Monaco is smaller than New York City’s Central Park but The Idiot always stumbles on something new when he meanders through the seaside principality.
On a recent outing he discovered a temporary vineyard in the Place du Casino (it’s part of the Société des Bains de Mer’s 150th anniversary celebration) and a novel art work in a garden near the palace that embodies Prince Albert II’s penchant for protection of the environment.

Vines in the Place du Casino.

Prince Albert II protects the environment.

During the Monaco mini-MedTrek, the annual Monaco Yacht Show was underway in the port where a new Yacht Club designed by Lord Norman Foster is scheduled to open next summer.

The Monaco port seen from the railway station.

New Yacht Club (on right).

One aspect of the Yacht Show, which ended September 28, was a “used yacht lot” in the Mediterranean with dozens of multi-million dollar boats for sale.

Used yacht lot.

Traditionalists, though, might prefer glimpses of iconic Monaco. Two of The Idiot’s favorite slants are the approach to the Oceanographic Museum and a rear view of the Monte-Carlo Casino from the vantage point of Fernando Botero’s Adam and Eve sculpture.

Monaco’s Oceanographic Museum.

Rear view of the Monte-Carlo Casino.

Text and Photos: Joel Stratte-McClure

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About Joel

Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."