Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Nice to Riomaggiore - Fri., 28 Sep 2012


Friday morning, we went back down to the beach and it still wasn't very crowded.  The "Promenade" (red walkway that Alice is standing on) is 3.5 miles long.  It goes almost all the way to the end of the peninsula (in the background) which is almost 3 miles west of where Alice is standing and
over a half mile to the east (to about that big building just around the cove).
It is quite amazing how the Europeans make use of space.  The multi-story apartment building (in the inset above) has businesses on the bottom level.  The open garage door (in the center of the larger picture) is a mechanic with a lift, etc.
The city of Monte Carlo comprises most of the small country of Monaco that is on the Mediterranean (surrounded by France) near the Italian border.
The famous Monte Carlo Casino (that shows up in a lot of movies) is the building in the center of this picture.