I know it's now February, but I'd like to document the rest of the trip.  My memory is a good one, so it's still sort of fresh :).  The final four days in Monaco consisted of a lot of Evelyn-Kristel time.  We did everything (not that there was much to do) together.  Most of our days went something like this, wake up, eat, head to supermarket, eat, walk, talk, walk, talk.  Our last day in Monaco was by far our FAVORITE.  We had a lovely dinner over looking all of Monaco (not that it's that big) with Jojo and her coworkers.  We had delicious food and dessert.  I had the BEST pineapple tiramisu under the sun, well come to think of it... I've never had or heard of pineapple tiramisu, but I will tell you this... I am a HUGE fan of it. 

After dinner we headed back to the hotel.  Evelyn and I decided to join Jo's boss in the casino, while jojo called it a night.  We started out at the blackjack table and that's where we met Paolo.  An older Italian business man that not only had a ridiculous amount of expendable cash, but a whole lot to say about black people and Obama too.  He was beyond racist, but some how enjoyed my company. I followed him about watching him gamble and he smiled and told me stories.  He won 700 euros on one hand at the Poker table... I damn near jumped for joy and it wasn't even my money.  He ended up taking us to another bar near the hotel and treating us to several drinks.  Evelyn and boss man came too... I'm not crazy enough to go alone. 

Bossy man got a little bebido and started dancing and acting a fool.  He had us dying.  He started smacking my behind and bending me over, a few notches above inappropriate, but hysterical.  We all walked back after a few hours of laughter.  We all decided to go back into Jo's room to see if she was awake.  We knew she probably wasn't but we had to try... when we walked in she was sleeping under a blanket on her bed, she jumped when she saw me and nearly jumped out of her skin when she saw Bo.  She yelled so loud and shook in fear... I laughed until I honestly almost peed my pants.  As I ran to the bathroom, I heard the laughter.  On my way out, I saw Bo and Evelyn talking when all of a sudden, Evelyn tripped and fell into a suitcase.  I laughed and laughed and laughed some more.  I so wish I had that night on tape.

In the morning we woke up very early and headed out to catch our train.  I helped Jo do some last minute things for work and then we were hauling a$$ to get to our train.  We were leaving Monaco and heading to Florence, Italy... woo hoo.  A life dream coming to realization, there's just nothing like it.

Peace, Love and Life!

Kristel