Today, we will do a full day tour covering Eze Village and Monaco. At first we thought we’re going to separate these two but since Monaco is just along the way, we figured it would be best just to combine the two.

From our hotel, we took the tram and we took a bus from the central bus station to go to Eze Village. Eze Village is an old, medieval village located on top of the hill. It took about 30-45 minutes to reach there from Nice. I wonder which one of these properties located on the cliff belongs to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

Eze Village was actually a located at the border of France and Monaco. When you walked in the village, you will feel like you are in some kind of medieval movie set. All buildings were made by limestone including its path way. Eze village existed around the 3^rd century but the preservation is good. It was a bit chilly up here because of the wind.

We had our lunch at a local Italian just before Eze Village’s entrance. As usual, we ordered some Margharitte or Salmon Pizza. I went for the 4 Cheese Pizza. Like I mentioned, there is no sharing policy, so yeah everyone take home some leftovers from lunch.

We then went to the famous perfumerie just 100 m from Eze Village called Fragonard. Fragonard in Eze serves as a manufacturing site and a museum. It includes display of old distillation column and they have a free personal guide. We went on the free tour and learned about the process of making perfumes. They used tonnes of flowers from all around the world- including Malaysia!

They make the bar soaps by hand. Here, they sold 100% perfume extract, means it has no water content. Parfums contents no water, Eau d Parfums contains some water and Eau d Toilette contains most water. People get confused thinking EDP is perfume, where it is not. The word “Eau” means water in French. Storing method also is different. Perfumes are stored in aluminium case to avoid degradation. While EDP and EDT are in glass.

We were taken to the gallery where we have some session for picking out perfumes. The price for Fragonard perfumes not EDP not EDT:

15 ml   - Euro 27

30 ml   - Euro 39

60 ml   -Euro 57

120 ml –Euro 85

I bought two 15 ml Perfumes called Frivole and Diamant. Su, CB and Dila also bought one perfume each and they bought some lotion too. The perfumes last all day. Betul, tak tipi.

We then continue our journey to Monaco via bus. We stopped at the tourist information center and walked from there. We were in luck because when we went there, they are helding the Monaco F1 Grand Prix. So, roads are closed, tracks are laid and there are a lot of merchandise.

We went to the world-famous casino, Monte Carlo. There is a gold Ferrari and many other Ferraris lining up outside. Monaco is small, so it is possible to walk from one place to another. We then went to the Prince’s Palace of Monaco. It is an uphill climb. We bought some souvenirs here (Bought the 2014 F1 GP T-shirt) and there is a lookout point where you can see the Monaco Port full of yachts.

Kitorang asik teringat cerita Madagascar je yang ada scene dekat Monaco. Animal hunter yang dari France kejar diorang masuk casino semua tu.

Well, since the Grand Prix is here, roads were closed and it was congested. Traffic was so unforgiving. The bus ride back to Nice was the longest ride I have ever been. Patah kaki masing2 berjalan.