Monte Carlo, 1

Originally we intended to visit Menton, on the frontier with Italy, but, when, after an hour's ride, the bus (#600) pulled into Monte Carlo, we changed our minds. We'd been there before, a couple or three times, even into The Casino once, just for a nosey. I remember thinking that, apart from some people talking en francais, it was pretty much exactly like Las Vegas or similar places elsewhere. I suppose that if we were fabulously wealthy or less risk-averse we might find places like Monaco more attractive. As it were, we were there, and the bus ride was getting tiresome, and it was actually on our list of things we might do while on the Riviera. So we spent the better part of the day in Monte Carlo.

As it happened, the bus stop was right across the street from
the offices of the Automobile Club of Monaco

The Formula E is in just a few weeks, so all the relevant
streets, boulevards, corniches, etc., are barricaded and fenced
off with bleachers already in place...see below

It's a vertical place...Hong Kong on the Mediterranean, some say

Before heading to the harbor, the Casino, and such, we wandered some
of the interior streets, finding the private jet store to be of great interest...

Conveniently, the private yacht store is directly across the street

On the harbor drive, all set up for the big race, the Formula 1, at the

end of May

Double-wides

A squadron of the oligarchic fleet berthed here

Lamborghini SUV; family car

Aston Martin SUV; we're still looking for a Ferrari Purosangue

Sea-side facade of the Casino

The four-masted motorized tourist ship Wind Spirit or somesuch (according to
Google Lens) approaches the harbor's entrance as the pilote boat approaches it
(the aft-most mast has been folded down; all the sailing apparatus is
mechanized and centrally controlled ("see how the sensors think the mainsail
has yet..."))

Popular sculpture outside The Casino

Monacoan navy on patrol

Ugliest building in Monaco, right on the water, next
to the Casino