its dancing waters, and la Cours Saleya, the Riviera's largest flower market featured in Matisse's Festival of Flowers. Such a lovely market. Flowers of all kinds as well as fruits and vegetables. In the afternoon, we walked around Monte Carlo, the palace, gardens and old town. So many lovely views along the way. Like most other European old towns, the streets are narrow and picturesque.
When we returned to the ship, we attended a backstage tour of the Theatre, met the performers, stood on stage with them, toured their dressing room and wardrobe closet. We also saw the stage pass behind the giant LED screen. Of course Bob had to scrutinise the panel installations and controllers. He was suitably impressed.
We were entertained by Sally Jones performing a tribute to Edith Piaf. For her bio, see her website at http://www.sally-jones.com/sally_jones_home.html.
Monaco sent us off with an amazing pyrotechnics display. Fantastic!
Wonderful! I have always marveled how actors and dancers can perform on a stage that moves to the wave motion. Especially the dancers.
ReplyDeleteOur ship is very stable. However, the actors did tell us that when there is a very bad storm, they do not perform. It is especially dangerous for the dancers.
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