Our 12-hour flight to Amsterdam (en route to Nice) in October last year was more relaxing compared to the previous year when B and I were seated separately due to late check-in. This time we were prepared and after confirming my reservation on our local Malaysian Airlines, I quickly booked my seat to correspond to B’s! ![ihikhik ihikhik](http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/71.gif)
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KLIA |
We arrived at KLIA early and after checking in all 3 suitcases, we killed time by having dinner before heading to our boarding gate. I was not particularly hungry that night but I figured I might as well have one last Malaysian meal before ‘living without’ for the next two weeks. ![Smiley](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-eatdrink020.gif)
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Last Malaysian meal |
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Surprisingly I did NOT take any cloud pictures on this flight. I did however; take photos of our plane food, which was a delight to savour while high up in the sky, for plane-food lovers like me! ![Smiley](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-eatdrink026.gif)
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Mariuca ♥ B |
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Something omelette & mushroom for me! |
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Nasi Lemak for B |
Arrival in Amsterdam was much anticipated as I could finally stretch my weary legs. After going through security check-points (which I now dread since I always seem to be singled out by the officers for a body pat-down despite me practically wearing no jewellery or anything metal to ensure my easy-breezy pass through), we boarded our KLM plane to Nice for another 2 hours in the air. ![Smiley](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-transport015.gif)
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Touchdown in Nice |
From Nice Côte d'Azur Airport, B, his colleague Nathan and I shared a taxi and began our 40-minute ride into Monte-Carlo.
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Welcome to Monaco |
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Bright sunny day |
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Information Office |
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Skyscraper |
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Tourism Office |
Our driver was a friendly French lady who though spoke no word of English and communicated with us in French throughout, managed to get us to our hotel without a hitch. By the way, the taxi fare came up to €100. ![Smiley](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-sad027.gif)
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Friendly lady driver |
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Curious to see Novotel! |
The view driving into Monte-Carlo was breathtaking and even though I had made this very same route a year ago, that did not stop me from admiring everything in sight through my words … and my photos! ![Smiley](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-basic/thumbsup.gif)
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Restaurant? |
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Monte-Carlo homes |
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Day out in Monte-Carlo |
Last trip saw B and I staying at the very posh 5-star Hermitage Hotel, which was nearer to B’s work location at Grimaldi Forum. This time, we were booked in Novotel Hotel; further from Grimaldi Forum, which meant longer distance for both B and his colleague to walk every day. I was definitely not familiar with this side of Monte-Carlo and was already picturing getting lost when exploring on my own later.![garupale garupale](http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/106.gif)
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Hotel Novotel, Monte-Carlo |
We arrived at the hotel and reception was filled with guests checking-in and checking-out. The front counter receptionist who attended to us was very friendly and proficient in English so checking-in was easy although the three of us accidentally wandered off into a prohibited section of the hotel before finding the correct way to our rooms! ![ihikhik ihikhik](http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/71.gif)
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Receipt please! |
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Room Rates |
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Dining area |
I would love to include photos of our hotel room in this post but I am trying to avoid a photo overload for now. So if you’re a curious meow like me and keen to see our ‘home’ for the next 5 nights, stay tuned for my next travel post! ![Smiley](http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-basic/bye.gif)
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