We had a number of different variation of how my “old man” would ring in the new decade at half a century years old. However, none of those came to fruition thanks to the changes in COVID-19 (shame it was 20, huh?).
Even as it was, we were technically in violation of lockdown rules when we snuck over the border to get to Monaco.
Since it was a big birthday, we splashed out to tick off one of M’s bucket list items – to stay in the Hotel de Paris Monte Carlo.
It was a lovely area to walk around and enjoy the festive spirit of Christmas as well as a birthday.
I’ll let the rest be told in images:
Christmas tree in foyer of Hotel de Paris 
Balcony with a view 
The Mediterranean Sea 
50-year-olds need a unique signet ring 
Birthday Boy! 
Dinner at Rampoldi 
Monaco at night 
Monaco Castle 
Sunrise view
We are hoping to make another visit, as it’s about 2.5 hours from where we are now, when the weather is nicer. Though, the budget will be smaller, so perhaps a little less fancy. π
~T π
