A musical soundtrack to the weekend in Nice - Part 3

So the second day started off with a bit of a sleep in to recover from the 4AM start of the previous day.  I slept with the sliding door open to hear the ocean....I could post a soundtrack for ocean sounds, but that seems a bit too much for this blog.

I'm running out of bus songs, but this was the only day on the trip where the buses didn't send me over the edge in frustration so it really didn't justify a song.  I knew where my bus was at from the previous night and I happened to get one that had announcements of stops (score!) and a big screen telling you what was coming.  I could post any song that has the word Hallelujah in it to describe how I was feeling about that.

"We will rock you" by Queen

First order of business was to watch the Australia vs. British/Irish Lions rugby game, which started at noon. I'm officially a rugby fan and the British/Irish Lions tour only happens once every four years.  Saturday was the first test match against the Wallabies and since this vacation was about relaxing and not running to sites, I figured it was definitely a good use of my time.  I found a bar called "Stars 'n Bars" on the water front that showed the game with sound and joined just about every Brit/Irish/Aussie in a 30 mile radius to watch the game.  Any vacation day that starts with a beer before noon is most likely a good day.  I didn't see any stars in the bar (other than me, of course) but it definitely had great ambience and looked like a place a star would go (ie. it didn't feel like a Planet Hollywood, which would have been lame).

"I wanna be a billionaire" by Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars (RADIO version, seriously, RADIO version)

Here is the harbor for Monaco:

This is not reality.  I can't believe this exists on the same planet as me (or any other human for that matter).  Here is evidence that I existed in approximation to this type of money:

All of these yachts got me singing....

"Redneck Yacht Club" by Craig Morgan

A bit different, no?  My membership application is pending....for the next 50 years.  Oh and I need to buy a yacht first that looks like one of those above.

Here is where it gets a bit fuzzy.  I think the next picture is of an NBA player heading onto his yacht.  I had moved above the harbor at this point, so it was hard to zoom in to see who, but he was definitely of the right size to be one.  My first thought was Shaq (and subsequently hoping the yacht was named Kazaam).  I'm going to assume it was Shaq and say I saw him heading onto this yacht:

After that, I roamed further up the hill to see the old town, taking some pictures along the way, mostly of ocean, which always gets me singing:

"Ocean Front Property in Arizona" by George Strait, the king

I finally found the old town after a lot of climbing, but first saw the palace for the prince of Monaco (which RS disappointed me by telling me he has no real power).

"Famous in a Small Town" by Miranda Lambert

For someone with no real power, he has a lot of guards!  I guess everyone is someone in Monaco!

The old town was the best part of Monaco.  It was so quaint that I didn't need an inner soundtrack to spruce it up:

I then headed to the church where Princess Grace and Prince Rainier were married.

"Chapel of Love" by the Dixie Cups

Grace and I not only share a last name, but also a love for gorgeous architecture in a church.  This place is incredible - there was something new to look at around every corner.  It was a bit dark considering the setting, giving it a gothic feel that toned down the excitement of Monaco, which I thought was very reverent.  The small stained glass was gorgeous and I seemed to hit it just as the light was coming through at the right angle.  The graves were appropriately somber and didn't have a tacky air to them at all.

Part 4 to come.....