Wrong Sunday at Monaco

[tinchote]

Hi everybody, I had the chance to visit Monaco last Sunday. As expected, I walked the circuit and took many pictures. In case anyone is interested in what the circuit looks like on a normal Sunday, here you go:

Monaco on an ordinary Sunday (http://ev03023.math.uregina.ca/fotos/Monaco.php)

[zoostation]

nice. interesting to see how the streets are so narrow even without armco on each side

[truefan72]

very nice

[CarlMetro]

Top stuff tin :up: , was it a pleasure trip or business?

[ioan]

Very nice tour of the Monaco circuit! :up:
Its impressive how narrow it is.

[Allyc85]

Great pictures, cheers for sharing those!

[Ian McC]

Cheers Tin, amazing to see it in everyday mode :)

[donKey jote]

very cool tincho :up:

[tinchote]

Top stuff tin :up: , was it a pleasure trip or business?

It was a business trip, with a couple of days layover at Nice. The visit to Monaco was really pleasure, though ;) :D

I'm not really sure where the armco goes, particularly in the main straight. It was interesting to see that most curbs and poles to organize traffic were removable.

[Rollo]

This was several flavours of tasty awesomeness on a stick :D

Is it possible to drive around the GP course now? When I was there about 7 years ago, you couldn't because several parts had one way restrictions but in the other direction.

[tinchote]

This was several flavours of tasty awesomeness on a stick :D

Is it possible to drive around the GP course now? When I was there about 7 years ago, you couldn't because several parts had one way restrictions but in the other direction.

I think it's possible to do it these days. I didn't pay a lot of attention because I was walking, but I cannot remember anywhere where you couldn't drive in the direction of the race. Of course, at some places you cannot do the exact trajectory the F1 car does (examples that come to mind are the Casino square and Noghes, where the path for street cars goes through the pit entrance).

[raikk]

thats awesome! thanks for posting ;)

[race aficionado]

Cool Tin.
Thanks.
:s mokin:

[leopard]

cool, Bryan Adam said, we're in heaven

:s mokin:

[Valve Bounce]

And where's the picture of you at Monaco?

[Roamy]

Tin
Absolutely a great job - Thanks


And Ah Monaco - without the race - Newly Wed or almost dead.

[leopard]

Las Vegas maybe more alive than it?

[Woodeye]

Great pics! :up:

Those ups and downs look really much higher than in tv.

[Cozzie]

WOW! :)

[AJP]

Great shots of the streets of Monte Carlo...

[hugh_lee]

cant wait to get there. i'll be visiting nice and monaco on the 15th-19th. is it easy to find those f1 car statues(??)

[tinchote]

And where's the picture of you at Monaco?

It's an "auto picture", so it's fairly bad. To make it worse, the angle was decided by the place where I could put the camera. In any case, what's seen behind is the port and the Prince's palace :)

http://ev03023.math.uregina.ca/fotos/20070701_Monaco%20(12).jpg

[tinchote]

cant wait to get there. i'll be visiting nice and monaco on the 15th-19th. is it easy to find those f1 car statues(??)

It's trivial. The Ferrari (or whatever modern car it is) is at Poitiers. Fangio's statue is at Noghes, at the beginning of the main straight.

[gloomyDAY]

Gorgeous photos!

Kudos.

One more thing: get a tan. :p

[ioan]

It's an "auto picture", so it's fairly bad. To make it worse, the angle was decided by the place where I could put the camera. In any case, what's seen behind is the port and the Prince's palace :)

http://ev03023.math.uregina.ca/fotos/20070701_Monaco%20(12).jpg

It's great to see you around again! ;)

[Mark]

Not to be outdone
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/83/236760051_fd0882cb2b.jpg

Strange there just wandering across the road where F1 cars do over 100mph :D

Everyone should take a walk around the Monaco grand prix circuit. It's brilliant, and it's free!

[ArrowsFA1]

That could have been a great photo of the Casino Mark :p :

Like Mark & tinchote I've 'done' the GP circuit at Monaco, and a highly recommended trip it is too. I've got a video somewhere of my "lap" around the track at very slow pace from 1994 (IIRC). I just remember thinking "how the hell do they race around here" :eek:

Even on a normal day it's an atmospheric place :cool:

[tinchote]

It's great to see you around again! ;)

Thanks :)


Strange there just wandering across the road where F1 cars do over 100mph :D

Everyone should take a walk around the Monaco grand prix circuit. It's brilliant, and it's free!

I completely agree.


I just remember thinking "how the hell do they race around here" :eek:

Even on a normal day it's an atmospheric place :cool:

Yeah, I had those same feelings when walking there.

[J4MIE]

Glad you enjoyed it tinchote :up: But you could at least have smiled to the camera! :D

[tinchote]

Glad you enjoyed it tinchote :up: But you could at least have smiled to the camera! :D

You're so right :D But I was more thinking about the camera not falling than about smiling for the picture. My bad :)

[leopard]

A small tip for taking photograph, although it can result the better pics, try to avoid facing straightly to the sun for some smiling face :)

[Mark]

That could have been a great photo of the Casino Mark :p :

Oh I made sure to get that too!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/236760069_91c04f4ab1.jpg

There is more to the country than the Grand Prix circuit of course (but not much more :p ) The old town around the castle is lovely, and gives fantastic views. And I spotted Mika Hakkinen wandering around!

There's an Italian influence too ;)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/236761766_91295c42d7.jpg

[pino]

Hey Mark why you didn't come and say hello to me ? :( :p :

[race aficionado]

Hey Mark why you didn't come and say hello to me ? :( :p :

Hey Pino, is Hakkinen a good tipper? :p :

Y!Dude would have loved to be around to see his hero eating Pino's pizza.


I'de love to visit Monaco -


:s mokin: