French Riviera

Imagine with me that you are Grace Kelly in the Hitchcock movie "To Catch a Thief." If you can't, check out the photos...






Swimming, eating, driving a car, romancing Cary Grant. Anything she did was beautiful. I just want her clothes.






and maybe her jewelry, too...


That's the Riviera behind her. Isn't it grand? It is still a playground for royalty and celebrities. So we decided we had to travel in style, as well. We hired a private jet (last row on British Airways), booked a car (Citroen, Mike did a brilliant job with a standard!), and stayed at an all inclusive resort (the only thing it included was the private beach...which meant all you had to do was pay to be there...see how "inclusive" it was). Grace Kelly herself would have been envious, I'm sure.


While we didn't star in any movies (that we know of), we did travel around some very picturesque locations...

Might as well just photoshop Princess Grace right on in there, huh? We were driving to the medieval city of Eze, so this is looking back on Nice. Beautiful.




This is the Rothschild Villa on Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. The picture doesn't even begin to do it justice. This villa has over 7 acres of gardens, all themed. Spanish, Exotic (which was a bunch of cactus), Japanese, Florentine, French, etc. The location is what is killer spectacular. We walked all around the gardens and here's what all it overlooks...
Jason and I picked out our yachts. Yup, plural.





And then I asked him if I could have a Spanish Garden. He said sure. He's great like that.



Then it was on to Monaco. Home of Princess Grace herself. This is the Monte Carlo Casino where Jason lost 5 Euros. This was the inspiration for the casino in Ian Fleming's Casino Royal and hosted Pierce Brosnan in the movie "Goldeneye." The website makes me drool. You've got to check this out. Dress codes, invitation policies, restrictions, etc. I might as well spend all of next summer there. Care to join?





Then we decided to sell our old yachts and pick out new ones. This is what we saw while standing in front of the Palace at Monaco. There is another harbor on the other side, in case this isn't enough boats. Like I said, royalty and celebrities. And people who like to drool over them.