Imagineer5
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2007
We loved walking the town, and really enjoyed walking in every nook and cranny whether there was a shop or not. It was just stunning.
While shopping, we found a really beautiful Christmas ornament which was a handpainted ball with a window through it into a scene of the Mediterranean sea beyond. Just perfect! I also found this gorgeous French designer of fine china, and while I didn't want to spend a lot, I did buy an Eze scene on a small plate. It's displayed in our dining room and I love it!
Mid-morning Aria started complaining of a tummy ache and saying she wasn't feeling great, so anywhere we could sit and rest we did. Today we had the ONE lunch reservation that had a credit card guarantee (and there was a 100 euro no-show fee!!!!!!!!!!) so we couldn't just leave (although I'm sure we could have explained it or something).
Anyway while shopping we also found a Carousel music box for her room, to commemorate all the carousels she went on.
We took turns carrying her lol
We saw these funny tourists with a ton of Chihuahuas (they had about 6 total).
And then around 11:45 we headed to Chateau de la Chevre d'Or where we were planning on having lunch.
We waited for a few minutes since the restaurant didn't open until noon. Our view and waiting room (also known as the bar)
And soon we were seated to a beautiful table along the railing overlooking the Mediterranean Sea
This was a meal I forewarned Andrew of the prices. Basically we were paying for the view. I ordered a caprese salad knowing Aria would enjoy that for her meal, and a local white fish (there was no chicken on the menu so I went out on a limb trying something new). Andrew ordered local oysters and then a pasta dish with clams. While waiting they brought out some bread, then some nuts, then a bread with anchovy sauce which I tried to be adventurous, but I don't like anchovies, blech.
Aria had some bread and then my mozz salad came, and it was amazing. Such fresh mozzarella and just amazing quality ingredients. Need to find photos of the meal because once again I didn't upload them to Facebook. And then my fish dish came and I also ate that whole plate, it wasn't fishy at all!
Unfortunately, while Andrew LOVES all things seafood, his oysters "tasted like low tide" and he couldn't stomach them. I was a little annoyed that he didn't say something / the waiter didn't ask when 1 of 6 oysters was gone when Andrew said he was done with them (considering that appetizer was like 30 euros) but whatever. Andrew didn't know if that was the norm here.
He did enjoy his pasta dish though so that's good. Aria was getting worse and worse and just wanted to curl up. On our way back down we decided to skip the Fragonard fragrance tour, but we did see a shop, so I hopped in there while Andrew took Aria straight to the car. I ended up buying Aria a little set of travel sized perfumes and gave it to her for Christmas. I got to the car maybe 10 minutes later and Aria was already asleep.
We drove through Monaco, then Villefranche sur mer and then the very expensive St Jean Cap Ferrat
We decided to just drive around until Aria woke up, and also decided to skip our afternoon activity which was the Jardin de Ephrussi (so we will just have to go back!). There were SO many people out and about though, and we saw people literally walking miles to get to the beaches it was just crazy.
Saw this cute beach taxi
We got back to the house around 4, which woke up Aria, but we had exhausted our want for driving around. She was in a better mood, but I checked her temperature and it was 101.5. After relaxing for a bit, she was asking to go in the pool and we figured she would be okay with that so we spent a little time in there. While we showered, Andrew decided to go grab some food - our first thought was pizza, but apparently Sunday night, everything local was closed. He then tried the grocery store, and again closed! He came back empty handed and we ended up eating ravioli left overs!
We vegged the rest of the night, and it was nice to enjoy the villa and the view.
Since we piled into the queen bed that was closer to the door, we all slept a bit better this night thankfully!
While shopping, we found a really beautiful Christmas ornament which was a handpainted ball with a window through it into a scene of the Mediterranean sea beyond. Just perfect! I also found this gorgeous French designer of fine china, and while I didn't want to spend a lot, I did buy an Eze scene on a small plate. It's displayed in our dining room and I love it!
Mid-morning Aria started complaining of a tummy ache and saying she wasn't feeling great, so anywhere we could sit and rest we did. Today we had the ONE lunch reservation that had a credit card guarantee (and there was a 100 euro no-show fee!!!!!!!!!!) so we couldn't just leave (although I'm sure we could have explained it or something).
Anyway while shopping we also found a Carousel music box for her room, to commemorate all the carousels she went on.
We took turns carrying her lol
We saw these funny tourists with a ton of Chihuahuas (they had about 6 total).
And then around 11:45 we headed to Chateau de la Chevre d'Or where we were planning on having lunch.
We waited for a few minutes since the restaurant didn't open until noon. Our view and waiting room (also known as the bar)
And soon we were seated to a beautiful table along the railing overlooking the Mediterranean Sea
This was a meal I forewarned Andrew of the prices. Basically we were paying for the view. I ordered a caprese salad knowing Aria would enjoy that for her meal, and a local white fish (there was no chicken on the menu so I went out on a limb trying something new). Andrew ordered local oysters and then a pasta dish with clams. While waiting they brought out some bread, then some nuts, then a bread with anchovy sauce which I tried to be adventurous, but I don't like anchovies, blech.
Aria had some bread and then my mozz salad came, and it was amazing. Such fresh mozzarella and just amazing quality ingredients. Need to find photos of the meal because once again I didn't upload them to Facebook. And then my fish dish came and I also ate that whole plate, it wasn't fishy at all!
Unfortunately, while Andrew LOVES all things seafood, his oysters "tasted like low tide" and he couldn't stomach them. I was a little annoyed that he didn't say something / the waiter didn't ask when 1 of 6 oysters was gone when Andrew said he was done with them (considering that appetizer was like 30 euros) but whatever. Andrew didn't know if that was the norm here.
He did enjoy his pasta dish though so that's good. Aria was getting worse and worse and just wanted to curl up. On our way back down we decided to skip the Fragonard fragrance tour, but we did see a shop, so I hopped in there while Andrew took Aria straight to the car. I ended up buying Aria a little set of travel sized perfumes and gave it to her for Christmas. I got to the car maybe 10 minutes later and Aria was already asleep.
We drove through Monaco, then Villefranche sur mer and then the very expensive St Jean Cap Ferrat
We decided to just drive around until Aria woke up, and also decided to skip our afternoon activity which was the Jardin de Ephrussi (so we will just have to go back!). There were SO many people out and about though, and we saw people literally walking miles to get to the beaches it was just crazy.
Saw this cute beach taxi
We got back to the house around 4, which woke up Aria, but we had exhausted our want for driving around. She was in a better mood, but I checked her temperature and it was 101.5. After relaxing for a bit, she was asking to go in the pool and we figured she would be okay with that so we spent a little time in there. While we showered, Andrew decided to go grab some food - our first thought was pizza, but apparently Sunday night, everything local was closed. He then tried the grocery store, and again closed! He came back empty handed and we ended up eating ravioli left overs!
We vegged the rest of the night, and it was nice to enjoy the villa and the view.
Since we piled into the queen bed that was closer to the door, we all slept a bit better this night thankfully!