The train to Monte Carlo takes only about 15 minutes from Nice station. Imagine, can you get anywhere in Woodbridge in 15 minutes? Let alone another city. Monte Carlo is in the Principality of Monaco, so it's got a special status kind of like how weirdos from Quebec do too. Unfortunately, the latest train left Monte Carlo on route to Nice fairly early so we only had a few hours there -- enough time to dine, see the marina and check out the Casino and the ostentatious buildings that surround it. It really is very beautiful but it'
s beauty comes from all the grandness that surrounds it. There were Ferrari's, Rolls Royce, Porsche, Mercedes, and a number of other expensive cars valet-parked all around the sqaure where the casino lies. You have to be invited to play in any of the private gambling rooms -- it's very exclusive. And the bar is completely decorated with Swarovski crystal. We weren't allowed to take pictures inside the Casino, they make you check your electronics at the door. But suffice it so say it's like Vegas but wayyyyy more posh society. The boats parked in the dock were equally luxurious. 
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