It was another lovely day-again-to take the €1 forty minute bus ride to Monaco to do some errands. This year the ride was even lovelier for the total lack of aggravation surrounding my being here! I sat by the window to enjoy the lovely view of the Mediterrean, the spectacular scenery, and the many nautical vehicles from small boats to huge yachts. My very charming-and married-seat companion pointed out a boat that used to belong to Onassis. It looked smaller than I would have expected!
Monte Carlo is really a very special place-incredibly clean and lovely, well-kept gardens. I saw a man carefully cleaning the streets, pouring water in the gutter and then moving along the minimal amount of trash to clean it. SO different from anything I saw anywhere in Rome, which is really quite dirty. I walked up to the Palace where Prince Albert still lives.
There is a lovely view of the harbor from there also with hundreds of boats.
Gloria had stayed at her place for the plumber who was due to come today at 3, but arrived at 12:30 instead. Unfortunately he could not repair the washing machine, so she has scheduled someone to come on the 1st at 8AM. She sells windows and stairways, etc. to shops, so she has been busy all day with calls from her customers who have started back to work, although she technically is not supposed to be back until the 1st.
The couch surfer cancelled on us, but Spaniard Catalina, another student from her French class, came to dinner at 8! She was also very interesting-bright, well-traveled one of ten children! She was at the 7 week Middlebury College French program before she came to this one, so this one she had taken with Gloria sounded to be a real "let down".
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