Cartier

I don't have a lot of photos to share this time, but I did want to post a picture of the Cartier panther earrings.  Shiny.

Casino de Monte-Carlo

More great pictures courtesy of my friend Henry.  Thank you, Henry!

View from the harbor toward Place du Casino

View of Monte Carlo from above

Casino de Monte-Carlo
The scaffold on the left was put up in preparation for the Monaco Grand Prix

Casino de Monte-Carlo

Random Casino Dude

A Night Like This

A Night Like This by Caro Emerald

FRED next Cartier

The mirror at the center of the fountain in the Place du Casino.  You can see the grassy area in the mirror.  The building is the Casino de Monte-Carlo.

Carina's Ferrari

The Hôtel de Paris

The top floor of rounded building to the left of the one with the spires (the Opéra Monte Carlo) is where Le Grill is located. 

More Monaco

I'm so lucky and privileged to be able to share these photos with you.  They're simply incredible.  Thank you, Henry.

From 'O' Magazine

Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune

Monaco

Once again, all photos (except for the last three) were taken by my friend, ziohenry.  Thank you, sir.

The Palace

What a view

Port Hercule.  I can't even.

Port Fontvieille from the Palace

Port Fontvieille

Brasserie de Monaco

Black Legend

La Rascasse

Monte Carlo, Baby!

My friend and fellow Chuck fan, ziohenry, lives not too far from Monte Carlo.  He "sacrificed" recently and went there to take some pictures for me.  Over the next few chapters, I'll be sharing them with you.  Thank you, Henry!

This is the view of Monaco from the Moyenne Corniche, the road Sarah drove as she neared the hotel.

Another place I must visit when I go on my Grand European Tour.  After I win the lottery.

Frost & Orion vs. the Cold War

I'm posting a couple of links to news report from 1989 about the fall of the Berlin Wall.  These are for anyone who would like to know a little more about what a monumental thing it was or for those who would simply like to remember.  I grew up in a world where there was "East Germany" and "West Germany," "East Berlin" and "West Berlin."  The Iron Curtain wasn't something in a history textbook.  It was real and feared.  Although there had been calls for the Berlin Wall to be torn down for many years, when it actually happened, it was hard to believe it.  It was shocking and amazing and thrilling and I remember it all.

I know to some this might not seem that interesting and history is boring, but if you watch these clips and look at the people's faces--the people yearning to make their way to freedom--hopefully you'll have a little better understand as to why I chose to tell the story the way I did.  Perhaps it wasn't written in as compelling or interesting way as it could have been, but for me, the sentiments behind the thoughts and motives of the characters are very real.

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/politics/international-politics/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall.html