e stays up late partying so they need the morning to sleep in. We walked along the port to the other side of town and saw the remnants of the Monte Carlo Grand Prix race that was there the weekend before. The barriers and fences were still up as well as the grand stands. I can't imagine trying to get around that city when the race is going on. We walked over to the Prince's Palace and old Monaco. Strangely enough, when we stood on the overlook there was a strange mist flowing into the city from the sea. It was putting a haze over the city. We never did find out what it was from, but it was a cool mist because later, when we were looking out from a different overlook, the mist was being blown into where we were. We walked through the old streets and they were packed with touristy store and restaurants. W
e saw the Cathedral where Pricess Grace is buried, and there was an overlook where we stopped in a garden for a break where one of the weirdest things of my life happened. As we were sitting on a bench resting, there was a group of 5 Japanese that came down to the same overlook and started taking pictures....of US! Then they each wanted a picture with us. Strange. Two minutes later a lady with some interesting clothing on was listening to Celine Dion in her earphones singing along. out loud. She stood by us for a bit and then continue
d on her merry way. Random. My roommate and I ate a lovely italian lunch of salad and gnocchi with pesto for me (yummy) and gnocchi with carbonara (supposed to be gorgonzola) for her. Then we headed over to try to find the others on the beach, but gave up because the beach was too far away so we took naps on benches in a park. The tourists found that utterly intriguing and someone took a picture of my roommate sleeping! (??) We walked back by the casino on the way to the car and were much more impressed by the cars parked in front this time. I decided I should start a company that cleans the cars before the owners come out of the casino though because all these people stand and pose with the cars and put their hands all over the cars. Talk about fingerprints! 
The only other slightly amusing part of Monte Carlo was not amusing at the time, but I guess it is now. When I was driving out of the parking garage, the ticket booth was on a really steep incline that also curved immediately after exit. I killed the car 5 times trying to get out of there. Once again, not-happy Kate. Then I got out and turned down a street that abruptly ended. After trying to maneuver to turn around about 4 times, I finally had to back up the street and turn around at the top. I was, at that point, ready to be done driving. Too bad we still had the entire way back to Clermont left. Mercifully we found our way out of hilly Monaco and were on to Avignon.
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