First of all let me tell this was a non planed stop, but in any road trip (even one where time is not unlimited) you need some space for the unexpected!
There we where driving as usual in the roads of Southern Europe, France in this case, and having fun looking at the road signs trying to understand how much longer we had to wait until we were in Italy, when the sing "Monaco" appears.
We just looked at each other and didn't even had to argue about stoping there! So we ignored our life saving friend "Catarina" (the GPS) and couldn't help following those signs to see where they led us...
Passing tunnels, mountains and curves (really a lot of curves!) and there we where: Monaco! And when are you sure you arrived in Monaco, might you ask? When you see five ferraris parked next to each other as if it was the most commun thing in the world... Followed by bentleys, rollsroyces and lamborghinis of course!
At first we stopped in a tiny square where there was some kind of traditional market which was unfornatley closing... People where selling fresh fruit and vegetables as well as souvenirs of course. It looked like a charming place but not exactely the luxury we where expecting. So we figured we should head in the direction of the sea and try to find the image that appears in every postcard. And down we went, not really sure if it was the right direction (we don't really trust Catarina besides the highway as she often gets confused and sends us the opposite way we want to go).
And there it was! That was absolutely amazing! From the beautiful cristal clear water to the glowing white sand which you could see between the tropical palm trees surrounding the main road! It was beautiful!
It's actually quite hard to describe (especially for me as that is defenitly not my area of expertise) and not even the pictures will be good enough for you to understand how incredible that place is... So my advice: go there! Don't you dare traveling to South France without stopping there! Even for just an hour or so (which was the time limit we had established to stop there) it will still be worth it!
And because it was still September we were very lucky to have the sun shining all day! Which made it even more beautiful of course! So we stopped the car by the beach, took our French baguette, tomatoes and cheese and there we where having lunch in one of the most famous beaches of the world! :D
Of course it was hard to trade that place for another 8hs driving, but is was so worth it that it made it easier for us to drive the next few kms!
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