Monaco, Monte Carlo and Antibes

Today I went to Antibes by bus. I got off in a completely different town by accident but just waited for the next bus and got on that. The buses here are so good. We went to Monaco the other day and it only cost us 1 Euro by bus. We got off at what we thought was Monaco but was in fact Monte Carlo and we couldn't remember where Monte Carlo was. I thought that it was part of Monaco but we weren't sure. (Just to let you know, if you were wondering, it is part of Monaco so we were in the right country after all!!). We walked around town then went to the Casino but couldn't get in. We took a look at the really expensive cars and then took a walk along the marina to check out all the really expensive boats. From there we hiked up to the castle on top of the hill and ate brie and crackers whilst looking at the Mediterranean Sea. It was all very nice. We managed to walk around all of Monaco in an afternoon and climbed soooooooo many stairs.
Back in Nice we walked around the old town and found a really cool spot where all the locals were meeting. We sat down and joined them for a cheap dinner (the least amount of money I have actually spent eating out in Europe - only 5 euros for two different dishes). Rob had an ice cream and I found some sweets and then we went off and sat on the beach for ages.

So back to Antibes. I wandered into the old town trying to steer myself towards the Picasso Museum and by chance stumbled across a fantastic market. I picked up some food, doing a bit of food testing whilst I was there, and then continued on my way. The old town of Antibes was gorgeous - lovely old buildings with small curving alleyways opening into beautiful courtyards. I found the Picasso Museum and spent an hour or so wandering and wondering through. It was great. Picasso did an enormous amount of work and had so many different phases in his life with the result that the work is totally unlike each other. It was really interesting. Richard would have loved it.
I then walked by the sea down to the beach, actual sand!!!!! Brilliant! So I went swimming and sat for most of the afternoon on the beach reading a book. At 4 o-clock it was time to jump back on the bus to meet up with Robert in Nice, make some dinner and end off a brilliant day.
I hope that you are all having brilliant days like I am.
All the best, I love you lots, Acushla.