Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Arrivee Le Roi du Music! And Some Other Stuff!

                                  
King and Queen of Carnaval 2015:


Arrival of the floats for the Flower Parade.  It's actually called the Battle of Flowers.  During the parade, people on the floats throw flowers at the crowd.  No one seems to throw any back at them, though.


Flowers have bugs.


Why Gordon loves the Flower Parade:


That's the genuine article, too.  A no-kiddin' Brazilian Samba School from Rio.

The unsuspecting crowd had a surprise in store for them...


A couple of other pix from a walk over Mt. Boron to Villefranche.  This little guy thought we looked like his lunch wagon.


The view of Villefranche from Mt. Boron is stunning:


And, if anyone was wondering, the Koi fish in Monaco are still thriving at the Princesse Grace Japanese Garden: