Jul 30, 20162 min read

Beach Time in Monaco

Fun fact: this is my first summer in Europe.

Normally I dash home to Kenya as soon as university ends, but this year I thought I would try something different.

Room View Monaco

So far it’s going great, I love my summer job and the weather in Ireland hasn’t been too terrible. I may have even gotten a bit sunburnt one of the days… the shame.

New Office

Still, nothing really beats a few days on the beach so off to Monaco we went.

I think Monaco is a love / hate type of place. The Principality is spectacularly beautiful and so well kept, but ‘low-key’ it is not.

Some may remark that the line of Porsches and Ferraris you see parked outside the casino is perhaps a tad ostentatious. But you know what, I am totally into it. I think the flashiness is entertaining and it is such a fun place to spend a few days.

We stayed in a hotel in Fontivielle for the first two nights. We had stayed here before and it did not disappoint the second time around. Fontivielle is much quieter than Monte Carlo, with a gorgeous little harbour and a couple of really nice restaurants.

Fontivielle’s harbour happens to be the spot where my lovely black hat was blown into the sea, about 5 minutes after having but it on.. RIP hat, you are missed.

After mourning the hat incident we went on a stroll over to the main harbour in Monaco and the Casino area.

Our stroll turned into something of a hike with all the hills. I was dying, but as various glamorous girls trotted past in 5 inch stillettos, I had no choice but to solider on.

In desperate need of refreshment we stopped at the famous Cafe de Paris overlooking the Casino. I probably should have had water, but instead I had wine.

Holidays…

We spent the afternoon on the beach which was lovely, but Kenya still has the upper had.. sorry Europe… I like my beaches to have endless white sand to be empty.