After I had calmed down and had my shower I decided I deserved a drink so I walked down near the beach and found a restaurant. There were people next to me speaking English and I guess they heard me talk to the waiter because they eventually asked me where I was from. It turns out they are from vegas and just absolutely so nice! When they found out I was over here for my birthday they bought me a birthday dessert and lots of wine. I think we stayed there until 1am just talking and having a great time. they have two kids that are 4 and 7 and they are with the grandparents because they are here for work. So now I have more friends to go see in Vegas!
When I woke up the next day I went to see if I could stay at this hostel n extra night. He made me wait and then was like no you have to check out so I hadn't had a shower and had all my stuff and then he tells me there is no room. I was pretty pissed so I left and tried to find a hotel or hostel to check into. I finally found one and the guy said I couldn't get in the room yet which was awful because the showers are in the rooms. I was wearing a grey shirt and he asked if that was the color of the shirt or if I was that sweaty and gross which made me feel awful. It turnsole there is one shower not in a room so he let me use that. When I went back to the desk with my stuff he didn't recognize me and said I looked like a whole different person. I guess I'll take it as a compliment.
My plan was to spend the day in Monaco. I think I have always wanted to go there and my love of Grace Kelly just made me want to see it even more. I got there about one and went to the palace and they have like 15 or so rooms that you are allowed to walk through. They had this gorgeous painting of grace Kelly and I almost cried! I think i might have finally had that moment of holy cow I worked so hard and I'm finally here and it's amazing. Buying the ticket to the palace also gets you into the aquarium which was small but good. They had lots of fish and a few sharks. I'm dying to go diving again. It's been since Belize last yr! I hate going so long without diving.
I found princess grace avenue and of course the casino! I have officially donated money to Monaco's economy. I was so nervous the whole time I was gambling which is weird because I'm decent at blackjack and have played a lot. I was sad you couldn't take pictures inside the casino because I wanted one of me gambling there!
I met this girl from holland who was staying in my room and we went and got a drink. I think it was some sort of holiday for France because when it finally got dark there was a huge fireworks display! They did a really good job. The waiters at the bar we were at told us of some good places to go but we couldn't not find any of them so we ended up at an Irish pub and the bartender gave us some free shots!the girl was pretty boring and didn't want to stay out so we went home pretty early. Which was lame!
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