Villefranche, France

Today we visited our last port – Villefranche.
When I opened the curtains this morning I saw the prettiest port we have visited. The ship was anchored with starboard side facing Villefrache and I think for this itinerary starboard side was the side to be on for port views
I went up and brought back coffee and pastries today.
The we went an picked up a tender ticket to get off the ship. We were pretty early so there was no wait and we had a 5 minutes tender ride. We were in Villefranche by 8:30 am. We asked about a taxi to Eze but it was 35 euros so we looked at taking the bus but you have to go to Nice first (total 40 minute bus ride – standing room only) so we passed on that. We walked around a bit and then stopped for a coffee. We then decided to take the train to Monaco. Walked to the station and caught the 10:28 train. It is only 10 minutes to Monaco but then you have to find your way out of the train station – not easy as it is HUGE. First we went up to the top to see the view and then we went down to the waterfront to walk around. There is a yacht show happening soon as they were setting things up along the waterfront.
We walked around looking at all the yachts and the cars. Stopped and bought a few souvenirs, stopped for a slice of pizza – mine was Brie and Wayne had the mushroom (the best pizza is here not in Italy we discovered) and then it was time to catch the train back. We were back on board by 1pm and left by 2pm.
We would like to have spent more time in Monaco and would like to have seen Eze so I guess we will have to come back!!
We are now having a relaxing time on our balcony drinking the last of our beer while I write this and Wayne reads a magazine from the library.
For dinner tonight we went to the Blue Lagoon for munchie food. Then after we ate it we both didn't feel so great so we went back to the cabin for a while. Later we went up to the buffet for something sweet and then went and walked around the ship one last time. We have to pack tonight and our shuttle leaves at 7am!!
We have had a GREAT time on this cruise and will definitely be back to some of the ports again. Our favorite places seemed to be the smaller, quieter ones and not the big cities. The weather has been FABULOUS!!! We had a bit of rain in London and today in the afternoon it was overcast but the rest of the time it was warm and sunny!!!
Tomorrow we fly to Germany!!